Sift Verification API

Send, resend, and check verification challenges.

Operations 3

POST /verification/send Sift Send Verification #
POST /verification/resend Sift Resend Verification #
POST /verification/check Sift Check Verification #

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OpenAPI Specification

sift-com-verification-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Sift Decisions Verification API
  description: 'The Sift Decisions API records analyst or automation decisions (for example

    block, watch, or accept) against users, orders, sessions, and content. Decisions

    feed Sift''s machine learning models and drive downstream webhook notifications.

    '
  version: '205'
  contact:
    name: Sift
    url: https://sift.com
    email: support@sift.com
  license:
    name: Sift API Terms of Service
    url: https://sift.com/legal-and-compliance
servers:
- url: https://api.sift.com/v205
  description: Sift Production API
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Verification
  description: Send, resend, and check verification challenges.
paths:
  /verification/send:
    post:
      summary: Sift Send Verification
      description: Initiate a verification challenge (SMS, email, phone, biometric) for a Sift user.
      operationId: sendVerification
      tags:
      - Verification
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/SendVerificationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification dispatched.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationResponse'
  /verification/resend:
    post:
      summary: Sift Resend Verification
      description: Resend the active verification challenge to the same destination.
      operationId: resendVerification
      tags:
      - Verification
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                $user_id:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification resent.
  /verification/check:
    post:
      summary: Sift Check Verification
      description: Submit the user-entered verification code or proof for validation.
      operationId: checkVerification
      tags:
      - Verification
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CheckVerificationRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Verification result.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/VerificationResponse'
components:
  schemas:
    CheckVerificationRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - $user_id
      - $code
      properties:
        $user_id:
          type: string
        $code:
          type: integer
    VerificationResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: integer
        error_message:
          type: string
        sent_at:
          type: integer
        checked_at:
          type: integer
    SendVerificationRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - $user_id
      - $verification_type
      properties:
        $user_id:
          type: string
        $send_to:
          type: string
          description: Phone number or email address to verify.
        $verification_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - $sms
          - $email
          - $phone
          - $face
          - $fingerprint
          - $push
          - $security_key
        $verified_event:
          type: string
          description: The parent Sift event the verification is associated with.
        $verified_entity_id:
          type: string
        $brand_name:
          type: string
        $language:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic