# Search Prediction Market Users

`GET` `https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/predictions/search-users`

Search for prediction market users by query.

## Authentication

```
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
```

## Query Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|------|------|----------|-------------|
| `q` | string | Yes |  |


## Response (200)

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `address` | string |  |
| `name` | string | Display name, or an empty string when matched purely by address. |


## Example

### curl

```bash
curl -X GET "https://api.unusualwhales.com/api/predictions/search-users?q=VALUE" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
```

### Python

```python
import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("api.unusualwhales.com")
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Accept": "application/json"}
conn.request("GET", "/api/predictions/search-users?q=VALUE", headers=headers)
response = conn.getresponse()
print(response.read().decode("utf-8"))
```

## Response Example

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "address": "0x5140e6529f2108469c9386ad5acd7acb8cddae0c",
      "name": "whale_watcher"
    }
  ]
}
```