Verify an External Account

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify \
  --header 'Api-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify"

headers = {"Api-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Api-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify")
  .header("Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'

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

{
  "account_type": "iban",
  "account_verification": {
    "iban": {
      "match_level": "pending",
      "reason_code": null,
      "validated_account_owner_name": null
    },
    "requested_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
    "completed_at": null
  }
}

POST

customers

{customerID}

external_accounts

{externalAccountID}

verify

Verify an External Account

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify \
  --header 'Api-Key: <api-key>'

import requests

url = "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify"

headers = {"Api-Key": "<api-key>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Api-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Api-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Api-Key", "<api-key>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify")
  .header("Api-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.bridge.xyz/v0/customers/{customerID}/external_accounts/{externalAccountID}/verify")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Api-Key"] = '<api-key>'

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

{
  "account_type": "iban",
  "account_verification": {
    "iban": {
      "match_level": "pending",
      "reason_code": null,
      "validated_account_owner_name": null
    },
    "requested_at": "2026-01-15T12:00:00.000Z",
    "completed_at": null
  }
}

Authorizations

Api-Key

string

header

required

Path Parameters

customerID

string

required

A UUID that uniquely identifies a resource

Required string length: 1 - 42

Pattern: [a-z0-9]*

externalAccountID

string

required

A UUID that uniquely identifies a resource

Required string length: 1 - 42

Pattern: [a-z0-9]*

Response

Verification initiated successfully

account_type

enum<string>

The account type that was verified.

Available options:

iban,

gb

account_verification

object

The current state of the verification.

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