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# Verify Phone Number

## Phone-Number Verification

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `{{baseurl}}/v2/api/identity/ng/phone`

#### Headers

| Name                                    | Type   | Description      |
| --------------------------------------- | ------ | ---------------- |
| token<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | String | API secret token |

#### Request Body

| Name                                               | Type    | Description                                                                        |
| -------------------------------------------------- | ------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| mobile<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>           | String  | Valid phone number                                                                 |
| isSubjectConsent<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | Boolean | Indicate subject has given consent. <mark style="color:red;">`Must be true`</mark> |
| metadata                                           | Object  | Metadata object. Any valid object can be passed here. It gets returned as is.      |

### <mark style="color:green;">Phone Number Verification</mark>

The Basic Phone Number Verification is used to verify the owner of a phone number

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Basic Phone number Verification Sample Request" %}

```json
{
    "mobile": "08000000000",
    "isSubjectConsent": true
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Found Response:" %}

```json
{
        "success": true,
        "statusCode": 200,
        "message": "success",
        "data": {
            "parentId": "612ce40ab8919f39faf7ae49",
            "status": "found",
            "dataValidation": false,
            "selfieValidation": false,
            "phoneDetails": [
                {
                    "fullName": "EHICHIOYA FAMOUS PRIOR",
                    "dateOfBirth": "2000-01-01"
                },
                {
                    "fullName": "EHICHIOYA FAMOUS PRIOR",
                    "dateOfBirth": "2000-01-03"
                }
            ],
            "isConsent": true,
            "idNumber": "08036xxxxxx",
            "businessId": "619b683ecb55a2a588f4b83c",
            "type": "phone",
            "requestedAt": "2021-12-15T00:20:53.143Z",
            "country": "NG",
            "createdAt": "2021-12-15T00:20:53.334Z",
            "lastModifiedAt": "2021-12-15T00:20:53.334Z",
            "id": "61b934dfaab326675cdfaab326",
            "requestedBy": {
                "firstName": "API",
                "lastName": "User",
                "middleName": "",
                "id": "619b683ecb55a2a588f4b839"
            }
        },
        "links": []
    }
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Not Found Response:" %}

```json
{
            "success": true,
            "statusCode": 200,
            "message": "success",
            "data": {
                "id": "62620a9737fc51c378f4a68a",
                "address": {
                    "town": null,
                    "lga": null,
                    "state": null,
                    "addressLine": null
                },
                "parentId": null,
                "status": "not_found",
                "dataValidation": false,
                "selfieValidation": false,
                "firstName": null,
                "middleName": null,
                "lastName": null,
                "image": null,
                "email": null,
                "nin": null,
                "birthState": null,
                "religion": null,
                "birthLGA": null,
                "birthCountry": null,
                "dateOfBirth": null,
                "isConsent": true,
                "idNumber": "07036208559",
                "businessId": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1a",
                "type": "phone",
                "gender": "",
                "requestedAt": "2022-04-22T01:53:28.686Z",
                "country": "NG",
                "createdAt": "2022-04-22T01:53:28.843Z",
                "lastModifiedAt": "2022-04-22T01:53:28.843Z",
                "advanceSearch": true,
                "requestedBy": {
                    "firstName": "Famous",
                    "lastName": "Ehichioya",
                    "middleName": "Prior",
                    "id": "61d880f2e8e15aaf24558f9b"
                }
            },
            "links": []
        
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Error Responses:" %}

```json
HTTP/1.1 402 Payment Required
  {
    "success": false,
    "statusCode": 402,
    "message": "Insufficient fund",
    "name": "PaymentRequiredError",
    "data": {}
}


HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error
{
    "success": false,
    "statusCode": 500,
    "message": "Service unavailable",
    "name": "Error",
    "data": {}
}

HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
{
    "success": false,
    "statusCode": 403,
    "message": "Permission denied",
    "name": "UnauthorizedError",
    "data": {}
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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