---
title: "Check reference"
method: POST
path: "/reference_checks"
tags: ["reference_checks"]
---

# Check reference

`POST /reference_checks`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://www.socialfaktory.com/v1`
- URL: `https://www.socialfaktory.com/v1/reference_checks`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Ask whether a video link can be used as the source of a swap, and if so record it on the account and start fetching that third-party video from its host. Safe to call again while the fetch is running: it reports progress rather than fetching twice.

## Request body

- object
  - `url` string, required

## Response `200`

Check reference

- object
  - `supported` boolean, required
  - `reference_id` string
  - `status` string
  - `source_url` string
  - `video_url` string, nullable
  - `has_audio` boolean, nullable

## Other responses

- `default`: The error envelope

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