---
title: "Check a user's Plaid Network status"
method: POST
path: "/profile/network_status/get"
tags: ["plaid"]
---

# Check a user's Plaid Network status

`POST /profile/network_status/get`

The `/profile/network_status/get` endpoint can be used to check whether Plaid has a matching profile for the user.

## Request body

- ProfileNetworkStatusGetRequest — ProfileNetworkStatusGetRequest defines the request schema for `/profile/network_status/get`
  - `client_id` string — Your Plaid API `client_id`. The `client_id` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-CLIENT-ID` header or as part of a request body.
  - `secret` string — Your Plaid API `secret`. The `secret` is required and may be provided either in the `PLAID-SECRET` header or as part of a request body.
  - `user` NetworkStatusGetUser, required — An object specifying information about the end user for the network status check.
    - `phone_number` string, required — The user's phone number in [E.164](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.164) format.

## Response `200`

success

- ProfileNetworkStatusGetResponse — ProfileNetworkStatusGetResponse defines the response schema for `/profile/network_status/get`
  - `network_status` 'UNKNOWN' | 'RETURNING_USER', required — Enum representing the overall network status of the user.
  - `request_id` string, required — A unique identifier for the request, which can be used for troubleshooting. This identifier, like all Plaid identifiers, is case sensitive.

## Other responses

- `default` — Error response.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/plaid/apis/the-plaid-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/plaid/the-plaid-api/versions/64c4514ea59b/schema)