> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.lemlist.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

> Retrieves one People Database saved search of your team.

# Get Saved Search

export const SnippetObjectReference = ({objectName, objectPath = null}) => {
  const lowerCaseObjectName = objectName.toLowerCase();
  if (lowerCaseObjectName === 'lead' || lowerCaseObjectName === 'leads') {
    return <Note>
        This endpoint uses the <a href={`/api-reference/objects-definitions/${objectPath}`}>{objectName} object</a>. Make sure to also check the <a href={`/api-reference/objects-definitions/${lowerCaseObjectName === 'lead' ? 'contact' : 'lead'}`}>{lowerCaseObjectName === 'lead' ? 'Contact' : 'Lead'} object</a> to understand the distinction between the two.
      </Note>;
  }
  return <Note>
      This endpoint uses the <a href={`/api-reference/objects-definitions/${objectPath}`}>{objectName} object</a>.
    </Note>;
};

<SnippetObjectReference objectName="Saved search" objectPath="saved-search" />

<Note>
  An unknown id and a saved search belonging to another team answer the same `404`.
</Note>


## OpenAPI

````yaml get /database/saved-searches/{savedSearchId}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: lemlist API
  version: 1.0.0
  description: >-
    Welcome to the lemlist Developer Documentation.


    lemlist is very customizable and open. You'll find on this page all the API
    and integration you can do with lemlist.


    # Rate Limit


    lemlist's API rate limits requests in order to prevent abuse and overload of
    our services.  

    Rate limits are applied on all routes and per API key performing the
    request.  

    The rate limits are **20** requests per **2** seconds.  

    The response provides any information you may need about it:


    | Header | Description |

    | --- | --- |

    | Retry-After | The number of seconds in which you can retry |

    | X-RateLimit-Limit | The maximum requests in that time |

    | X-RateLimit-Remaining | The number of remaining requests you can make |

    | X-RateLimit-Reset | The date when the rate limit will reset |


    _Example of values for the rate limit headers_


    ``` json

    {
        "Retry-After": 2,
        "X-RateLimit-Limit": 20,
        "X-RateLimit-Remaining": 7,
        "X-RateLimit-Reset" : "Tue Feb 16 2021 09:02:42 GMT+0100 (Central European Standard Time)"
    }

     ```

    # Definitions


    ## Team


    A team is the entity of lemlist that can handle users and billing.


    ## Credits


    Credits are the coins a team uses to enrich emails, LinkedIn URLs, etc. via
    the enrich route. Each enrichment feature needs a certain amount of credits
    to run.


    ## User


    You use a user account to connect to lemlist and send messages via the
    connected emails or LinkedIn account.


    ## Campaign


    A campaign is the entity to automate outreach. A campaign has multiple
    sequences composed of steps.


    ## Lead


    A lead is a person that you try to contact via a campaign.


    ## Activity


    An activity is the history of all the steps.


    ## Unsubscribe


    An unsubscribe occurs when a person decides they don't want to receive
    emails from you anymore.


    # Authentication


    All API routes use the dedicated subdomain `api.lemlist.com`.


    lemlist uses API keys to allow access to the API. You can get your lemlist
    API key at our [integration
    page](https://app.lemlist.com/settings/integrations).


    You need to add the `Authorization` header using the `Basic` authentication
    type. `login:password` **where the login is always empty and the password is
    the API key**.


    ⚠️ **Don't forget to add the semicolon (**`:`**) before your API key in curl
    command.**


    > To authorize, use this code: 
      

    ``` shell

    curl https://api.lemlist.com/api/team \
      --user ":YourApiKey"

     ```

    **Make sure to replace** **`YourApiKey`** **with your API key.**


    # Give feedback


    If you want to report a bug, ask for data, or share with us a use case,
    please fill this [form](https://lemlist.typeform.com/to/mfVlkyGf). It will
    help us centralize your needs!
servers:
  - url: https://api.lemlist.com/api
security:
  - basicAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Enrichment Providers
    description: >-
      The data providers lemlist can call to find an email or a phone.


      Internal providers are paid with lemlist credits and always available.
      External providers run on your own account: connect one by saving its API
      key, and it becomes available to your waterfalls. `GET
      /enrichments/providers` is the catalog of provider ids accepted by the
      waterfall endpoints.
  - name: Enrichment Waterfalls
    description: >-
      Control which data providers lemlist calls when enriching a contact, and
      in which order.


      A waterfall is an ordered list of providers for one enrichment `type`
      (`email` or `phone`). Providers are tried one after the other until one
      returns a result.


      Every team has exactly one default waterfall per type (`isDefault: true`).
      While its `editor` is `lemlist` it follows the lemlist behaviour:
      providers you connected with your own API key are tried first, then
      internal providers in a random order. Once a team member edits its
      provider list, `editor` becomes that user's id and the list is followed as
      is; resetting it hands it back to `lemlist`.


      Custom waterfalls (`isDefault: false`) carry `conditions` on the contact
      being enriched, keyed by contact property; every key present must match.
      When a contact is enriched, lemlist runs a single waterfall: the custom
      waterfall of the requested type whose conditions match the contact, or the
      default waterfall when none does. If several match, the one with the most
      condition keys wins, then the most recently updated. Only that waterfall
      runs; when it finds nothing, the enrichment ends without falling back to
      another one.
paths:
  /database/saved-searches/{savedSearchId}:
    get:
      tags:
        - People Database
      summary: Get Saved Search
      description: >-
        Retrieves one of your team's saved searches.


        An unknown id and a saved search belonging to another team answer the
        same `404`.
      operationId: getSavedSearch
      parameters:
        - name: savedSearchId
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Id of the saved search
          schema:
            type: string
            minLength: 1
          example: lss_ExAmPlE4f7Kq2Wz9x
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/SavedSearchResponse'
              example:
                data:
                  _id: lss_ExAmPlE4f7Kq2Wz9x
                  name: Paris SaaS founders
                  mode: leads
                  filters:
                    - filterId: currentTitle
                      in:
                        - Founder
                      out: []
                    - filterId: country
                      in:
                        - France
                      out: []
                  createdAt: '2026-09-14T08:30:00.000Z'
                  lastResultsCount: 1240
                  lastResultsCountUpdatedAt: '2026-09-14T08:30:00.000Z'
        '400':
          description: Validation error - malformed savedSearchId
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaError'
              example:
                error: Wrong param lemleads saved search id
                code: WRONG_PARAM_LEMLEADS_SAVED_SEARCH_ID
        '401':
          description: >-
            Unauthorized - invalid or missing API key. An API key with no user
            attached answers `{ "error": "Route unauthorized", "code":
            "ROUTE_UNAUTHORIZED" }` in JSON instead.
          content:
            text/plain:
              example: The authentication you supplied is incorrect
        '404':
          description: No such saved search for your team
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaError'
              example:
                error: No saved search found for this id
                code: SAVED_SEARCH_NOT_FOUND
        '405':
          description: Method not allowed
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaError'
              example:
                error: Route bad method
                code: ROUTE_BAD_METHOD
components:
  schemas:
    SavedSearchResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/SavedSearch'
    PersonaError:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Error envelope returned by the persona, saved-search and Get Database
        Filters endpoints.
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable explanation of the failure
        code:
          type: string
          description: Machine-readable error code, stable across releases
    SavedSearch:
      type: object
      description: >-
        A People Database saved search: a named set of People Database filters
        saved by your team. It appears in the "Saved searches" menu of the
        People Database.
      properties:
        _id:
          type: string
          description: Unique saved search identifier
          example: lss_ExAmPlE4f7Kq2Wz9x
        name:
          type: string
          description: Display name. Unique within your team.
          example: Paris SaaS founders
        mode:
          type: string
          enum:
            - leads
            - companies
          description: >-
            Search mode the filters target. Always set: saved searches created
            before modes existed read as `leads`.
          example: leads
        filters:
          type: array
          description: >-
            People Database filters of the saved search. Same shape as the
            search endpoints accept, so they can be sent back as is to [Search
            People
            Database](/api-reference/endpoints/people-database/search-people-database)
            or [Search Companies
            Database](/api-reference/endpoints/people-database/search-companies-database).
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonaFilter'
        createdAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date the saved search was created
          example: '2026-09-14T08:30:00.000Z'
        lastResultsCount:
          type: number
          description: >-
            Number of results the saved search returned the last time it was
            saved or run
          example: 1240
        lastResultsCountUpdatedAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Date `lastResultsCount` was last computed
          example: '2026-09-14T08:30:00.000Z'
    PersonaFilter:
      type: object
      description: >-
        One People Database filter, as stored in a persona or a saved search.
        `in` includes matching values, `out` excludes them. There is no `type`
        property: it is derived from `filterId` server-side.
      required:
        - filterId
      properties:
        filterId:
          type: string
          description: >-
            People Database filter identifier. Use [Get Database
            Filters](/api-reference/endpoints/people-database/get-database-filters)
            to discover the valid ids.
          example: currentTitle
        in:
          type: array
          description: Values to include
          items:
            type: string
          example:
            - Founder
        out:
          type: array
          description: Values to exclude
          items:
            type: string
          example: []
        exactMatch:
          type: boolean
          description: Exact-match toggle, for the text filters that support it
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic

````

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