---
title: "Verify a rights manifest's signature and its ledger record"
method: POST
path: "/v1/manifests/verify"
tags: ["Rights desk"]
---

# Verify a rights manifest's signature and its ledger record

`POST /v1/manifests/verify`

## Request

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

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object
  - `manifest` object, required
  - `signature` string
  - `deliverable_sha256` string: Optional: the SHA-256 of the deliverable you received

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 11 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `valid` boolean, required
  - `cleared` boolean, required
  - `manifest_version` string, required
  - `environment` string, required
  - `signed_by` object, nullable, required
    - `key_id` string
    - `status` string
  - `ledger` object, nullable, required
    - `seq` integer
    - `recorded_at` string
  - `reasons` string[], required
  - `note` string, required
  - `next_action` object, required
    - `action` string, required
    - `label` string, required
    - `why` string, required
    - `needs` string, required
    - `rest` string
    - `url` 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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