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  2. Create a User

All requests to the /v2/users/* endpoints must include both the client_id and api_key as detailed in the Authentication document.

Create and verify a user to your application.

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Creating a Users

Creating users happens through the /v2/users endpoint. Once hit, a dots user will be created if one does not exist based on phone number. This user must then be verified through a one-time code sent over text-message. This code can be requested through the /v2/users//send-verification-token endpoint and then verified through the /v2/users//verify endpoint.

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Method

Make a POST request to the /v2/users endpoint

> curl https://pls.senddotssandbox.com/api/v2/users \
  -X POST \
  -u "CLIENT_ID:API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "email": "test@senddots.com",
        "country_code": "1",
        "phone_number": "1234567890",
        "first_name": "Bob",
        "last_name": "Loblaw",
        "username": <Optional>
      }'

> response = {
    "id": "143c7e1c-2295-42c0-9fc9-23756ac26250",
    "first_name": "Bob",
    "last_name": "Loblaw",
    "email": "test@senddots.com",
    "phone_number": {
      "country_code": "1",
      "phone_number": "1234567890"
    },
    "wallet": {
      "amount": 0,
      "withdrawable_balance": 0,
      "credit_balance": 0
    },
    "compliance": {
      "tax_id_collected": false,
      "address_collected": false,
      "date_of_birth_collected": false,
      "1099_collected": false,
      "w8_ben_collected": false,
      "flagged": false
    }
  }
Parameters
NameTypeRequiredDescription
emailstring✔️User’s email address
country_codestring✔️User’s phone number country code without the plus sign (‘1’ for the US)
phone_numberstring✔️User’s phone number as a string containing only digits
first_namestring✔️User’s first name as a string
last_namestring✔️User’s last name as a string
usernamestringUser’s username on your platform. If the username is taken or left blank a random username will be generated
metadatastring/object/nullOptional metadata to be stored with the user

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Verifying the created User

Once a user is created, they must be verified through a one-time code sent over text-message. This process can be done using Flows or through the API.

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Verify using a Flow

Dots’ pre built components can be used to verify the user. Information on flows can be found here.

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Verify through the API

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1. Send a verification token by making a POST request to the /v2/users//send-verification-token endpoint

> curl https://pls.senddotssandbox.com/api/v2/users/{user_id}/send-verification-token \
  -X POST \
  -u "CLIENT_ID:API_KEY" \

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3. Submit the verification token by calling the /v2/users//verify endpoint

curl https://pls.senddotssandbox.com/api/v2/users/{user_id}/verify \
  -X POST \
  -u "CLIENT_ID:API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
        "token": "123456"
      }'
Parameters
NameTypeRequiredDescription
tokenstring✔️Verification token sent to the user’s phone number