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# Search

> The search API allows businesses verify phone numbers and automatically detect their status as well as current network. It also tells if the number has activated the do-not-disturb settings.

**Endpoint:** `https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd?api_key=my_api_key&phone_number=phone_number`

**Request Type:** `GET`

**Body params:**

| Options       | Required                                                                                                                                |
| ------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| api\*key      | \_string\* <br /> Your API key (It can be found on your [Termii dashboard](https://app.termii.com))                                     |
| phone\*number | \_string\* <br /> Represents the phone number to be verified. Phone number must be in the international format (`Example: 23490126727)` |

DND represents Do-Not-Distrub routes and messages sent to phone numbers with DND settings activated are blocked by telcom providers. To ensure your messages deliver, use the dnd channel.

<CodeGroup>
  ```json JSON theme={null}
   {
  "api_key": "Your API key",
  "phone_number": "2348753243651"
  }
  ```

  ```json JavaScript theme={null}
  var data = {
            "api_key": "Your API key",
            "phone_number": "234875324365"
        };

  var data = JSON.stringify(data);

  var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
  xhr.withCredentials = true;

  xhr.addEventListener("readystatechange", function() {
  if(this.readyState === 4) {
  console.log(this.responseText);
  }
  });

  xhr.open("GET", "https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd");
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
  xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");

  xhr.send(data);
  ```

  ```json NodeJs theme={null}

  var request = require('request');
  var data = {
  "api_key": "Your API key",
  "phone_number": "2348753243651"
  };
  var options = {
  'method': 'GET',
  'url': 'https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd',
  'headers': {
  'Content-Type': ['application/json', 'application/json']
  },
  body: JSON.stringify(data)

  };
  request(options, function (error, response) {
  if (error) throw new Error(error);
  console.log(response.body);
  });
  ```

  ```json Python theme={null}

  import requests
  url = "https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd"
  payload = {
       "api_key": "Your API key",
       "phone_number": "2348753243651"
     }
  headers = {
  'Content-Type': 'application/json',
  }
  response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, json=payload)
  print(response.text)
  ```

  ```json C# theme={null}
  RestClient restClient = new RestClient("https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd");

  //Creating Json object
  JObject objectBody = new JObject();
  objectBody.Add("api_key","Your API Key");
  objectBody.Add("phone_number","+2348753243651");

  RestRequest restRequest = new RestRequest(Method.GET);

  restRequest.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
  restRequest.AddParameter("application/json", objectBody, ParameterType.RequestBody);
  IRestResponse restResponse = restClient.Execute(restRequest);
  Console.WriteLine(restResponse.Content);
  ```

  ```json Java theme={null}

  Unirest.setTimeouts(0, 0);
  HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\r\n \"api_key\": \"Your API Key\",\r\n \"phone_number\": \"2348753243651\"\r\n }")
  .asString();
  ```

  ```json Php theme={null}

  $curl = curl_init();
  $data = array ( "api_key" => "Your API key","phone_number" => "+2348753243651",);

  $post_data = json_encode($data);

  curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://BASE_URL/api/check/dnd",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
  CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $post_data,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
  "Content-Type: application/json"
  ),
  ));

  $response = curl_exec($curl);

  curl_close($curl);
  echo $response;
  ```
</CodeGroup>

```
    {
      "number": "2347089509657",
      "status": "DND blacklisted",
      "network": "Airtel Nigeria",
      "network_code": "62120"
    }
```