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# Check if a identity verification exists

GET https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification

Reference: https://docs.cable.tech/api-documentation/api-reference/identity-verification/check-identity-verification

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Query parameters

- `verification_id` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the identity verification

## Response

### 200

Identity verification exists

- `verification_id` (string, optional) — The unique identifier of the identity verification
- `first_seen` (datetime, optional) — This represents the earliest timestamp associated with the identity verification
- `last_seen` (datetime, optional) — This represents the latest timestamp associated with the identity verification
- `organization_id` (string, optional) — The organization ID for which the identity verification was found

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized request

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of GeneralErrorErrorsItems, optional) — Detailed information about errors in specific fields.

### 404 Not Found Error

Identity verification does not exist

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of GeneralErrorErrorsItems, optional) — Detailed information about errors in specific fields.

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate limit exceeded

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of GeneralErrorErrorsItems, optional) — Detailed information about errors in specific fields.

### 500 Internal Server Error

Server error

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `errors` (list of GeneralErrorErrorsItems, optional) — Detailed information about errors in specific fields.

## Types

### GeneralErrorErrorsItems

- `field` (string, optional)
- `message` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "verification_id": "verif_1234567890abcdef",
  "first_seen": "2024-01-10T08:15:30Z",
  "last_seen": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
  "organization_id": "org_9876543210fedcba"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification"

querystring = {"verification_id":"verif_1234567890abcdef"}

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.get(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef';
const options = {
  method: 'GET',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", 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(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.cable.tech/v2/identity_verification?verification_id=verif_1234567890abcdef")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```