---
title: "Verify an RFC 9421 HTTP Message Signature an agent put on a request, with its registered key."
method: POST
path: "/v1/http-signatures/verify"
tags: ["Platform"]
---

# Verify an RFC 9421 HTTP Message Signature an agent put on a request, with its registered key.

`POST /v1/http-signatures/verify`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.rightshold.com`
- URL: `https://www.rightshold.com/v1/http-signatures/verify`
- Auth: none required

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object
  - `request` object, required
  - `require` string[]

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 25 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `valid` boolean, required
  - `reasons` string[], required
  - `profile` string, required
  - `keyid` string, nullable, required
  - `covered` string[], required
  - `created` integer, nullable, required
  - `nonce` string, nullable, required
  - `agent` object, nullable, required
    - `number` string
    - `handle` string
    - `level` string
    - `status` string
  - `intent_header` object, required
    - `present` boolean, required
    - `covered` boolean, required
  - `meaning` string, required
  - `label` string
  - `expires` integer
  - `tag` string
  - `signature_agent` object, nullable
    - `url` string
    - `type` string
    - `host` string
    - `source` string
    - `directory_signed` boolean, nullable
    - `media_type_ok` boolean, nullable
  - `rightshold_agent` object, nullable
    - `agent_id` string
    - `number` string

## Other responses

- `400`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `401`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `404`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `405`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `422`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `429`: Request budget exhausted; retry after Retry-After seconds
- `500`: Problem details: a stable error code, type URI, title, status and an explanation
- `4XX`: {error, detail}

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