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Verification Check


The Verification Check Resource represents a verification validation. This will check whether the user-provided token is correct.

Prerequisites:

  1. Create a Verification Service
  2. Start a Verification

VerificationCheck Response Properties

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These fields are returned in the output JSON response. The type SID<VE> is a unique ID starting with the letters VE.

Resource properties
sidtype: SID<VE>Not PII

The unique string that we created to identify the VerificationCheck resource.


account_sidtype: SID<AC>Not PII

The SID of the Account(link takes you to an external page) that created the VerificationCheck resource.


totype: stringPII MTL: 30 days

The phone number or email(link takes you to an external page) being verified. Phone numbers must be in E.164 format(link takes you to an external page).


channeltype: enum<STRING>Not PII

The verification method to use. One of: email(link takes you to an external page), sms, whatsapp, call, or sna.

Possible values:
smscallemailwhatsappsna

statustype: stringNot PII

The status of the verification. Can be: pending, approved, or canceled.


validtype: booleanNot PII

Use "status" instead. Legacy property indicating whether the verification was successful.


amounttype: stringPII MTL: 1 days

The amount of the associated PSD2 compliant transaction. Requires the PSD2 Service flag enabled.


payeetype: stringPII MTL: 1 days

The payee of the associated PSD2 compliant transaction. Requires the PSD2 Service flag enabled.


date_createdtype: string<DATE TIME>Not PII

The ISO 8601(link takes you to an external page) date and time in GMT when the Verification Check resource was created.


date_updatedtype: string<DATE TIME>Not PII

The ISO 8601(link takes you to an external page) date and time in GMT when the Verification Check resource was last updated.


sna_attempts_error_codestype: arrayNot PII

List of error codes as a result of attempting a verification using the sna channel. The error codes are chronologically ordered, from the first attempt to the latest attempt. This will be an empty list if no errors occured or null if the last channel used wasn't sna.


POST https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/VerificationCheck

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Warning

Twilio deletes the verification SID once it's:

  • expired (10 minutes)
  • approved
  • when the max attempts to check a code have been reached

If any of these occur, verification checks will return a 404 not found error like this:


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Unable to create record: The requested resource /Services/VAXXXXXXXXXXXXX/VerificationCheck was not found

If you'd like to double check what happened with a given verification - please use the Twilio Console Verify Logs(link takes you to an external page).

These are the available input parameters for checking a verification. The type SID<VE> is a unique ID starting with the letters VE.

Parameters

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URI parameters
ServiceSidtype: SID<VA>Not PII
Path Parameter

The SID of the verification Service(link takes you to an external page) to create the resource under.


Request body parameters
Codetype: stringNot PII

The 4-10 character string being verified.


Totype: stringPII MTL: 30 days

The phone number or email(link takes you to an external page) to verify. Either this parameter or the verification_sid must be specified. Phone numbers must be in E.164 format(link takes you to an external page).


VerificationSidtype: SID<VE>Not PII

A SID that uniquely identifies the Verification Check. Either this parameter or the to phone number/email(link takes you to an external page) must be specified.


Amounttype: stringPII MTL: 1 days

The amount of the associated PSD2 compliant transaction. Requires the PSD2 Service flag enabled.


Payeetype: stringPII MTL: 1 days

The payee of the associated PSD2 compliant transaction. Requires the PSD2 Service flag enabled.

Check a Verification with a Phone Number

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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.verificationChecks
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.create({to: '+15017122661', code: '1234'})
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.then(verification_check => console.log(verification_check.status));

Output

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{
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"sid": "VEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"to": "+15017122661",
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"channel": "sms",
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"status": "approved",
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"valid": true,
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"amount": null,
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"payee": null,
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"sna_attempts_error_codes": [],
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}

Check a Verification with an Email

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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.verificationChecks
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.create({to: 'recipient@foo.com', code: '123456'})
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.then(verification_check => console.log(verification_check.status));

Output

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{
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"sid": "VEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"to": "recipient@foo.com",
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"channel": "sms",
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"status": "approved",
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"valid": true,
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"amount": null,
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"payee": null,
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"sna_attempts_error_codes": [],
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}

Check a Verification with a SID

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Alternative to checking with a Phone Number

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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.verificationChecks
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.create({
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verificationSid: 'VEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX',
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code: '1234'
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})
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.then(verification_check => console.log(verification_check.status));

Output

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{
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"sid": "VEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"to": "+15017122661",
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"channel": "sms",
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"status": "approved",
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"valid": true,
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"amount": null,
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"payee": null,
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"sna_attempts_error_codes": [],
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}

Check a Silent Network Auth Verification with Error Codes

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Note the sna_attempts_error_codes property in the response

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twilio-cli
curl

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// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
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// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
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// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
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const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
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const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
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const client = require('twilio')(accountSid, authToken);
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client.verify.v2.services('VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX')
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.verificationChecks
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.create({to: '+15017122661'})
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.then(verification_check => console.log(verification_check.sid));

Output

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{
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"sid": "VEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"service_sid": "VAXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"account_sid": "ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"to": "+15017122661",
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"channel": "sna",
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"status": "approved",
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"valid": true,
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"amount": null,
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"payee": null,
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"sna_attempts_error_codes": [
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{
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"attempt_sid": "VLXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX",
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"code": 60001
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}
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],
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"date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
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"date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z"
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}

It is possible for a Silent Network Auth (SNA) Verification Check to show a status of approved with error codes listed under sna_attempts_error_codes. This can happen when a Verification Attempt for the SNA Verification failed and resulted in an error, and then a subsequent Verification Attempt was successful and resulted in the approval.


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