---
title: "Escalate a rejected URL"
method: POST
path: "/v1/urls/{urlId}/escalate"
tags: ["URL Verification"]
---

# Escalate a rejected URL

`POST /v1/urls/{urlId}/escalate`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.zavu.dev`
- URL: `https://api.zavu.dev/v1/urls/{urlId}/escalate`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Request manual review of a rejected URL. Only URLs in 'rejected' status can be escalated; the status then moves to 'escalated'.

## Path parameters

- `urlId` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `reason` string, required: Why the URL should be reviewed manually.

## Response `200`

URL escalated for manual review.

- object
  - `url` VerifiedUrl, required
    - `id` string, required
    - `url` string, required: The verified URL.
    - `domain` string, required: Domain extracted from the URL.
    - `status` 'pending' | 'approved' | 'rejected' | 'escalated' | 'malicious', required: Status of a verified URL.
    - `approvalType` 'manual' | 'auto_web_risk': How the URL was approved or rejected.
    - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
    - `updatedAt` string, date-time
  - `message` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Only rejected URLs can be escalated, or the URL is already escalated.
- `401`: Unauthorized.
- `404`: URL not found.

## Changes

> 80 revisions in range; 1 not diffed.

- **2026-07-07** `f467a4da6cd2`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/zavudev/apis/zavu-unified-messaging-layer-api/changes/v1/urls/:urlId/escalate/post.md)

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