---
title: "Verify a presented certificate: signature, expiry and live status."
method: POST
path: "/v1/registry/verify"
tags: ["Registry"]
---

# Verify a presented certificate: signature, expiry and live status.

`POST /v1/registry/verify`

## Request

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

## Headers

- `X-Request-Id` string

## Request body

- object
  - `certificate` object, required
  - `signature` string

## Response `200`

OK

- object: Inferred from 12 recorded responses; required fields appeared in every one; additional properties may appear.
  - `valid` boolean, required
  - `signature_valid` boolean, required
  - `certificate_expired` boolean, required
  - `known_key` boolean, required
  - `key_status` string, nullable, required
  - `registration_found` boolean, required
  - `agent_matches` boolean, required
  - `superseded` boolean, required
  - `live` object, nullable, required
    - `status` string
    - `classes` string[]
    - `agent_id` string
    - `key_id` string, nullable

## 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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