---
title: "Verify domain ownership via DNS TXT record."
method: POST
path: "/sso-domains/{domainId}/actions/verify"
tags: ["Domains"]
---

# Verify domain ownership via DNS TXT record.

`POST /sso-domains/{domainId}/actions/verify`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.acquia.com/v3`
- URL: `https://api.acquia.com/v3/sso-domains/{domainId}/actions/verify`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/acquia/apis/acquia-cloud-platform-api/docs/sso-domains/:domainId/actions/verify/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `domainId` string, required

## Response `202`

Domain verification process initiated. The system will validate the DNS TXT record to confirm domain ownership. Poll the domain resource and check `health.code` to track progress: `202` in progress, `200` verified, `404` record not found.

- object
  - `_links` object, required: HAL links for the resource
    - `self` FederatedAuthenticationAPIHalLink, required: HAL link object
      - `href` union, required: The target URI of the link (can be a URI or URI template)
        - string, uri
        - string, uri-template
      - `templated` boolean: Whether the link is a URI template
      - `type` string: Hint about the media type expected when dereferencing the target resource
      - `deprecation` string: A URL to a resource that provides deprecation information
      - `name` string: A secondary key for selecting links
      - `profile` string: A URI that hints about the profile of the target resource
      - `title` string: A human-readable identifier for the link
      - `hreflang` string: The language of the target resource
  - `_embedded` object: Embedded resources (optional)
  - `message` 'Domain verification has been accepted.', required: Confirmation message

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized
- `403`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found
- `409`: Conflict
- `500`: Internal Server Error

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