Search for Okta user by using a search string

by ShellinAdmin, posted in Okta API 

# SEARCH USERS BY USING SEARCH STRING. CAN CHANGE profile.email TO OTHER FIELDS
$srchString = "theUserName"
$org = "tenant.oktapreview.com" # Your tentant prefix - Ex. [tenant].oktapreview.com or [tenant]-admin.okta.com for production
# May or may not need following Tls12 line
[Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [Net.SecurityProtocolType]::Tls12
$api_token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" # Your API Token. You can generate this from Admin - Security - API

# CAN CHANGE profile.email TO OTHER FIELDS
$uri = "https://$org/api/v1/users?search=profile.email sw %22$srchString%22"

$webrequest = Invoke-WebRequest -Headers @{"Authorization" = "SSWS $api_token"} -Method Get -Uri $uri
$json = $webrequest | ConvertFrom-Json
$usrInfo = $json

#for all properties:
$usrInfo
#for specific properties:
$usrInfo.status
$usrInfo.profile.displayname
$usrInfo.profile.employeenumber