CrawlCheck Verify API

The Verify API from CrawlCheck — 2 operation(s) for verify.

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Operations 2

POST /api/verify/bulk Intelligence line: run every server-side verifier on up to 25 ids in one call… #
GET /api/verify Every verifier in one call: record digest, seal + Bitcoin anchor, manifest… #

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OpenAPI Specification

crawlcheck-io-verify-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Crawlcheck Io Verify API
  version: '1'
  contact:
    name: CrawlCheck
    url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
    email: hello@crawlcheck.io
  license:
    name: Terms
    url: https://crawlcheck.io/policy
  x-core-contract:
    promise: 'These operations are the core contract. They stay at /api/v1 and keep answering for at least 180 days after any /api/v2 is announced; their stable fields change only in a new major version, and their provisional fields only after 30 days'' notice, per /docs/api/compatibility. Verifying what they return needs none of these calls: crawlcheck-verify.mjs checks a document on your machine against the published keys (/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory) and the rotation record, read once with --online or saved for --keys. Everything else documented here is useful but secondary, and may change with the notice its fields'' tags promise.'
    operations:
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/resolve
      operationId: resolveDomainV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/resolve
      operationId: resolveBatchV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/preflight
      operationId: preflightV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/decisions/{sha256}
      operationId: decisionCheckV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/revocations
      operationId: revocations
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/visitor
      operationId: visitorResolveV1
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/visitor
      operationId: visitorResolveBatchV1
    - method: GET
      path: /api/v1/mcp/scan
      operationId: mcpScanUrl
    - method: POST
      path: /api/v1/mcp/lock/check
      operationId: mcpLockCheck
    list: https://crawlcheck.io/api/v1/core
  description: 'Operations tagged Verify across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: crawlcheck-io-openapi.json, crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://crawlcheck.io
tags:
- name: Verify
paths:
  /api/verify/bulk:
    post:
      operationId: verifyBulk
      summary: 'Intelligence line: run every server-side verifier on up to 25 ids in one call…'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - ids
              properties:
                ids:
                  type: array
                  items:
                    type: string
                  maxItems: 25
            examples:
              worked:
                summary: The request behind the worked response
                value:
                  ids:
                  - <report id>
                  - <report id>
                  - nope12
      responses:
        '200':
          description: crawlcheck-bulk-verification
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                worked:
                  summary: Intelligence add-on. Duplicates are dropped; an unknown id is named, never skipped. Produced by the real Worker code in the build harness against live scans of the named domains, with a test licence and a test Ed25519 key; production signs with the key published at /.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory.
                  value:
                    kind: crawlcheck-bulk-verification
                    v: 1
                    generated_at: '2026-10-01T16:02:23.244Z'
                    asked: 3
                    found: 2
                    verified: 2
                    failed: 0
                    results:
                    - id: rq574x1trm
                      report_id: rq574x1trm
                      domain: treeservicedenverllc.com
                      scanned_at: '2026-10-01T16:01:17.408Z'
                      served_from: live
                      ok: true
                      found: true
                      failed: []
                      ran: 7
                      checks: 9
                      bundle: https://crawlcheck.io/api/bundle?id=rq574x1trm
                    - id: ppkrf128ry
                      report_id: ppkrf128ry
                      domain: supremefencingdenver.com
                      scanned_at: '2026-10-01T16:01:30.568Z'
                      served_from: live
                      ok: true
                      found: true
                      failed: []
                      ran: 7
                      checks: 9
                      bundle: https://crawlcheck.io/api/bundle?id=ppkrf128ry
                    - id: nope12
                      ok: false
                      found: false
                      why: no record for that id (unknown, or the domain opted out)
                    note: Each id runs every server-side verifier on the record it names (the same checks as /api/verify). ok = every check that could run passed. For an offline check, download each bundle and run crawlcheck-verify.mjs.
              schema:
                type:
                - object
                - 'null'
                properties:
                  kind:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  v:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  generated_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  asked:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  found:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  verified:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  failed:
                    type:
                    - number
                    - 'null'
                  results:
                    type:
                    - array
                    - 'null'
                    items:
                      type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                      properties:
                        id:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        report_id:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        domain:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        scanned_at:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        served_from:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        ok:
                          type:
                          - boolean
                          - 'null'
                        found:
                          type:
                          - boolean
                          - 'null'
                        failed:
                          type:
                          - array
                          - 'null'
                          items: {}
                        ran:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        checks:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                        bundle:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        why:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                      additionalProperties: true
                  note:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                additionalProperties: true
                x-schema-source: worked-example
        '403':
          description: no Intelligence add-on
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: curl
        source: "curl -s -X POST \\\n  -H \"x-crawlcheck-key: $CRAWLCHECK_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"content-type: application/json\" \\\n  -d '{\"ids\":[\"<report id>\",\"<report id>\",\"nope12\"]}' \\\n  'https://crawlcheck.io/api/verify/bulk'"
      security:
      - licenceKey: []
      - bearer: []
      x-auth: 'a licence key (x-crawlcheck-key or Authorization: Bearer) or the signed-in /manage session; 401 or 403 otherwise'
      x-crawlcheck-budget:
        request_body_max: 8388608
        items: 'Intelligence add-on key required (403 without); then ids: up to 25 per call; compare: up to 40 domains per call (400 over)'
      tags:
      - Verify
    servers:
    - url: https://crawlcheck.io
  /api/verify:
    get:
      operationId: verifyRecord
      summary: 'Every verifier in one call: record digest, seal + Bitcoin anchor, manifest…'
      parameters:
      - name: id
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: 'report id, d1: decision id, f1: finding id, or manifest sha256'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: '{ok, id, checks[{name, ok, why}], summary{passed, failed, unverifiable}}'
          content:
            application/json:
              examples:
                worked:
                  summary: Captured from production on 2026-09-30 (MDT).
                  value:
                    served_from: live
                    bundle: https://crawlcheck.io/api/bundle?id=ippi98ekc6
                    ok: true
                    id: ippi98ekc6
                    domain: crawlcheck.io
                    scanned_at: '2026-10-01T00:19:20.736Z'
                    report: https://crawlcheck.io/r/ippi98ekc6
                    checks:
                    - name: record_digest
                      ok: true
                      why: the record recomputes to the digest recorded for it
                      digest: 8d77c01e77e3c718e61c0ea13d30e1d52baab91b65a2340a732684bb21146386
                      recorded: 8d77c01e77e3c718e61c0ea13d30e1d52baab91b65a2340a732684bb21146386
                    - name: seal
                      ok: null
                      why: the day 2026-10-01 has not been sealed yet (the seal runs after the day closes, 01:17 UTC)
                      date: '2026-10-01'
                      digest: 8d77c01e77e3c718e61c0ea13d30e1d52baab91b65a2340a732684bb21146386
                    - name: manifest_signature
                      ok: true
                      why: signature verifies against the published key
                      manifest: ad05cfd2309695534a6996770d0720f8f39c6f584e54df6c72c649fe2cf19b4e
                      kid: hcIAczGf-8EFBnkunmZlvFWnD2nHHeHeC9cM4BTiBVo
                      key_directory: https://crawlcheck.io/.well-known/http-message-signatures-directory
                    - name: manifest_stored
                      ok: true
                      why: stored manifest hashes to its key (20216 bytes)
                      manifest: ad05cfd2309695534a6996770d0720f8f39c6f584e54df6c72c649fe2cf19b4e
                      bytes: 20216
                    summary:
                      passed: 7
                      failed: 0
                      unverifiable: 2
                      total: 9
                    note: 'each check is its own answer; unverifiable means the record predates that layer or the day has not sealed, never a failure. Independent recomputation: the record digest is SHA-256 of the canonical proof subject (/proof), the seal is a Merk…'
              schema:
                type:
                - object
                - 'null'
                properties:
                  served_from:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  bundle:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  ok:
                    type:
                    - boolean
                    - 'null'
                  id:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  domain:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  scanned_at:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  report:
                    type:
                    - string
                    - 'null'
                  checks:
                    type:
                    - array
                    - 'null'
                    items:
                      type:
                      - object
                      - 'null'
                      properties:
                        name:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        ok:
                          type:
                          - boolean
                          - 'null'
                        why:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        digest:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        recorded:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        date:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        manifest:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        kid:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        key_directory:
                          type:
                          - string
                          - 'null'
                        bytes:
                          type:
                          - number
                          - 'null'
                      additionalProperties: true
                  summary:
                    type:
                    - object
                    - 'null'
                    properties:
                      passed:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      failed:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      unverifiable:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                      total:
                        type:
                        - number
                        - 'null'
                    additionalProperties: true
                  note: {}
                additionalProperties: true
                x-schema-source: worked-example
        '404':
          description: No record for that id
      x-codeSamples:
      - lang: Shell
        label: curl
        source: "curl -s \\\n  'https://crawlcheck.io/api/verify?id=ippi98ekc6'"
      security: []
      x-auth: public; no credential read
      tags:
      - Verify
    servers:
    - url: https://crawlcheck.io
components:
  securitySchemes:
    licenceKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-crawlcheck-key
      description: 'Your licence key: cc_ followed by 32 hex characters. Sent on every keyed call.'
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: The same licence key as a Bearer token. Accepted on /api/v1/* and /api/usage.
externalDocs:
  url: https://crawlcheck.io/docs/api
  description: Human-readable reference
x-refined-from:
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.json
- crawlcheck-io-openapi.yml