# Providers

Locate providers based on geographic and semantic search inputs

## Search providers

 - [POST /providers/search](https://providers.docs.askchapter.org/apis/providers/search.md): Search for providers using flexible location options and query string. Supports searching by provider name, hospital group, or other text combined with various location formats.


## Get metadata for a specific provider

 - [GET /providers/{npi}](https://providers.docs.askchapter.org/apis/providers/getprovider.md): Use this endpoint to retrieve metadata for a provider by NPI.


## Get all known locations for a specific provider

 - [GET /providers/{npi}/locations](https://providers.docs.askchapter.org/apis/providers/getproviderlocations.md): Use this endpoint to retrieve every known practice location for a provider by NPI.