> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://api.clearinghouse.net/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://api.clearinghouse.net/api-reference-v2p1/endpoints/summary-author.md).

# Summary Author

### Get cases by summary author (name search or author ID).

<mark style="color:blue;">`GET`</mark> `https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases/?summary_author=name_or_id`

| Name                                            | Type   | Description                                                                                                                    |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| Authorization<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | <p>Authorization</p><p><code>Token XXXXXXXXXXX</code></p><p>where</p><p><code>XXXXXXXXXXX</code></p><p>is the token string</p> |

This parameter accepts either a **name string** or a **numeric author ID**.

**Name search:** Provide one or more space-separated name tokens. Each token is matched case-insensitively against both the first and last name of summary authors. All tokens must match (AND logic), so more tokens narrow the results.

**ID search:** If the value is a numeric integer, it is interpreted as the author's ID and an exact match is performed.

### Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="URL — name search (one token)" %}

```
https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?summary_author=schlanger
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="URL -- name search (Multiple tokens)" %}

```
https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?summary_author=margo+schlanger
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="URL — ID search" %}

```
https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?summary_author=21900
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="python" %}

```python
import requests

# Name search
url = "https://clearinghouse.net/api/v2p1/cases?summary_author=schlanger+margo"
headers = { 'Authorization': 'Token XXXXXXXXXX',
'User-Agent': 'Chrome v22.2 Linux Ubuntu'
}
response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data={})

print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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