---
title: "List people · People · COUNT Partner API"
description: "Returns a paginated list of people in the workspace. GET /partners/people"
canonical: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/people/list-people"
source: "https://developers.getcount.com/reference/people/list-people"
---
[People](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/people) / List people

# List people

GET `/partners/people`

Returns a paginated list of people in the workspace.

People are returned with optional nested associations (address, primary job, department). Soft-deleted people are excluded.

HMAC signature + Bearer access token

[Try this request](https://developers.getcount.com/tools/try-it?method=GET&path=%2Fpartners%2Fpeople)

[Time Entries API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/time-entries) [Tasks API](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/tasks)

#### Query parameters

`page` integer optional

Page number for pagination. The first page is 1.

`limit` integer optional

Records to return per page.

`search` string optional

Partial, case-insensitive match on first name, last name, email, and phone.

`type` string optional

Filter by people type (for example employee, contractor). Also supports `1099 contractor`.

`enabled` boolean optional

Filter by active/inactive status.

`roles` string optional

Comma-separated roles; matches people whose role array contains any listed role.

`payrollEnabled` boolean optional

When true, returns people with the payroll role.

`createdByMe` boolean optional

When true, returns only people created by the authenticated user.

`isNotExpenseReporter` boolean optional

When true, excludes people who are already expense reporters.

#### Responses

`200` Paginated list of people.

`401` Missing or invalid HMAC signature, expired timestamp, or invalid Bearer token. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-401)

`403` The credential does not have access to this workspace or resource. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-403)

`429` Rate limit exceeded (100 requests per minute per clientId). Retry after the Retry-After header. [Troubleshoot](https://developers.getcount.com/getting-started/errors#error-429)

[Next GET Get a person](https://developers.getcount.com/reference/people/get-person)

GET `https://api.getcount.com/partners/people`

Request

```javascript
import crypto from 'node:crypto';

const BASE_URL = 'https://api.getcount.com';
const CLIENT_ID = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_ID;
const CLIENT_SECRET = process.env.COUNT_CLIENT_SECRET;
const ACCESS_TOKEN = process.env.COUNT_ACCESS_TOKEN;

const method = 'GET';
const signingPath = '/people';
const timestamp = Math.floor(Date.now() / 1000).toString();
const bodyString = '';

const bodyHash = '';
const baseString = `${method}:${signingPath}:${timestamp}:${bodyHash}`;
const signature = crypto.createHmac('sha256', CLIENT_SECRET).update(baseString).digest('hex');

const response = await fetch(`${BASE_URL}/partners/people`, {
  method,
  headers: {
    'x-client-id': CLIENT_ID,
    'x-timestamp': timestamp,
    'x-signature': signature,
    Authorization: `Bearer ${ACCESS_TOKEN}`,
  },
});

console.log(await response.json());
```

Response · 200

```json
{
  "people": [
    {
      "id": "f1a2b3c4-d5e6-4789-a012-3456789abcde",
      "firstName": "Jane",
      "lastName": "Smith",
      "email": "jane.smith@acme.com",
      "phone": "+19876543210",
      "type": "employee",
      "enabled": true,
      "role": [
        "payroll"
      ],
      "paymentUnit": "hourly",
      "rate": 45,
      "createdAt": "2026-01-15T10:30:00.000Z",
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-28T14:22:30.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "page": 1,
  "limit": 20,
  "totalRecords": 1,
  "totalPages": 1,
  "filters": {}
}
```