---
title: "Verifies a verifiableCredential and returns a verificationResult in the response body."
method: POST
path: "/credentials/verify"
tags: ["Credentials"]
---

# Verifies a verifiableCredential and returns a verificationResult in the response body.

`POST /credentials/verify`

Verifies a verifiableCredential and returns a verificationResult in the response body.

## Request body

- union
  - VerifyCredentialRequest
    - `verifiableCredential` VerifiableCredential — unresolved $ref
    - `options` VerifyCredentialOptions — unresolved $ref
  - VerifyEnvelopedCredentialRequest
    - `verifiableCredential` EnvelopedVerifiableCredential — unresolved $ref
    - `options` VerifyCredentialOptions — unresolved $ref

## Response `200`

Verifiable Credential successfully verified!

- VerifyCredentialResponse — unresolved $ref

## Other responses

- `400` — invalid input!

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[API](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/w3c/apis/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-production.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/w3c/verifiable-credential-api-for-lifecycle-management/revisions/3ba233461759/schema)