# List technicians

List technicians is a read in the HeadHoncho API. Everyone the company sends jobs to: technicians and subcontractors, with contact details, the job types they take and the cut they work on.

Page: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/list_technicians | Part of the HeadHoncho API docs: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api | Machine-readable: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/openapi.json | Everything in one file: https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/llms-full.txt

## The request

Reference for **List technicians**, HeadHoncho API v1. It is a read, sent to the base address `https://api.headhoncho.app`.

`GET /api/v1/technicians`

The key needs the **Team** area at **read**. An answered call costs 1 credit; a refusal costs nothing. See [credits](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#credits).

Send your key as `Authorization: Bearer hh_live_...`. See [API keys](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/keys).

## Parameters

| Name | Kind | Required | Description | Example |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `role` | text, in the query | No | technician or subcontractor. Default: both. One of `technician`, `subcontractor`. | `subcontractor` |
| `active` | text, in the query | No | yes for people on the roster now, no for people taken off it. Default: both. One of `yes`, `no`. | `yes` |

## Try it with your key

Paste your key and change the values. The box builds the call as a cURL line and a fetch line, ready to copy. It never sends anything itself.

Paste your key on the web page and it fills a cURL line and a fetch line with your key and the example values. The page never sends the key anywhere. The same lines with a placeholder key are under Examples below.

## What comes back

items, one person each in the Get a team member shape, active people first and then by name; count, how many. A technician belongs to the workspace, so the list is the same whichever company the key reaches.

It never changes a record. It only reads the companies the key reaches.

## Every field in the answer

Types are read from the example answer. Money is a plain number in the company's currency. A time carries its offset from UTC (`Z` is UTC). Ids are opaque text. A field with no line of its own here has its name spelled out; the common fields mean the same on every page.

| Field | Type | Meaning |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `items` | list of objects | The rows on this page. |
| `items[].id` | id (text) | The id of this record. Ids are opaque text: keep them exactly as given. |
| `items[].role` | text | One of `technician`, `subcontractor`. |
| `items[].name` | text | The name, as the app shows it. |
| `items[].first_name` | text | The first name. |
| `items[].last_name` | text | The last name. |
| `items[].email` | text | The email. |
| `items[].phone` | text | A phone number. Hidden when the key hides personal details. |
| `items[].active` | true or false | One of `yes`, `no`. |
| `items[].is_team_lead` | true or false | True when it is team lead. |
| `items[].monthly_pay` | value or null | The monthly pay. |
| `items[].hired_on` | date (YYYY-MM-DD) | The date it was hired. |
| `items[].ended_on` | value or null | The date it was ended. |
| `items[].business_name` | text | The business name. |
| `items[].default_cut` | object | The default cut. |
| `items[].default_cut.basis` | text | The basis. |
| `items[].default_cut.value` | money (number) | The value. In the company's currency. |
| `items[].default_cut.label` | text | The name the app shows for it. |
| `items[].job_types` | list of objects | The job types. |
| `items[].job_types[].id` | id (text) | The id of this record. Ids are opaque text: keep them exactly as given. |
| `items[].job_types[].name` | text | The name, as the app shows it. |
| `items[].any_job_type` | true or false | The any job type. |
| `items[].claimed` | true or false | The claimed. |
| `items[].open_claim_id` | value or null | The id of the open claim. |
| `count` | whole number | How many match in all, across every page. |

## Money is somewhere else

What a person is owed is on Balances, and the jobs they are on are on List jobs with worker_id. This list is the person, not their money.

## Errors that apply

| Code | Status | What it means |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [`missing_key`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#missing_key) | 401 | Send your key as Authorization: Bearer hh_live_... |
| [`unknown_key`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#unknown_key) | 401 | That key is not one we issued, or it was revoked. |
| [`no_access`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#no_access) | 403 | This credential does not reach that. Ask the person who made it for access. |
| [`invalid`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#invalid) | 422 | Some fields were refused. See fields. |
| [`no_credits`](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors#no_credits) | 402 | Out of credits. Top up on Settings › Credits, or turn on auto top-up. |

## Related

- [Get worker](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/get_worker): One technician or subcontractor: contact details, role, monthly pay, cut, the job types they take and whether the person has claimed their card.
- The same records in the app: [the Team panel](https://headhoncho.app/docs/team).
- How the API fits together: [the model](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/model), [API keys](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/keys), [errors](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/errors) and [the MCP server](https://headhoncho.app/docs/api/mcp).

## Examples

### Answer

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "wrk_3b90",
      "role": "technician",
      "name": "Dana Reyes",
      "first_name": "Dana",
      "last_name": "Reyes",
      "email": "dana@example.com",
      "phone": "+13095550188",
      "active": true,
      "is_team_lead": true,
      "monthly_pay": null,
      "hired_on": "2025-03-10",
      "ended_on": null,
      "business_name": "",
      "default_cut": {
        "basis": "job_profit",
        "value": 40.0,
        "label": "40% of job profit"
      },
      "job_types": [
        {
          "id": "jt_02",
          "name": "Local move"
        }
      ],
      "any_job_type": false,
      "claimed": true,
      "open_claim_id": null
    },
    {
      "id": "wrk_7a12",
      "role": "subcontractor",
      "name": "Omar Saleh",
      "first_name": "Omar",
      "last_name": "Saleh",
      "email": "",
      "phone": "+13095550142",
      "active": true,
      "is_team_lead": false,
      "monthly_pay": null,
      "hired_on": null,
      "ended_on": null,
      "business_name": "Saleh Moving LLC",
      "default_cut": {
        "basis": "job_total",
        "value": 55.0,
        "label": "55% of job total"
      },
      "job_types": [],
      "any_job_type": true,
      "claimed": false,
      "open_claim_id": null
    }
  ],
  "count": 2
}
```

### cURL

```bash
curl "https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/technicians?role=subcontractor&active=yes" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hh_live_..."
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.get(
    "https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/technicians",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer hh_live_..."},
    params={
        "role": "subcontractor",
        "active": "yes",
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()
print(response.json())
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://api.headhoncho.app/api/v1/technicians?role=subcontractor&active=yes", {
  headers: { Authorization: "Bearer hh_live_..." },
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

### Your AI

```text
Tool: list_technicians
Arguments: role (text, optional), active (text, optional)
Access: read on Team
Hints: readOnly=true, destructive=false, idempotent=true, openWorld=false
Try asking: "Using HeadHoncho, list technicians with role subcontractor."
```