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# Search for Party Reference

## Search for Party Reference

> Searches the party directory by a criteria type (phone number, email, tax ID or customer ID) and value.

```json
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May be absent for generic errors (e.g. 500).","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail"}}}},"ErrorDetail":{"type":"object","properties":{"code":{"type":"string","description":"Domain-specific error code."},"reason":{"type":"string","description":"Textual identifier of the specific cause."},"message":{"type":"string","description":"Detailed message, with concrete values where applicable."}}}},"responses":{"BadRequest":{"description":"The request payload is invalid — inconsistent dates, an amount ≤ 0, an invalid currency, or missing required fields.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope"}}}},"Unauthorized":{"description":"Missing, expired or invalid Bearer Token.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope"}}}},"NotFound":{"description":"The requested resource could not be found.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope"}}}},"InternalServerError":{"description":"Unexpected internal error.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/ErrorEnvelope"}}}}}},"paths":{"/party-reference/party-reference-data-directory/search/retrieve":{"post":{"summary":"Search for Party Reference","description":"Searches the party directory by a criteria type (phone number, email, tax ID or customer ID) and value.","tags":["party-reference-data-management"],"operationId":"searchPartyReference","requestBody":{"required":true,"content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","required":["PartyReferenceDataDirectoryEntryRetrievalActionRequest"],"properties":{"PartyReferenceDataDirectoryEntryRetrievalActionRequest":{"type":"object","description":"Root object of the search request.","properties":{"PartyReferenceSearchCriteria":{"type":"object","description":"Search criteria for the party.","properties":{"PartyReferenceSearchType":{"type":"string","enum":["PhoneNumber","Email","TaxID","CustomerID"],"description":"Type of search criteria."},"PartyReferenceSearchValue":{"type":"string","description":"Value to search for, matching the selected `PartyReferenceSearchType`."}}}}}}}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"Matching party reference.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"type":"object","properties":{"PartyReferenceDataDirectoryEntryInstanceReference":{"type":"string","description":"Unique identifier of the party directory entry."},"PartyReference":{"type":"string","description":"Reference identifier of the party."},"PartyDirectoryEntryProfile":{"allOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/PartyDirectoryEntryProfile"}],"description":"Registration profile of the party."}}}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/BadRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/Unauthorized"},"404":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/NotFound"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/responses/InternalServerError"}}}}}}
```


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