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Questions about searching via the API, typically using the /search method.

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Finding a user given their (exact) display name

Actually, I think I figured out a way to do this. If you specify the following: /users?filter=john&sort=name&min=john&max=JOHN That is, sort by name with "min" and "max" both set to "john" then it …
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