# Party methods: screen

URL: /code/sdk/party/verbs · Id: `page:code/sdk/party/verbs`

> The Party Verbs screen as typed SDK methods, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Party](/business/nouns/party), one group of [Party methods](/code/sdk/party).

### Party.screen
Screen checks a Party against official registers and restricted-party lists and keeps the result as a Screening. [Verb page](/business/nouns/party/screen?interface=sdk).

```ts
interface PartyVerbs {
  screen(input: PartyScreenInput, options?: SB.CallOptions): SB.Call<PartyScreenOutput>
}
```

Emits [`Party.screened`](/business/events/Party.screened).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `party` | [Party](/business/nouns/party) | Yes | The Party to check: a Customer, Supplier, Partner or the Company’s own owners. |
| `markets` | list of [Market](/business/nouns/market) | No | The Markets whose lists apply. Defaults to the Party’s and the Startup’s Markets. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `screening` | [Screening](/business/nouns/screening) | Yes | The Screening, with the lists checked, their versions, any matches and the outcome. |
| `party` | [Party](/business/nouns/party) | Yes | The Party screened. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```ts
import { $ } from 'startup-builder'

const { screening, party } = await $.Party.screen({ party: 'party_hmQWaPrAyZ' })
```