Verify Now API Documentation

Version – 1.0

Introduction

Mobile phone number serves as the ultimate user identity in digital universe. Digital applications whether on web or on mobile verify mobile numbers of their users to ensure their authenticity. To address this growing need, Message Central has developed a reliable, quick and cost-effective mobile number verification service called Verify Now.

Help and Support

For implementation support and any feedback, please reach out to us at: operations@messagecentral.com

API Request and Response

The API will only accept requests from the service provider via the API Endpoint URL shared with the service provider and from whitelisted IP addresses over HTTP, partner to provide a list of source IP.

REST API Base URL’s:
All Platform API endpoints below should be prefixed with the following URL:
https://cpaas.messagecentral.com

Generate Token

To generate Auth token for Send OTP & Validate OTP header, please sign up on the platform.

A. Send OTP

To send otp on mobile number below are request parameters.

Request Header

Type

Mandatory?

authToken

String

yes

Field

Type

Mandatory?

Description

customerId

String

yes

Customer identifier

countryCode

String

yes

Country code

otpLength

Integer

Send a number between 4 and 8. Default is 4

mobileNumber

String

yes

Mobile number

flowType

String

yes

We send otp using multiple medium like sms,email etc. for now use SMS only

String

Email is used when we send otp through mail

langID

String

For sending sms in different languages . by default language is English. For now we support English only

Request URL Path:

/verification/v2/verification/send

Response JSON:
A successful response will return a 200 status code.

{
"responseCode": Integer,
"message": "String",
"data": {
"verificationId": "String",
"mobileNumber": "String",
"responseCode": "String",
"errorMessage": "String",
"timeout": "String",
"smsCLI": "String",
"transactionId": "String"
}
}
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Below is an example success send otp using the following multiple languages:

curl --location--request POST'https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=XX&customerId=****************&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=971X8X2X23&otpLength=4'\--header 'authToken: eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMzNDMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'

{
    “responseCode”:200,
     “message”: “SUCCESS”,
     “data”:{
            “verificationId”: “20”,
           “mobileNumber”: “8846735392”,
           “responseCode”: “200”,
          “errorMessage”: null,
          “timeout”: “60”,
          “smsCLI”: null,
        “transactionId”: null
}
}

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient()
.newBuilder().
build();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=91&customerId=CC0157BFAF1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=9990655875")
.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("authToken", "eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMzNDMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA")
.build();

<?php
require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';
$request = new HTTP_Request2();
$request-
>setUrl('https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/sendcountryCode=91&customerId=CC0157BFAF1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=9990655875');$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_POST);$request->setConfig(array('follow_redirects' => TRUE));
$request->setHeader(array(
'authToken' => 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMzNDMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'
));
try {
$response = $request->send();
if ($response->getStatus() == 200) {
echo $response->getBody();
}
else {
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' . $response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e) {
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

import requests
url = "https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=XX&customerId=CXC0157XXXF1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=999XXXX875"

payload = {}
headers = {
'authToken': 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMzNDMyQTVGwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGRFrPAFpx64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "net/http"
url = URI("https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=XX&customerId=CXC0157XFXX1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=9990XXXX75")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)

request["authToken"] = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlMTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGmpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA"

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

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=XX&customerId=CXC01XXXXAF1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=9990XXXX75");

request.Headers.Add("authToken", "eyJhbGcIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiJDLTMzNDMyQTVGNDlGNzQlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SR64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();

Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

B. Validate OTP

To validate below are fields.

Field

Type

Mandatory?

Description

customerId

String

yes

Customer identifier

code

String

yes

Otp

verificationID

Long

yes

VerificationId from response of send Otp api

langID

String

For multiple language support by default is English.For now we support English only

Request URL Path:

/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp

Response JSON:
A successful response will return a 200 status code.

{
"responseCode": Integer,
"message": "String",
"data": {
"verificationId": "String",
"mobileNumber": "String",
"responseCode": "String",
"errorMessage": "String",
"timeout": "String",
"smsCLI": "String",
"transactionId": "String"
}
}
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Below is an example success validate otp using the following multiple languages:

curl --location'https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=XX&mobileNumber=971X8X2X23&verificationId=XX&customerId=************&code=XXXX'\--header 'authToken: eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiODMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCIMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGmpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'

{
     "responseCode": 200,
    "message": "SUCCESS",
     "data": {
            "verificationId":   "20",
            "mobileNumber":   "8846735392",
             "verificationStatus":   "VERIFICATION_COMPLETED",
             "responseCode": "200",
             "errorMessage":   null,
             "transactionId":   null,
             "authToken": eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiDMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhNjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrP64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA
}
}

OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient()
.newBuilder()
.build();

MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("text/plain");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "");
Request request = new Request.Builder()
.url("https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/send?countryCode=XX&customerId=CXC0157XXAF1B94F0&flowType=SMS&mobileNumber=999XXXX875")

.method("POST", body)
.addHeader("authToken", "eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiODMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCIMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGmpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA")
.build();
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Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

var request = require('request');
var options = {'method': 'GET',
'url':
'https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=91&mobileNumber=999XXXX875&verificationId=XX&customerId=CXC01XXXFAF1B94F0&code=XXXX',
'headers': {
'authToken': 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'
}
};
request(options, function (error, response) {
if (error) throw new Error(error);
console.log(response.body);

<?php

require_once 'HTTP/Request2.php';

$request = new HTTP_Request2();
‍
$request-
>setUrl('https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=XX&mobileNumber=999XXXX875&verificationId=XX&customerId=C-C0XXXXF1B94F0&code=XXXX');
$request->setMethod(HTTP_Request2::METHOD_GET);
$request->setConfig(array(
'follow_redirects' => TRUE
));
$request->setHeader(array(
'authToken' => 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanH64ADANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmNYh6mFvLQzI__uaA'
));
try {
$response = $request->send();
if ($response->getStatus() == 200)
{
echo $response->getBody();
}
else
{
echo 'Unexpected HTTP status: ' .$response->getStatus() . ' ' .
$response->getReasonPhrase();
}
}
catch(HTTP_Request2_Exception $e)
{
echo 'Error: ' . $e->getMessage();
}

import requests
url =
"https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=XX&mobileNumber=999XXXX875&verificationId=XX&customerId=CXC01XXXXAF1B94F0&code=XXXX"
payload = {}
headers = {
'authToken': 'eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrPAFpxEanHkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP5mFvLQzI__uaA'}

response = requests.request("GET", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
print(response.text)

require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=XX&mobileNumber=999XXXX875&verificationId=XX&customerId=CXC015XXXXF1B94F0&code=XXXX")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port);
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["authToken"] = "eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiOiMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhdCI6MTY5NjMxNDXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INAFpxEanH64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NmFvLQzI__uaA"

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

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://cpaas.messagecentral.com/verification/v2/verification/validateOtp?countryCode=XX&mobileNumber=999XXXX875&verificationId=XX&customerId=CXC0XXXXAF1B94F0&code=XXXX");
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request.Headers.Add("authToken", "eyJhbGciOiJIUzUxMiJ9.eyJzdLIiDMyQTVGNDlGNzQwNCIsImlhNjMxNDQzNiwiZXhwIjoxNjk2OTE5MjM2fQ.UDSi6Mpjr5INVGm4SRFrP64AD6JkiAv2zIReANR6pgmGEoo-T4AXXmgpqXjP56NYh6mFvLQzI__uaA");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

C. Status Codes

Field

Type

200

Success (Request Received / VERIFICATION_COMPLETED)

400

Bad Request

404

Resource Not Found

409

Duplicate Response

500

Unknown Response. Please Try again later.

501

INVALID_CUSTOMER_ID

503

INVALID_ISOCOUNTRYCODE

504

INVALID_MOBILE_NUMBERFORMAT

505

INVALID_VERIFICATION_ID

506

REQUEST_ALREADY_EXISTS

507

NO_ACTIVE_DID_FOUND

508

ALL_CREDITS_EXHAUSTED

509

WRONG_CALL_FLOW_INIT_STATE_USED

700

VERIFICATION_FAILED

701

TRYING_FALLBACK

702

WRONG_OTP_PROVIDED

703

ALREADY_VERIFIED

704

NOT_VALID_TYPE_REQUEST

705

TRYING_FALLBACK_SMS_DELIVERED

706

TRYING_FALLBACK_SMS_NOT_DELIVERED

707

SMS_DELIVERED_SUCCESSFULLY

708

SMS_DELIVERY_REPORT_PENDING

709

WRONG_DID_PROVIDED

711

COUNTRY_NOT_SUPPORTED_OTP_SENT

730

SERVICE_NOT_ACTIVE

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