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# Care Context Discovery

ABDM allows a user to find their health records from any health facility they have visited via the discovery process.

When a discovery request is initiated by the user, the HIP will receive a list of verified identifiers along with name and demographic information. Verified information includes the ABHA address, the mobile number name, gender, year of birth.

### PHR Flow

<Steps>
  <Step title="Discover Unlinked CareContexts">
    Use the discover api to get a list of care-contexts that are not linked to the user's account.
    Linking Process is initiated by the user by providing the care-context id and the verification code is sent to the user's mobile number.

    * **API Reference:** [Discover Unlinked CareContexts](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/discover)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Initate the linking">
    Use the link init api to initiate the linking process, the HIP will send an OTP to the user's mobile number.

    * **API Reference:** [Initate the linking](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/link-init)
  </Step>

  <Step title="Confirm the linking with OTP">
    Use `txn_id` from the previous step and OTP sent to the user's mobile number to confirm the linking.

    * **API Reference:** [Confirm the linking with OTP](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/link-confirm)
  </Step>
</Steps>

### HIP Flow

<Steps>
  <Step title="On Discover">
    The HIP receives a discovery request and returns the list of unlinked care-contexts associated with the user.

    * **API Reference:** [On Discover](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/on_discover)
  </Step>

  <Step title="On Link Init">
    After generating the OTP, the HIP should call the `on-link-init` API to notify the ABDM gateway about the OTP sent.

    * **API Reference:** [On Link Init](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/link_on_init)
  </Step>

  <Step title="On Link Confirm">
    After verifying the OTP and initiating the linking of the care-context, the HIP should call the on-link-confirm API to notify the ABDM gateway about the successful linking of the unlinked health record.

    * **API Reference:** [On Link Confirm](/api-reference/user-app/abdm-connect/care-contexts/discover/link_on_confirm)
  </Step>
</Steps>