curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create \
  --header 'API-KEY: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "external_id": "user_123",
  "redirect": "https://yourapp.com/done",
  "region": "event_2026_austin",
  "phone": "+12105550142"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create"

payload = {
    "external_id": "user_123",
    "redirect": "https://yourapp.com/done",
    "region": "event_2026_austin",
    "phone": "+12105550142"
}
headers = {
    "API-KEY": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'API-KEY': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    external_id: 'user_123',
    redirect: 'https://yourapp.com/done',
    region: 'event_2026_austin',
    phone: '+12105550142'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'external_id' => 'user_123',
    'redirect' => 'https://yourapp.com/done',
    'region' => 'event_2026_austin',
    'phone' => '+12105550142'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "API-KEY: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"external_id\": \"user_123\",\n  \"redirect\": \"https://yourapp.com/done\",\n  \"region\": \"event_2026_austin\",\n  \"phone\": \"+12105550142\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("API-KEY", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create")
  .header("API-KEY", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"external_id\": \"user_123\",\n  \"redirect\": \"https://yourapp.com/done\",\n  \"region\": \"event_2026_austin\",\n  \"phone\": \"+12105550142\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.connect.verifyyou.com/v2/verification/create")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"external_id\": \"user_123\",\n  \"redirect\": \"https://yourapp.com/done\",\n  \"region\": \"event_2026_austin\",\n  \"phone\": \"+12105550142\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "verification_url": "https://verifyyou.com/invite?session_id=zsjmq6",
  "external_id": "user_123"
}

{
  "status": "failure",
  "failure_code": "INVALID_API_ACCESS",
  "failure_reason": "token or external_id required"
}

{
  "status": "failure",
  "failure_code": "INVALID_API_KEY",
  "failure_reason": "API key is missing or invalid"
}

{
  "status": "failure",
  "failure_code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
  "failure_reason": "An unexpected error occurred"
}

{
  "status": "failure",
  "failure_code": "SERVICE_TEMPORARILY_UNAVAILABLE",
  "failure_reason": "Service is temporarily unavailable for maintenance. Please try again later."
}