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# Check Email

GET http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email

Same message-as-data pattern as Check Phone.

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/identity/check-email

## Request

### Query parameters

- `email` (string, optional)

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

200 OK

- `code` (integer, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Email available"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Identity_checkEmail_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email"

querystring = {"email":"admin@sare.africa"}

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Identity_checkEmail_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa';
const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'}};

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

```go Identity_checkEmail_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby Identity_checkEmail_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'

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

```java Identity_checkEmail_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .asString();
```

```php Identity_checkEmail_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Identity_checkEmail_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Identity_checkEmail_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-email?email=admin%40sare.africa")! 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()
```