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# List sub-accounts

GET https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts

Lists sub-accounts owned by the caller, newest first. q performs a case-insensitive substring search on name only; percent and underscore characters are treated literally.

Reference: https://docs.middesk.com/api-reference/sub-accounts/list-sub-accounts

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Query parameters

- `q` (string, optional) — Case-insensitive name substring
- `enabled` (enum, optional) — Filter by active or inactive sub-accounts
  - Allowed values: `true`, `false`
- `page` (integer, optional) — Page number, from 1 through 65,535
- `per_page` (integer, optional) — Items per page, from 1 through 100
- `sort_by` (enum, optional) — Accepted sort field; results are currently returned newest first
  - Allowed values: `created_at`
- `sort_order` (enum, optional) — Accepted sort direction; results are currently returned newest first
  - Allowed values: `asc`, `desc`

## Response

### 200

sub-accounts list

- `object` (string, required)
- `has_more` (boolean, required)
- `data` (list of SubAccount, optional)
- `total_count` (integer, optional)

## Errors

### 400 List Sub Accounts Request Bad Request Error

invalid enabled filter

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

### 403 List Sub Accounts Request Forbidden Error

sub-account provisioning not enabled

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

### 422 List Sub Accounts Request Unprocessable Entity Error

invalid pagination

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

## Types

### SubAccount

A customer account provisioned and managed by a parent partner account

- `object` (enum, required)
  - Allowed values: `sub_account`
- `id` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `external_id` (string, required, nullable) — Idempotency key supplied by the parent account, unique within that parent
- `enabled` (boolean, required)
- `products` (list of string, required)
- `created_at` (datetime, required)

### ErrorResponseErrorsItem

- `message` (string, required)
- `parameter` (string, optional) — Request parameter associated with the error, when applicable

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "object": "list",
  "has_more": false,
  "data": [
    {
      "object": "sub_account",
      "id": "8c0d8bd1-9ea8-4ae7-bf3e-7f6bd94a1de7",
      "name": "Acme Corp",
      "external_id": "ext-123",
      "enabled": true,
      "products": [
        "identity"
      ],
      "created_at": "2026-08-17T19:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 1
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Sub-accounts list
import requests

url = "https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Sub-accounts list
const url = 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Sub-accounts list
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Sub-accounts list
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Sub-accounts list
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php Sub-accounts list
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Sub-accounts list
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Sub-accounts list
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.middesk.com/v1/sub_accounts")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```