title: MailChimp API 3.0 search-members query format
body: <p>I’m trying to use the <a href="https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/reference/search-members/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">MailChimp - Search Members</a> function. I want to use this action as a general search for retrieving members from all lists which match a query.</p>
  
  <p>When I try the URI as formatted in the example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>https://us13.api.mailchimp.com/3.0/search-members?query=freddie@
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"An error occurred: Sorry, we're unable to search at the moment.","instance":""}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>If I leave out the query parameter I receive the following error:</p>
  
  <pre><code>{"type":"https://developer.mailchimp.com/documentation/mailchimp/guides/error-glossary/","title":"Invalid Resource","status":400,"detail":"Please provide 'query' parameter in the query string to search","instance":""}
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>So the method is available and my request URI is being parsed.</p>
  
  <p>I conclude that the query parameter is incorrectly formed, however after extensive research I cannot find out how to format the query parameter.</p>