---
title: "Verify email and password"
method: POST
path: "/api/auth/verify-credentials"
tags: ["Auth - End User"]
---

# Verify email and password

`POST /api/auth/verify-credentials`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.ascendkit.dev` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.ascendkit.dev/api/auth/verify-credentials`
- Auth: none declared

Checks end-user credentials without creating a session. Used by SDK auth runtimes before session issuance.

## Request body

- VerifyCredentialsRequest
  - `publicKey` string, required: Environment public key for the project the user belongs to.
  - `email` string, email, required: User email address.
  - `password` string, required: Plain-text password to verify.

## Response `200`

Successful Response

- ApiResponse
  - `data` unknown
  - `error` string, nullable
  - `meta` object, nullable

## Other responses

- `422`: Validation Error

---

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