# Requires: npm i -g @infinite_dev/cli && export INFINITE_API_KEY=sk_sandbox_...
# Escape hatch for any endpoint: infinite api <METHOD> <path>
infinite api POST /v1/verification/initiate \
  --body '<request-json>'

Initiate a new verification.

# Use MCP tool start_verification — send the hosted verificationUrl to a human when available.

import requests

url = "https://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate"

payload = {
    "type": "INDIVIDUAL",
    "countryCode": "US",
    "email": "customer@example.com",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "customerId": "cus_abc123",
    "fillOnBehalf": False,
    "redirectUrl": "https://app.example.com/kyc-complete"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    type: 'INDIVIDUAL',
    countryCode: 'US',
    email: 'customer@example.com',
    name: 'John Doe',
    customerId: 'cus_abc123',
    fillOnBehalf: false,
    redirectUrl: 'https://app.example.com/kyc-complete'
  })
};

fetch('https://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate', 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://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate",
  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([
    'type' => 'INDIVIDUAL',
    'countryCode' => 'US',
    'email' => 'customer@example.com',
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'customerId' => 'cus_abc123',
    'fillOnBehalf' => false,
    'redirectUrl' => 'https://app.example.com/kyc-complete'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "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://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"type\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"countryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerId\": \"cus_abc123\",\n  \"fillOnBehalf\": false,\n  \"redirectUrl\": \"https://app.example.com/kyc-complete\"\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	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://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"type\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"countryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerId\": \"cus_abc123\",\n  \"fillOnBehalf\": false,\n  \"redirectUrl\": \"https://app.example.com/kyc-complete\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://sandbox.api.infinite.dev/v1/verification/initiate")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"type\": \"INDIVIDUAL\",\n  \"countryCode\": \"US\",\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"customerId\": \"cus_abc123\",\n  \"fillOnBehalf\": false,\n  \"redirectUrl\": \"https://app.example.com/kyc-complete\"\n}"

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

{
  "verification": {
    "sessionId": "vsess_abc123",
    "verificationUrl": "https://verify.infinite.dev/?sessionId=vsess_abc123",
    "expiresAt": "2026-10-15T10:30:00Z"
  }
}