| FRAMES | NO FRAMES | Description | Parameters | Response | Example | 
| URL: | http://server:port/arcgis/admin/security/users/search | 
|---|---|
| HTTP Method: | POST | 
| Parent Resource: | Users | 
| Required Privileges: | Publisher or Administrator | 
You can use this operation to search a specific user or a group of users from the user store. The size of the search result can be controlled with the maxCount parameter.
| Parameter | Description | 
|---|---|
| filter | A filter string to search the users | 
| maxCount | The maximum number of users that will be returned | 
| f | The response format. The default response format is html.  Values: html | json  | 
				
To search for the first 20 users whose usernames start with 'john'
http://server:port/arcgis/admin/security/users/search filter=john maxCount=20