Attempt Clerk email address verification

Submit a verification code for a Clerk email address.

← All Clerk endpoints · Capability overview

POST/v1/clerk/email-addresses/{email_address_id}/attempt-verification

https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/email-addresses/{email_address_id}/attempt-verification

5 tokens

Submit a verification code for a Clerk email address.

Authorization

Send your API key in the Authorization header:

Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

MCP

The same capability is available as an MCP tool on Vee3 hosted MCP.

Tool name

clerk.attempt_email_address_verification

Parameters4 fields

clerk_instance_idstringOptional

Clerk instance id (ins_...) from clerk.get_connected_accounts. Omit to use the default connected account.

email_address_idstringRequired

Clerk email address id (idn_...) to retrieve or modify.

verification_idstringRequired

Verification id from prepare-clerk-email-address-verification.

codestringRequired

Verification code sent to the email address.

Response6 fields

verificationobject

5 fields

Verification object with updated status from the Clerk Backend API.

idstring

Verification id returned by prepare_verification.

statusstring

Verification status (verified, unverified, expired, or failed).

strategystring

Verification strategy (e.g. phone_code).

attemptsinteger

Number of verification attempts made.

expire_atinteger

Unix timestamp in milliseconds when the verification code expires.

HTTP errors: clerk_connection_required, clerk_connection_not_found, clerk_connection_invalid, validation_error, unauthorized, payment_required

Example request

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.vee3.io/v1/clerk/email-addresses/{email_address_id}/attempt-verification"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
}
payload = {
    "email_address_id": "idn_2abc123",
    "verification_id": "ver_2abc123",
    "code": "424242"
}

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

Example responses1 example

200Clerk email address after successful verification.

verification_attempted.json

{
  "verification": {
    "id": "ver_2abc123",
    "status": "verified",
    "strategy": "email_code",
    "attempts": 1,
    "expire_at": 1710003600000
  }
}