Verify Bank Account

POST	https://api.sfox.com/v1/user/bank/verify

Verify micro-deposits sent to your bank account from sFOX.

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For bank accounts linked manually (Create Bank Account), sFOX uses micro-deposits to to verify the account.

• sFOX will deposit two <$1 amounts to the user's linked bank account. Micro-deposits expect to be be completed within 1-3 business days after linking the bank account. If the user has not received the deposits within 3 days, please contact [e-mail]

• Collect these amounts from your end user and use the request below to verify.

Until verification is completed the user's bank account will be in a "Pending Verification" status. Bank account status may be retrieved using a Get Bank Account request.

Request

Authentication: This endpoint requires a User Auth Token for authentication. Requests using your Connect API Key will be rejected.

Body Parameters

Name	Description
verifyAmount1 required, number	The value of the first micro-deposit. Should be a number less than 1.
verifyAmount2 required, number	The value of the second micro-deposit. Should be a number less than 1.

Example Requests

Shell

curl -X POST \
  -H 'Content-type: application/json' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer ${USER_AUTH_TOKEN}" \
  --data '{ "verifyAmount1": ${AMOUNT_1}, "verifyAmount2": ${AMOUNT_2} }'  \
  'https://api.sfox.com/v1/user/bank/verify'

NodeJS

const axios = require('axios');

const data = JSON.stringify({
   amount1: ${AMOUNT_1},
   amount2: ${AMOUNT_2}
  })
  
const config = {
  method: 'post',
  url: 'https://api.sfox.com/v1/user/bank/verify',
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${process.env.USER_AUTH_TOKEN}`
  },
  data: data
}

axios(config)
  .then((response) => {
    console.log(response.status)
    console.log(response.data)
  })
  .catch(err => {
    console.error(err.response.status)
    console.error(err.response.data)
  });

Python

import requests
import os

data = requests.post(
  "https://api.sfox.com/v1/user/bank/verify",
  headers={
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['USER_AUTH_TOKEN']}"
  },
  json={
    "amount1": ${AMOUNT_1},
    "amount2": ${AMOUNT_2}
  }
)
print(data.status_code)
print(data.json())

Response

Response Fields

Field	Description
success string	Whether verification succeeded. Possible values: true, false

Responses

200: OK

The following is an example response body to successfully verifying micro-deposits:

{
    "success": true
}

400: Bad Request

// Exceeded maximum verification attempts. 
// Re-link a bank account by deleting the current bank account and creating a new bank account.
{
    "error": "You have exceeded the maximum attempts to verify your bank account. Please add your bank account again to restart verification."
}