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# List Banks

GET http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks

Excludes M-PESA/AIRTEL mobile-money channel codes - PesaLink-eligible banks only.

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/wallet/list-banks

## Request

### Query parameters

- `search` (string, optional)
- `page` (integer, optional)
- `size` (integer, optional)
- `sort` (string, optional)

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, optional)

## Response

### 200

200 OK

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

## Types

### BanksGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaData

- `content` (list of BanksGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataContentItems, optional)
- `pageNumber` (integer, optional)
- `size` (integer, optional)
- `totalElements` (integer, optional)
- `totalPages` (integer, optional)
- `isLastPage` (boolean, optional)

### BanksGetResponsesContentApplicationJsonSchemaDataContentItems

- `id` (string, optional)
- `bankCode` (string, optional)
- `bankName` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "message": "Banks retrieved successfully",
  "data": {
    "content": [
      {
        "id": "5c6d7e8f-9a0b-4c1d-8e2f-3a4b5c6d7e8f",
        "bankCode": "01",
        "bankName": "KCB Bank Kenya"
      }
    ],
    "pageNumber": 1,
    "size": 20,
    "totalElements": 1,
    "totalPages": 1,
    "isLastPage": true
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Wallet_listBanks_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks"

querystring = {"page":"0","search":"KCB","size":"20","sort":"bankName,asc"}

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Wallet_listBanks_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc';
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 Wallet_listBanks_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc"

	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 Wallet_listBanks_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc")

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 Wallet_listBanks_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Wallet_listBanks_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Wallet_listBanks_example
import Foundation

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/banks?page=0&search=KCB&size=20&sort=bankName%2Casc")! 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()
```