---
title: "Initiate email validation"
method: POST
path: "/api/user/{id}/profile/email/validate"
tags: ["User Management"]
---

# Initiate email validation

`POST /api/user/{id}/profile/email/validate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.sponsorunited.com/api/user/{id}/profile/email/validate`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/sponsorunited/apis/sponsorunited-api/docs/api/user/:id/profile/email/validate/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Initiates email validation by sending a verification PIN to the new email address.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required

## Request body

- ValidateUserEmailRequest
  - `email` string, required

## Response `200`

Validation initiated, PIN sent

- ProfileFieldMfaResource: MFA field validation response
  - `field` string: Field being validated
  - `valid` boolean: Whether the field is valid
  - `message` string: Validation message

## Other responses

- `400`: Validation error
- `401`: Unauthenticated
- `422`: Validation error

---

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