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POST
/
verifications
Create Verification
curl --request POST \
  --url https://{defaultHost}/verifications \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "restart": true,
  "tax_identification_number": "<string>",
  "first_name": "<string>",
  "last_name": "<string>",
  "date_of_birth": "<string>",
  "business_name": "<string>",
  "business_structure": "<string>",
  "place_of_incorporation": "<string>",
  "business_website": "<string>",
  "phone": "<string>",
  "country": "<string>",
  "address": {}
}
'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "first_name": "<string>",
  "last_name": "<string>",
  "date_of_birth": "<string>",
  "business_name": "<string>",
  "business_structure": "<string>",
  "country": "<string>",
  "address": {},
  "session_url": "<string>",
  "requested_information": [
    {
      "id": "<string>",
      "field": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "label": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "requested_files": [
        {
          "label": "<string>",
          "category": "<string>",
          "kind": "<string>",
          "is_optional": true,
          "multiple": true
        }
      ],
      "options": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "error_message": "<string>"
    }
  ],
  "created_at": "<string>",
  "updated_at": "<string>"
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

An account API key, account scoped JWT, app API key, or user OAuth token.

Headers

​
Api-Version-Date
string<date>

Pins the request to a dated API version.

Example:

"2026-07-01"

Query Parameters

​
account_id
string
required

The account ID to verify (biz_ tag).

Body

application/json
​
kind
enum<string>

The verification type. Defaults to individual.

Available options:
individual,
business
​
restart
boolean

Whether to restart an in-flight verification.

​
tax_identification_number
string

Optional. Tax identification number — SSN for individuals, EIN for businesses. Tokenized in transit, never stored raw; stored on the profile so the payout account, provisioned on approval, doesn't raise a tax-id RFI.

​
first_name
string

Optional pre-fill claim. Seeds the Sumsub session; attested values come from Sumsub on approval.

​
last_name
string

Optional pre-fill claim. Seeds the Sumsub session; attested values come from Sumsub on approval.

​
date_of_birth
string

Optional pre-fill claim. Seeds the Sumsub session; attested values come from Sumsub on approval.

​
business_name
string

Optional pre-fill claim for businesses.

​
business_structure
string

Optional. Business structure (e.g. llc, corporation).

​
place_of_incorporation
string

Optional. Place of incorporation (state/region); maps to the business address state.

​
business_website
string

Optional. Business website URL. Accepted for both individual and business verifications on company accounts; persisted to the account's metadata and used to provision the payout account on approval. Whop store pages are rejected.

​
phone
string

Optional pre-fill claim — phone number.

​
country
string

Optional pre-fill claim. Country code; for businesses, the country of incorporation.

​
address
object

Optional pre-fill claim. Address (line1, city, state, postal_code).

Response

verification created

​
id
string

The verification ID, e.g. idpf_*

​
kind
enum<string>
Available options:
individual,
business
​
status
enum<string>
Available options:
not_started,
pending,
approved,
rejected,
action_required
​
first_name
string | null
​
last_name
string | null
​
date_of_birth
string | null
​
business_name
string | null
​
business_structure
string | null
​
country
string | null

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code (e.g. US, GB). For individuals this is the country of citizenship or residence reported by the identity provider; for businesses this is the country of incorporation.

​
address
object | null
​
session_url
string | null
​
requested_information
object[]

The outstanding information this verification still needs — payout RFIs and audit RMIs, one uniform shape.

​
created_at
string
​
updated_at
string