HEAD /users?email={emailAddress}

Purpose

Check if a user record with the given email address exists.

Request

Resource URL

HEAD https://api.ft.com/users?email={emailAddress}

For security reasons requests must be made over HTTPS.

Parameters

Query ParamValue
email
Email address to lookup

Request Headers

HeaderValue
Content-Type
application/json
X-Api-Key <API key value>

Request Body

Not supported.

Response

Response Body

Not supported.

HTTP Status Codes

Http StatusDescription
200 Ok The user profile record for the supplied email address was found
400 Bad Request The request was invalid. You may refer to response for details around why the request was invalid
403 Forbidden Invalid API key
404 Not Found No user record found for the supplied email address
415 Unsupported Media Type Ensure you use the correct Content-Type header in the request as indicated in the Request Headers section above