Send verification request using Email

If you wish to use your own email address when using the email channel in the 'from' field, please note you will need to contact support if you want to configure / customize this channel.

You can start the verification process by sending a verify request to the Verify API. The following example will send a request that uses Email for verification.

Where needed, replace the following variables in the sample code with your own values:

Key	Description
`JWT`	Used to authenticate your request. See Authentication for more information, including how to generate a JWT.
`BRAND_NAME`	Included in the message to explain who is confirming the phone number
`VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH`	Private key path.
`VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID`	The Vonage Application ID.
`TO_EMAIL`	The email address to send the verification request to.

Write the code

Add the following to send-request-email.sh:

curl -X POST "https://api.nexmo.com/v2/verify" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $JWT"\
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d $'{
	 "brand": "'$VERIFY_BRAND_NAME'",
   "workflow": [
			{
         "channel": "email",
         "to": "'$VERIFY_EMAIL_TO'"
      }
   ]
}'

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

sh send-request-email.sh

Prerequisites

npm install @vonage/server-sdk @vonage/verify2

Create a file named send-request-email.js and add the following code:

const { Vonage } = require('@vonage/server-sdk');
const { Channels } = require('@vonage/verify2');

const vonage = new Vonage({
  applicationId: VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID,
  privateKey: VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH,
});

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Write the code

Add the following to send-request-email.js:

vonage.verify2.newRequest({
  brand: VERIFY_BRAND_NAME,
  workflow: [
    {
      channel: Channels.EMAIL,
      to: VERIFY_TO_EMAIL,
    },
  ],
})
  .then(({requestId}) => console.log(requestId))
  .catch((err) => console.error(err));

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

node send-request-email.js

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk-kotlin:2.1.1'

Create a class named SendVerificationRequestEmail and add the following code to the main method:

val client = Vonage {
    applicationId(VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID)
    privateKeyPath(VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH)
}

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the SendVerificationRequestEmail class:

val response = client.verify.sendVerification(VERIFY_BRAND_NAME) {
    email(VERIFY_TO_EMAIL)
}
println("Verification sent: ${response.requestId}")

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.kt.verify with the package containing SendVerificationRequestEmail:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.kt.verify.SendVerificationRequestEmail

Prerequisites

Add the following to build.gradle:

implementation 'com.vonage:server-sdk:9.3.1'

Create a class named SendRequestEmail and add the following code to the main method:

VonageClient client = VonageClient.builder()
		.applicationId(VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID)
		.privateKeyPath(VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH)
		.build();

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Write the code

Add the following to the main method of the SendRequestEmail class:

VerificationResponse response = client.getVerify2Client().sendVerification(
		VerificationRequest.builder()
			.addWorkflow(new EmailWorkflow(VERIFY_TO_EMAIL))
			.brand(VERIFY_BRAND_NAME).build()
);
System.out.println("Verification sent: " + response.getRequestId());

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Run your code

We can use the application plugin for Gradle to simplify the running of our application. Update your build.gradle with the following:

apply plugin: 'application'
mainClassName = project.hasProperty('main') ? project.getProperty('main') : ''

Run the following gradle command to execute your application, replacing com.vonage.quickstart.verify2 with the package containing SendRequestEmail:

gradle run -Pmain=com.vonage.quickstart.verify2.SendRequestEmail

Prerequisites

Install-Package Vonage

Create a file named StartVerificationRequestEmail.cs and add the following code:

using Vonage;
using Vonage.Request;
using Vonage.VerifyV2.StartVerification;
using Vonage.VerifyV2.StartVerification.Email;

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Add the following to StartVerificationRequestEmail.cs:

var credentials = Credentials.FromAppIdAndPrivateKeyPath(VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID, VONAGE_APPLICATION_PRIVATE_KEY_PATH);
var client = new VonageClient(credentials);

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Write the code

Add the following to StartVerificationRequestEmail.cs:

var request = StartVerificationRequest.Build()
    .WithBrand(BRAND_NAME)
    .WithWorkflow(EmailWorkflow.Parse(TO_EMAIL))
    .Create();
var response = await client.VerifyV2Client.StartVerificationAsync(request);

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Prerequisites

composer require vonage/client

Create a file named request.php and add the following code:

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Write the code

Add the following to request.php:

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

php request.php

Prerequisites

pip install vonage python-dotenv

Write the code

Add the following to send-request-email.py:

from vonage import Auth, Vonage
from vonage_verify import (EmailChannel, StartVerificationResponse,
                           VerifyRequest)

client = Vonage(
    Auth(
        application_id=VONAGE_APPLICATION_ID,
        private_key=VONAGE_PRIVATE_KEY,
    )
)

verify_request = VerifyRequest(
    brand=VERIFY_VERIFY_BRAND_NAME,
    workflow=[
        EmailChannel(to=VERIFY_TO_EMAIL),
    ],
)

response: StartVerificationResponse = client.verify.start_verification(verify_request)
pprint(response)

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

python verify/send-request-email.py

Prerequisites

gem install vonage

Create a file named request.rb and add the following code:

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Write the code

Add the following to request.rb:

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Run your code

Save this file to your machine and run it:

ruby request.rb

Note: If you receive a callback to your designated webhook indicating the request was blocked, the target network might have been blocked by the platform's anti-fraud system.