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# Get Tribe Search

POST https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search
Content-Type: application/json

Find the right tribe for a visitor — the endpoint behind a store finder.

**Organisation keys only.** A tribe key gets **403 `Tribe is not supported`** (it is already scoped to one tribe, so there is nothing to search).

This endpoint has **two completely different modes**, chosen by what you send:

### 1. Direct lookup

Send any of `tribe_id`, `tribe_slug` or `global_id` and it becomes an exact-match lookup over the organisation's **Active** tribes. Multiple selectors are ANDed. No geocoding, no distance, no `results` limit — you get whatever matches.

### 2. Proximity search

Send `address` (which gets geocoded) **or** `latitude` + `longitude`, optionally narrowed by a `name` substring, and capped by `results` (default **5**). The search runs in two phases and stops as soon as it has enough:

1. **Territory first** — tribes whose drawn territory polygon contains the point, plus tribes whose `territory_post_codes` list includes the address's postcode. Deduplicated and sorted by distance. If this alone fills `results`, the search stops here.
2. **Then nearest** — the closest remaining tribes by great-circle distance, appended in distance order until `results` is reached.

So a tribe that owns the territory outranks a tribe that is physically closer. That is deliberate: franchise territory beats raw proximity.

**When the address will not geocode** (`N/A`, a typo, a place that does not exist) the endpoint does **not** error and does **not** return whatever sits nearest to (0, 0). It falls back to the organisation's designated fallback tribe — optionally still filtered by `name` — so a store finder stays populated.

**Response** — an array of tribes in the same shape as `GET /tribes`, including the effective `website_number_swap_enabled`. There is no pagination block. Success is HTTP **201**.

Reference: https://docs.gorilladash.com/gorilla-dash-rest-ful-api/tribes/get-tribe-search

## Request

### Query parameters

- `results` (integer, optional) — Max tribes to return in proximity mode. Default 5. Ignored by direct lookup.

### Headers

- `GorillaDash-Api-Key` (string, optional) — Gorilla Dash API Key
- `GorillaDash-Api-Secret` (string, optional) — Gorilla Dash API Secret
- `X-Requested-With` (string, optional)

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a string.

- `string`

## Response

### 201

Created

- `status` (integer, required)
- `success` (boolean, required)
- `data` (list of ApiV1TribesSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems, required)

## Types

### ApiV1TribesSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItems

- `id` (integer, required)
- `organisation_id` (integer, required)
- `name` (string, required)
- `slug` (string, required)
- `status` (string, required)
- `country` (string, required)
- `postal_code` (string, required)
- `state` (string, required)
- `state_abbreviated` (string, required)
- `locality` (string, required)
- `address_1` (string, required)
- `latitude` (integer, required)
- `longitude` (integer, required)
- `main_telephone` (string, required)
- `paid_number` (string, required)
- `paid_number_e164` (string, required)
- `organic_number` (string, required)
- `organic_number_e164` (string, required)
- `website_number_swap_enabled` (boolean, required)
- `opening_hours_array` (ApiV1TribesSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsOpeningHoursArray, required)
- `square_url` (string, required)
- `global_id` (any, optional)
- `address_2` (any, optional)

### ApiV1TribesSearchPostResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataItemsOpeningHoursArray

- `monday` (string, required)
- `tuesday` (string, required)
- `wednesday` (string, required)
- `thursday` (string, required)
- `friday` (string, required)
- `saturday` (any, optional)
- `sunday` (any, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
"{\n    // \"name\": \"Gladesville\", // search by name\n    // \"tribe_id\": 1, // search by tribe id\n    // \"tribe_slug\": \"\", // search by tribe slug\n    // \"global_id\": \"\", // search by tribe global id\n    \"address\": \"Lynnfield, MA 01940\" // search by address\n    // \"latitude\": \"-33.82763350\", // search by latitude\n    // \"longitude\": \"151.12609270\" // search by longtitude\n}"
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "status": 201,
  "success": true,
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "organisation_id": 1,
      "name": "Demo",
      "slug": "demo",
      "status": "Active",
      "country": "Australia",
      "postal_code": "2111",
      "state": "New South Wales",
      "state_abbreviated": "NSW",
      "locality": "Gladesville",
      "address_1": "Buffalo Road",
      "latitude": -33,
      "longitude": 151,
      "main_telephone": "(02) 9999 0000",
      "paid_number": "(02) 9999 0111",
      "paid_number_e164": "+61299990111",
      "organic_number": "(02) 9999 0000",
      "organic_number_e164": "+61299990000",
      "website_number_swap_enabled": true,
      "opening_hours_array": {
        "monday": "09:00-17:00",
        "tuesday": "09:00-17:00",
        "wednesday": "09:00-17:00",
        "thursday": "09:00-17:00",
        "friday": "09:00-16:00"
      },
      "square_url": "https://cdn.gorilladash.com/images/media/15717787/demo-square-673c4aca9c8ff.jpg"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
import requests

url = "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search"

querystring = {"results":"10"}

payload = "{
    // \"name\": \"Gladesville\", // search by name
    // \"tribe_id\": 1, // search by tribe id
    // \"tribe_slug\": \"\", // search by tribe slug
    // \"global_id\": \"\", // search by tribe global id
    \"address\": \"Lynnfield, MA 01940\" // search by address
    // \"latitude\": \"-33.82763350\", // search by latitude
    // \"longitude\": \"151.12609270\" // search by longtitude
}"
headers = {
    "GorillaDash-Api-Key": "{{API_KEY}}",
    "GorillaDash-Api-Secret": "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}",
    "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
const url = 'https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'GorillaDash-Api-Key': '{{API_KEY}}',
    'GorillaDash-Api-Secret': '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}',
    'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '"{\n    // \"name\": \"Gladesville\", // search by name\n    // \"tribe_id\": 1, // search by tribe id\n    // \"tribe_slug\": \"\", // search by tribe slug\n    // \"global_id\": \"\", // search by tribe global id\n    \"address\": \"Lynnfield, MA 01940\" // search by address\n    // \"latitude\": \"-33.82763350\", // search by latitude\n    // \"longitude\": \"151.12609270\" // search by longtitude\n}"'
};

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

```go Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10"

	payload := strings.NewReader("\"{\\n    // \\\"name\\\": \\\"Gladesville\\\", // search by name\\n    // \\\"tribe_id\\\": 1, // search by tribe id\\n    // \\\"tribe_slug\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe slug\\n    // \\\"global_id\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe global id\\n    \\\"address\\\": \\\"Lynnfield, MA 01940\\\" // search by address\\n    // \\\"latitude\\\": \\\"-33.82763350\\\", // search by latitude\\n    // \\\"longitude\\\": \\\"151.12609270\\\" // search by longtitude\\n}\"")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}")
	req.Header.Add("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["GorillaDash-Api-Key"] = '{{API_KEY}}'
request["GorillaDash-Api-Secret"] = '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}'
request["X-Requested-With"] = 'XMLHttpRequest'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "\"{\\n    // \\\"name\\\": \\\"Gladesville\\\", // search by name\\n    // \\\"tribe_id\\\": 1, // search by tribe id\\n    // \\\"tribe_slug\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe slug\\n    // \\\"global_id\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe global id\\n    \\\"address\\\": \\\"Lynnfield, MA 01940\\\" // search by address\\n    // \\\"latitude\\\": \\\"-33.82763350\\\", // search by latitude\\n    // \\\"longitude\\\": \\\"151.12609270\\\" // search by longtitude\\n}\""

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

```java Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10")
  .header("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}")
  .header("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}")
  .header("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("\"{\\n    // \\\"name\\\": \\\"Gladesville\\\", // search by name\\n    // \\\"tribe_id\\\": 1, // search by tribe id\\n    // \\\"tribe_slug\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe slug\\n    // \\\"global_id\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe global id\\n    \\\"address\\\": \\\"Lynnfield, MA 01940\\\" // search by address\\n    // \\\"latitude\\\": \\\"-33.82763350\\\", // search by latitude\\n    // \\\"longitude\\\": \\\"151.12609270\\\" // search by longtitude\\n}\"")
  .asString();
```

```php Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10', [
  'body' => '"{\\n    // \\"name\\": \\"Gladesville\\", // search by name\\n    // \\"tribe_id\\": 1, // search by tribe id\\n    // \\"tribe_slug\\": \\"\\", // search by tribe slug\\n    // \\"global_id\\": \\"\\", // search by tribe global id\\n    \\"address\\": \\"Lynnfield, MA 01940\\" // search by address\\n    // \\"latitude\\": \\"-33.82763350\\", // search by latitude\\n    // \\"longitude\\": \\"151.12609270\\" // search by longtitude\\n}"',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'GorillaDash-Api-Key' => '{{API_KEY}}',
    'GorillaDash-Api-Secret' => '{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}',
    'X-Requested-With' => 'XMLHttpRequest',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("GorillaDash-Api-Key", "{{API_KEY}}");
request.AddHeader("GorillaDash-Api-Secret", "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "\"{\\n    // \\\"name\\\": \\\"Gladesville\\\", // search by name\\n    // \\\"tribe_id\\\": 1, // search by tribe id\\n    // \\\"tribe_slug\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe slug\\n    // \\\"global_id\\\": \\\"\\\", // search by tribe global id\\n    \\\"address\\\": \\\"Lynnfield, MA 01940\\\" // search by address\\n    // \\\"latitude\\\": \\\"-33.82763350\\\", // search by latitude\\n    // \\\"longitude\\\": \\\"151.12609270\\\" // search by longtitude\\n}\"", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Tribes_Get Tribe Search_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "GorillaDash-Api-Key": "{{API_KEY}}",
  "GorillaDash-Api-Secret": "{{GD_RESTFUL_SECRET}}",
  "X-Requested-With": "XMLHttpRequest",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = "{
    // \"name\": \"Gladesville\", // search by name
    // \"tribe_id\": 1, // search by tribe id
    // \"tribe_slug\": \"\", // search by tribe slug
    // \"global_id\": \"\", // search by tribe global id
    \"address\": \"Lynnfield, MA 01940\" // search by address
    // \"latitude\": \"-33.82763350\", // search by latitude
    // \"longitude\": \"151.12609270\" // search by longtitude
}" as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.gorilladash.com/api/v1/tribes/search?results=10")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

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()
```