Search Available Numbers

This page shows you how to programmatically search for numbers that are available for purchase.

You can also search for available numbers online, using the developer dashboard or from the command line, using the Vonage CLI.

Replace the following variables in the sample code with your own values:

Key	Description
`VONAGE_API_KEY`	Your Vonage API key (see it on your dashboard).
`VONAGE_API_SECRET`	Your Vonage API secret (also available on your dashboard).
`COUNTRY_CODE`	The two digit country code for the number. For example: `GB` for the United Kingdom
`VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE`	The type of number: `landline`, `mobile-lvn` or `landline-toll-free`
`VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES`	The capabilities of the number: `SMS`, `VOICE` or `SMS,VOICE` for both
`NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA`	The filter criteria. For example, numbers containing `234`.
`NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN`	Where the `NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA` should appear in the number: `0` - At the beginning of the number `1`- Anywhere in the number `2` - At the end of the number

Write the code

Add the following to search-numbers.sh:

curl \
  -u "${VONAGE_API_KEY}:${VONAGE_API_SECRET}" \
  "https://rest.nexmo.com/number/search?country=$COUNTRY_CODE&type=$VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE&features=$VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES&pattern=$NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA&search_pattern=$NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN"

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

sh search-numbers.sh

Prerequisites

npm install @vonage/server-sdk

Create a file named search-numbers.js and add the following code:

const { Vonage } = require('@vonage/server-sdk');

const vonage = new Vonage({
  apiKey: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  apiSecret: VONAGE_API_SECRET,
});

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Write the code

Add the following to search-numbers.js:

vonage.numbers.getOwnedNumbers({
  country: COUNTRY_CODE,
  type: VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE,
  pattern: NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
  searchPattern: NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN,
  features: VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES,
})
  .then((numbers) => {
    for (const number of numbers) {
      console.log(number);
    }
  })
  .catch((error) => console.error(error));

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node search-numbers.js

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk-kotlin:2.1.1'

Create a file named SearchAvailableNumbers and add the following code to the main method:

val client = Vonage {
    apiKey(VONAGE_API_KEY)
    apiSecret(VONAGE_API_SECRET)
}

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the SearchAvailableNumbers file:

val numbers = client.numbers.searchAvailable {
    country(NUMBER_COUNTRY_CODE)
    type(NUMBER_TYPE)
    features(*NUMBER_FEATURES)
    pattern(NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN, NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA)
}
for (number in numbers) {
    println("""
        Tel: ${number.msisdn}
        Country: ${number.country}
        Type: ${number.type}
        Cost: ${number.cost}
        """.trimIndent()
    )
}

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.kt.numbers with the package containing SearchAvailableNumbers:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.kt.numbers.SearchAvailableNumbers

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk:9.3.1'

Create a file named SearchNumbers and add the following code to the main method:

VonageClient client = VonageClient.builder()
        .apiKey(VONAGE_API_KEY)
        .apiSecret(VONAGE_API_SECRET)
        .build();

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the SearchNumbers file:

SearchNumbersResponse response = client.getNumbersClient().searchNumbers(
        SearchNumbersFilter.builder()
            .country(NUMBER_COUNTRY_CODE)
            .type(NUMBER_TYPE)
            .features(NUMBER_FEATURES)
            .pattern(NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN, NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA)
            .build()
);

System.out.println("Here are "
        + response.getNumbers().length
        + " of the " + response.getCount()
        + " matching numbers available for purchase."
);

for (AvailableNumber number : response.getNumbers()) {
    System.out.println("Tel: " + number.getMsisdn());
    System.out.println("Cost: " + number.getCost());
}

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.numbers with the package containing SearchNumbers:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.numbers.SearchNumbers

Prerequisites

Install-Package Vonage

Create a file named SearchNumbers.cs and add the following code:

using Vonage.Numbers;
using Vonage.Request;
using Vonage;

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Add the following to SearchNumbers.cs:


var credentials = Credentials.FromApiKeyAndSecret(vonageApiKey, vonageApiSecret);

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Write the code

Add the following to SearchNumbers.cs:


var request = new NumberSearchRequest()
{
    Country = countryCode,
    Type = vonageNumberType,
    Features = vonageNumberFeatures,
    Pattern = numberSearchCriteria,
    SearchPattern = numberSearchPattern
};

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Prerequisites

composer require vonage/client

Create a file named search-available.php and add the following code:

use Vonage\Numbers\Filter\AvailableNumbers;
use Vonage\Entity\IterableAPICollection;

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Add the following to search-available.php:

$basic = new \Vonage\Client\Credentials\Basic(VONAGE_API_KEY, VONAGE_API_SECRET);
$client = new \Vonage\Client($basic);

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Add the following to search-available.php:

/** @var IterableAPICollection $response */
$filter = new AvailableNumbers([
    "pattern" => (string) NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
    "search_pattern" => (int) NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN,
    "type" => VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE,
    "features" => VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES,
]);
$response = $client->numbers()->searchAvailable(COUNTRY_CODE, $filter);

echo "There are " . count($response) . " matching numbers available for purchase:\n";

foreach ($response as $number) {
    echo "Tel: " . $number->getMsisdn() . " Cost: " . $number->getCost() . "\n";
}

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

php search-available.php

Prerequisites

pip install vonage python-dotenv

Write the code

Add the following to search.py:

from vonage import Auth, Vonage
from vonage_numbers import SearchAvailableNumbersFilter

client = Vonage(Auth(api_key=VONAGE_API_KEY, api_secret=VONAGE_API_SECRET))

numbers, count, next = client.numbers.search_available_numbers(
    SearchAvailableNumbersFilter(
        country=NUMBER_COUNTRY_CODE,
        size=3,
        pattern=NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
        search_pattern=NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN,
        type=NUMBER_TYPE,
        features=NUMBER_FEATURES,
    )
)
pprint(numbers)
print(count)
print(next)

for number in numbers:
    print(f'Tel: {number.msisdn} Cost: {number.cost}')

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

python numbers/search.py

Prerequisites

gem install vonage

Create a file named search.rb and add the following code:

client = Vonage::Client.new(
  api_key: VONAGE_API_KEY,
  api_secret: VONAGE_API_SECRET
)

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Write the code

Add the following to search.rb:

response = client.numbers.search(
  country: COUNTRY_CODE,
  msisdn: VONAGE_NUMBER,
  type: VONAGE_NUMBER_TYPE,
  features: VONAGE_NUMBER_FEATURES,
  pattern: NUMBER_SEARCH_CRITERIA,
  search_pattern: NUMBER_SEARCH_PATTERN
)

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

ruby search.rb

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