Send an email-ownership verification code
Email a 6-digit code to the DIR’s authorizer email to confirm ownership of that address.
The code expires in 15 minutes. Requesting a new code invalidates any previous one. Resends are rate limited (a short cooldown plus a daily cap). Submit the code to POST /dir/{dir_id}/verify_email/confirm.
POST
/
dir
/
{dir_id}
/
verify_email
JavaScript
import Telnyx from 'telnyx';
const client = new Telnyx({
apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const EmailVerificationStatusWrapped = await client.dir.verifyEmail.create('dir_id');
console.log(EmailVerificationStatusWrapped.data);import os
from telnyx import Telnyx
client = Telnyx(
api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
email_verification_status_wrapped = client.dir.verify_email.create(
"dir_id",
)
print(email_verification_status_wrapped.data)
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go"
"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go/option"
)
func main() {
client := telnyx.NewClient(
option.WithAPIKey("My API Key"),
)
verifyEmail, err := client.Dir.VerifyEmail.New(
context.TODO(),
"dir_id",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", verifyEmail.Data)
}
package com.telnyx.sdk.example;
import com.telnyx.sdk.client.TelnyxClient;
import com.telnyx.sdk.client.okhttp.TelnyxOkHttpClient;
public final class Main {
private Main() {}
public static void main(String[] args) {
TelnyxClient client = TelnyxOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
var response = client.dir().verifyEmail().create("dir_id");
}
}require "telnyx"
telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")
email_verification_status_wrapped = telnyx.dir.verify_email.create("dir_id")
puts(email_verification_status_wrapped)<?php
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Telnyx\Client;
use Telnyx\Core\Exceptions\APIException;
$client = new Client(apiKey: getenv('TELNYX_API_KEY') ?: 'My API Key');
try {
$email_verification_status_wrapped = $client->dir->verifyEmail->create(
'dir_id',
);
var_dump($email_verification_status_wrapped);
} catch (APIException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}telnyx dir:verify-email create \
--api-key 'My API Key' \
--dir-id 16635d38-75a6-4481-82e8-69af60e05011curl --request POST \
--url https://api.telnyx.com/v2/dir/{dir_id}/verify_email \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'{
"data": {
"record_type": "email_verification",
"email_verified": false,
"status": "sent",
"expires_at": "2026-07-30T17:15:00Z",
"sends_remaining_today": 9
}
}Authorizations
Telnyx API key. Generate one at https://portal.telnyx.com/#/app/api-keys.
Path Parameters
The DIR id. Lowercase UUID.
Example:
"16635d38-75a6-4481-82e8-69af60e05011"
Response
A code was emailed; the current verification state is returned.
Verification state for a DIR's authorizer email.
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JavaScript
import Telnyx from 'telnyx';
const client = new Telnyx({
apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const EmailVerificationStatusWrapped = await client.dir.verifyEmail.create('dir_id');
console.log(EmailVerificationStatusWrapped.data);import os
from telnyx import Telnyx
client = Telnyx(
api_key=os.environ.get("TELNYX_API_KEY"), # This is the default and can be omitted
)
email_verification_status_wrapped = client.dir.verify_email.create(
"dir_id",
)
print(email_verification_status_wrapped.data)
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go"
"github.com/team-telnyx/telnyx-go/option"
)
func main() {
client := telnyx.NewClient(
option.WithAPIKey("My API Key"),
)
verifyEmail, err := client.Dir.VerifyEmail.New(
context.TODO(),
"dir_id",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", verifyEmail.Data)
}
package com.telnyx.sdk.example;
import com.telnyx.sdk.client.TelnyxClient;
import com.telnyx.sdk.client.okhttp.TelnyxOkHttpClient;
public final class Main {
private Main() {}
public static void main(String[] args) {
TelnyxClient client = TelnyxOkHttpClient.fromEnv();
var response = client.dir().verifyEmail().create("dir_id");
}
}require "telnyx"
telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")
email_verification_status_wrapped = telnyx.dir.verify_email.create("dir_id")
puts(email_verification_status_wrapped)<?php
require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';
use Telnyx\Client;
use Telnyx\Core\Exceptions\APIException;
$client = new Client(apiKey: getenv('TELNYX_API_KEY') ?: 'My API Key');
try {
$email_verification_status_wrapped = $client->dir->verifyEmail->create(
'dir_id',
);
var_dump($email_verification_status_wrapped);
} catch (APIException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}telnyx dir:verify-email create \
--api-key 'My API Key' \
--dir-id 16635d38-75a6-4481-82e8-69af60e05011curl --request POST \
--url https://api.telnyx.com/v2/dir/{dir_id}/verify_email \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'{
"data": {
"record_type": "email_verification",
"email_verified": false,
"status": "sent",
"expires_at": "2026-07-30T17:15:00Z",
"sends_remaining_today": 9
}
}