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# Check Phone

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

NOTE: the service's return string is bound as the response `message`, not `data` - `data` will be absent.

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

## Request

### Query parameters

- `phone` (integer, optional)

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, optional)
- `X-Device-Id` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

200 OK

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

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "OTP sent"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Identity_checkPhone_example
import requests

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

querystring = {"phone":"254712345678"}

headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
    "X-Device-Id": "e2e-device-1a2b3c4d"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Identity_checkPhone_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer {{accessToken}}', 'X-Device-Id': 'e2e-device-1a2b3c4d'}
};

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

```go Identity_checkPhone_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Device-Id", "e2e-device-1a2b3c4d")

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

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

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

}
```

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

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
request["X-Device-Id"] = 'e2e-device-1a2b3c4d'

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

```java Identity_checkPhone_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-phone?phone=254712345678")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .header("X-Device-Id", "e2e-device-1a2b3c4d")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
    'X-Device-Id' => 'e2e-device-1a2b3c4d',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Identity_checkPhone_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Device-Id", "e2e-device-1a2b3c4d");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Identity_checkPhone_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
  "X-Device-Id": "e2e-device-1a2b3c4d"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/auth/check-phone?phone=254712345678")! 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()
```