Verify DNS records for an email domain
Checks the published DNS records against the records required for the email domain and returns the latest verification results.
POST
/
email_domains
/
{domain_id}
/
verify
JavaScript
import Telnyx from 'telnyx';
const client = new Telnyx({
apiKey: process.env['TELNYX_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
});
const response = await client.emailDomains.verify('domain_id');
console.log(response.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
)
response = client.email_domains.verify(
"domain_id",
)
print(response.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"),
)
response, err := client.EmailDomains.Verify(
context.TODO(),
"domain_id",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response.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.emailDomains().verify("domain_id");
}
}require "telnyx"
telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")
response = telnyx.email_domains.verify("domain_id")
puts(response)<?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 {
$response = $client->emailDomains->verify(
'domain_id',
);
var_dump($response);
} catch (APIException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}telnyx email-domains verify \
--api-key 'My API Key' \
--domain-id domain_idcurl --request POST \
--url https://api.telnyx.com/v2/email_domains/{domain_id}/verify \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'{
"data": {
"id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
"record_type": "email_domain",
"domain": "example.com",
"type": "custom",
"status": "pending",
"usable_for_sending": false,
"usable_for_inbound": false,
"verification": {
"ownership": "pending",
"spf": "missing_optional",
"dkim": "pending",
"dmarc": "missing_optional",
"mx": "not_required"
},
"dns_records": [],
"dkim": {
"selector": null,
"algorithm": null,
"key_length": null,
"active": false,
"rotated_at": null
},
"inbound": {
"enabled": false,
"catch_all": false,
"mx_required": false
},
"dmarc_policy": {
"p": "none",
"pct": 100,
"rua": "mailto:dmarc@telnyx.com"
},
"tracking": {
"open_tracking": false,
"click_tracking": false,
"unsubscribe_tracking": false
},
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"verified_at": null
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"source": {
"pointer": "<string>"
}
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "10001",
"title": "Not Found",
"detail": "The requested email domain was not found"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "10015",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"detail": "domain is invalid",
"source": {
"pointer": "/data/attributes/domain"
}
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "500",
"title": "Internal Server Error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred"
}
]
}Authorizations
Telnyx API key supplied as Authorization: Bearer <token>. In production, auth may be validated by the API gateway and forwarded via Telnyx auth headers.
Path Parameters
Email domain UUID
Response
Updated email domain with latest DNS verification results
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Example:
{
"id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
"record_type": "email_domain",
"domain": "example.com",
"type": "custom",
"status": "pending",
"usable_for_sending": false,
"usable_for_inbound": false,
"verification": {
"ownership": "pending",
"spf": "missing_optional",
"dkim": "pending",
"dmarc": "missing_optional",
"mx": "not_required"
},
"dns_records": [],
"dkim": {
"selector": null,
"algorithm": null,
"key_length": null,
"active": false,
"rotated_at": null
},
"inbound": {
"enabled": false,
"catch_all": false,
"mx_required": false
},
"dmarc_policy": {
"p": "none",
"pct": 100,
"rua": "mailto:dmarc@telnyx.com"
},
"tracking": {
"open_tracking": false,
"click_tracking": false,
"unsubscribe_tracking": false
},
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"verified_at": null
}
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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 response = await client.emailDomains.verify('domain_id');
console.log(response.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
)
response = client.email_domains.verify(
"domain_id",
)
print(response.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"),
)
response, err := client.EmailDomains.Verify(
context.TODO(),
"domain_id",
)
if err != nil {
panic(err.Error())
}
fmt.Printf("%+v\n", response.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.emailDomains().verify("domain_id");
}
}require "telnyx"
telnyx = Telnyx::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")
response = telnyx.email_domains.verify("domain_id")
puts(response)<?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 {
$response = $client->emailDomains->verify(
'domain_id',
);
var_dump($response);
} catch (APIException $e) {
echo $e->getMessage();
}telnyx email-domains verify \
--api-key 'My API Key' \
--domain-id domain_idcurl --request POST \
--url https://api.telnyx.com/v2/email_domains/{domain_id}/verify \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'{
"data": {
"id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000",
"record_type": "email_domain",
"domain": "example.com",
"type": "custom",
"status": "pending",
"usable_for_sending": false,
"usable_for_inbound": false,
"verification": {
"ownership": "pending",
"spf": "missing_optional",
"dkim": "pending",
"dmarc": "missing_optional",
"mx": "not_required"
},
"dns_records": [],
"dkim": {
"selector": null,
"algorithm": null,
"key_length": null,
"active": false,
"rotated_at": null
},
"inbound": {
"enabled": false,
"catch_all": false,
"mx_required": false
},
"dmarc_policy": {
"p": "none",
"pct": 100,
"rua": "mailto:dmarc@telnyx.com"
},
"tracking": {
"open_tracking": false,
"click_tracking": false,
"unsubscribe_tracking": false
},
"created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"verified_at": null
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"source": {
"pointer": "<string>"
}
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "10001",
"title": "Not Found",
"detail": "The requested email domain was not found"
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "10015",
"title": "Validation Failed",
"detail": "domain is invalid",
"source": {
"pointer": "/data/attributes/domain"
}
}
]
}{
"errors": [
{
"code": "500",
"title": "Internal Server Error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred"
}
]
}