diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 723ef36..706fd07 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.idea
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea
+.vscode
diff --git a/cmd/rest/main.go b/cmd/rest/main.go
index 1d88bc3..b1f7568 100644
--- a/cmd/rest/main.go
+++ b/cmd/rest/main.go
@@ -1,20 +1,23 @@
 package main
 
 import (
-	"github.com/wshaman/course-rest/handlers/user"
 	"log"
 	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
+	"github.com/wshaman/course-rest/handlers/user"
 )
 
+
 func main() {
 	router := mux.NewRouter()
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/user", user.List).Methods(http.MethodGet)
+	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/search", user.Search).Methods(http.MethodGet)
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/user", user.Create).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/user/{id}", user.Delete).Methods(http.MethodDelete)
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/user/{id}", user.View).Methods(http.MethodGet)
 	router.HandleFunc("/api/v0/user/{id}", user.Update).Methods(http.MethodPut)
+
 	log.Println("Starting API server on 8080")
 	if err := http.ListenAndServe(":8080", router); err != nil {
 		log.Fatal(err)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 448e22e..afb6896 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module github.com/wshaman/course-rest
 go 1.14
 
 require (
-	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4
+	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.7.0 // indirect
 	github.com/wshaman/contacts-stub v0.0.0-20210724212216-60df974b9b84
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index 0c48bfe..ce99898 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c=
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4 h1:VuZ8uybHlWmqV03+zRzdwKL4tUnIp1MAQtp1mIFE1bc=
-github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.4/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0 h1:i40aqfkR1h2SlN9hojwV5ZA91wcXFOvkdNIeFDP5koI=
+github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.0/go.mod h1:DVbg23sWSpFRCP0SfiEN6jmj59UnW/n46BH5rLB71So=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
 github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
 github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
diff --git a/handlers/user/list.go b/handlers/user/list.go
index ceca821..4ce6f03 100644
--- a/handlers/user/list.go
+++ b/handlers/user/list.go
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import (
 	"net/http"
 
 	contacts "github.com/wshaman/contacts-stub"
-
 	"github.com/wshaman/course-rest/lib"
 )
 
diff --git a/handlers/user/search.go b/handlers/user/search.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0745bce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/handlers/user/search.go
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package user
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+
+	contacts "github.com/wshaman/contacts-stub"
+	"github.com/wshaman/course-rest/lib"
+)
+
+func Search(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	// url transfer as a parameter
+	query := r.URL.Query()
+	number := query.Get("number")
+	p := contacts.LoadPersistent()
+	// find by phone
+	res, err := p.FindByPhone(number)
+	if err != nil {
+		lib.ReturnInternalError(w, err)
+		return
+	}
+	lib.ReturnJSON(w, res)
+}
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