External Search

External search can query your custom search API and the response from the API can return contact information that will be shown in the search panel. A simple execution of this can be created by using Microsoft Flow.

External Search will send a HTTP POST to the specified URL. A JSON object with specific properties is sent in the body. The response body JSON array object(s) are expected to have specific property names.

Example HTTP POST Body:

Only populated properties will be sent in the body.

{
  "searchTerm": "John Doe",
  "departments": [
    "Sales"
  ],
  "officeLocations": [
    "New York"
  ],
  "countries": [
    "USA"
  ],
  "jobTitles": [
    "Sales Manager"
  ],
  "postalCodes": [
    "10002"
  ],
  "givenName": [
    "John"
  ],
  "surname": [
    "Doe"
  ],
  "displayNames": [
    "John Doe"
  ],
  "mail": [
    "[e-mail]"
  ],
  "userPrincipalName": [
    "[e-mail]"
  ],
  "maxContactSearchResults": "20"
}

Example HTTP Response Body:

All properties are optional and the values can be null.

Properties are case sensitive.

Properties that are not expected will be ignored.

[
    {
        "azureAdId": null,
        "givenName": "John",
        "surname": "doe",
        "displayName": "John doe",
        "userPricipalName": "[e-mail]",
        "companyName": "Contoso",
        "jobTitle": "Sales Manager",
        "department": "Sales",
        "officeLocation": "New York",
        "emailAddress": "[e-mail]",
        "businessPhone": "810-653-3163",
        "mobilePhone": "810-653-3163",
        "preferredLanguage": null,
        "notes": null,
        "country": "USA"
    }
]