Create Session

Overview

The VX API provides a comprehensive solution for creating and managing verification sessions. This guide covers:

1. Authentication - Obtain a bearer token for authorization.

2. Create Session - Generate a verification session link.

3. Get Session Status - Obtain the results through a webhook or polling.

4. iFrame Integration (optional) - Embed the verification link and handle post message events.

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Authentication

To interact with the VX API, you must first obtain a Bearer token. This token will authenticate your application for all subsequent requests.

Endpoint

POST https://auth.dcams.app/oauth/token

Request Body

curl -X POST https://auth.dcams.app/oauth/token \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "client_id": "{{client_id}}",
  "client_secret": "{{client_secret}}",
  "audience": "dcams.app",
  "grant_type": "client_credentials"
}'

Request Details

• client_id: Provided by your administrator, this identifies your application.

• client_secret: A secret key provided by your administrator for authenticating your application.

• audience: Specifies the target API, which should be "dcams.app".

• grant_type: Always set to "client_credentials" for this type of request.

Responses

200 OK

{
    "access_token": "eyJhb...",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "token_type": "Bearer"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
    "error": "access_denied",
    "error_description": "Unauthorized"
}

403 Forbidden

{
    "error": "access_denied",
    "error_description": "Service not enabled within domain: dcams.ap"
}

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Create Session

After obtaining the Bearer token, you can create a verification session. This session will return a link that the user can use to complete the verification process.

Endpoint

POST https://vx.dcams.app/api/session/create_session

Headers

• Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}} (where {{access_token}} is the token obtained from the Authentication step)

Required Fields

• email: The user's email address. This field is used as the primary identifier of a user, but the email address does not need to be real or working as we will never send the user an email.

• age: The user's age, which must be in the format "21+" (with the plus sign to indicate "age to check and over"). NOTE: "21" is just the example, please use any value that fits your use case.

Optional Fields

When sending route_id, settings_id and/or brand_id as empty fielfds the default value for each that is associated with theclient_id will always be used.

• route_id: The route ID to use for this session. If not provided, the default route associated with the client_id will be used.

• settings_id: Specifies the settings for the session. If not provided, default settings associated with the client_id will be used.

• brand_id: Specifies the brand for the session. If not provided, a default brand associated with the client_id will be used.

• There are several more optional fields in the full example below.

Request (Simple Example)

curl -X POST https://vx.dcams.app/api/session/create_session \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {{access_token}}" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "age": "21+"
}'

Request Body (Complete Example with All Optional Fields)

{
  "email": "[e-mail]",
  "age": "21+",
  "route_id": "p8a7b9c2-4d5e-4b7d-8e2a-4f6c9d8b1e2a",
  "settings_id": "s9d8f6c7-4b7d-8e2a-f8a7-4c5e9d8b1e2a", // in most cases you can just use a settings_id profile or use the settings object below to set on the fly
  "brand_id": "o7e2a8f6-4b7d-9e2a-7f8a-6c4e5b8d1f2a",
  "settings": {
    "test_mode": true,
    "block": false,
    "isCloseButtonShown": true,
    "shouldShowContinueOnDesktop": false
  },
  "webhook": {
    "endpoint": "https://example.com"
  },
  "fn": "John",
  "ln": "Doe",
  "addr": "123 Main St",
  "city": "New York",
  "state": "NY",
  "zip": "10001",
  "phone": "201-555-1234", // any valid phone format can be used
  "dob": "20000101", // YYYYMMDD format required
  "ssn": "123-45-6789",// this can be 9 or 4 digits 
  "reference": "Ref123", // use this to populate a single reference for the session
  "additionalData": { // use this to add any key value pairs to be returned during the webhook or polling request
      "key_1": "value_1",
      "key_2": "value_2"
  },
  "language": "en",
  "resultMessages": { // dynamically set the result messages per session. 
    "success": {
      "verificationSuccessTitle": "Verification Success",
      "verificationSuccessSubTitle": "You have been verified"
    },
    "failure": {
      "verificationFailureTitle": "Verification Failure",
      "verificationFailureSubTitle": "You have not been verified"
    },
    "error": {
      "verificationErrorTitle": "System Error",
      "verificationErrorSubTitle": "Please contact customer service",
      "verificationErrorTokenTitle": "Token Error",
      "verificationErrorTokenSubTitle": "The token provided is not valid. Please check and try again.",
      "verificationErrorAlreadyVerifiedTitle": "Already Verified",
      "verificationErrorAlreadyVerifiedSubTitle": "You have already been verified. Please contact customer support.",
      "verificationErrorPendingTitle": "Pending Verification",
      "verificationErrorPendingSubTitle": "Your verification is currently pending. Please wait for further instructions.",
      "verificationErrorVelocityTitle": "Too Many Attempts",
      "verificationErrorVelocitySubTitle": "You have exceeded the number of verification attempts. Please try again later."
    }
  }
}

Responses

200 OK

{
    "message": "Success",
    "detail": "Session created successfully",
    "expires_in": 3600,
    "request_id": "54bba0ca-c5c7-442d-8c6d-3cf286ccaf23",
    "link": "https://vx-fe.dcams.app/54bba0ca-c5c7-442d-8c6d-3cf286ccaf23"
}

400 Bad Request

{
    "message": "Bad JSON format",
    "detail": "Please check your JSON and try again",
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "message": "Unauthorized",
  "detail": "Missing a required input"
}

403 Forbidden

{
    "message": "Forbidden",
    "detail": "Invalid API Key or missing token",
}

{
  "message": "Already Verified", // this error only occurs if block setting is active
  "detail": "This user has a status of pass"
}

423 Locked

{
  "message": "Pending Review", // this only occurs if the VX app is a human review
  "detail": "The user has a manual review of an ID document in process"
}

429 Too Many Requests

{
    "message": "Too many requests",
    detail: "You have exceeded the amount of requests",
}

{
  "message": "Too many attempts", //this is enforced by email and visitor_id by default. In the case of creatng a session link at this time we will not have the visitor_id, and so, it will be based on email only. 
  "detail": "This user has exceeded the amount of verification sessions"
}

500 Internal Server Error

{
  "message": "Internal Server Error",
  "detail": "{{The reason for error if known}}"
}

PRO TIP: Use the request_id to link the session back to your database through either a webhook or a poll request. Additionally, always use the returned link value, as the domain may change at any time.

You are limited to 1,000 requests per minute to the create session endpoint. If you require a larger throughput please contact our support team.

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