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# Check Personal Wallet By Phone

GET http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone

Public (wallets/register/** whitelisted). Checks if a personal wallet exists for a phone; sends a login OTP if it does.

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/wallet/personal/check-personal-wallet-by-phone

## Request

### Query parameters

- `phone` (integer, optional) — Phone number to check

## Response

### 200

OK

- `code` (integer, required)
- `data` (object, required)
  - `status` (string, required)
  - `message` (string, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Examples

### 200 OK - no wallet found

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "status": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "No personal wallet found for this phone number."
  },
  "message": "No personal wallet found for this phone number."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 OK - no wallet found
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone"

querystring = {"phone":"712345678"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 OK - no wallet found
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

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

```go 200 OK - no wallet found
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678"

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

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby 200 OK - no wallet found
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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

```java 200 OK - no wallet found
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 OK - no wallet found
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678');

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

```csharp 200 OK - no wallet found
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 OK - no wallet found
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

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()
```

### 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 200,
  "data": {
    "status": "EXISTS",
    "message": "An OTP has been sent to the phone number ending with 5678. Please check your messages."
  },
  "message": "An OTP has been sent to the phone number ending with 5678. Please check your messages."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone"

querystring = {"phone":"712345678"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

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

```go 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678"

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

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

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

```java 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")
  .asString();
```

```php 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678');

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

```csharp 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift 200 OK - wallet exists, OTP sent
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/wallets/register/personal/check-phone?phone=712345678")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

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()
```