curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/domains/domain-id/verify' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0'

# POST /domains/{domain_id}/verify (Resend API)
Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20

> Verify an existing domain

Starts asynchronous DNS verification; the domain becomes pending during processing. Observe completion via [Retrieve Domain](/resend/domains-get) or domain.updated events. See [Resend](https://resend.com/docs/api-reference/domains/verify-domain).

## Critical Gotchas
* All requests must include a `User-Agent` header (e.g. `User-Agent: my-app/1.0`) or the API returns HTTP 403.

## cURL
curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/domains/domain-id/verify' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \
  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0'

## Parameters
| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| domain_id | path | string | Yes | The ID of the domain. |

## Response (200 OK)
{"object":"domain","id":"d91cd9bd-1176-453e-8fc1-35364d380206"}

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POST

POST /domains/{domain_id}/verify — Resend API

Resend API

Verify an existing domain

Starts asynchronous DNS verification; the domain becomes pending during processing. Observe completion via Retrieve Domain or domain.updated events. See Resend.

Base URL: https://api.resend.com
Auth: Authorization: Bearer <RESEND_API_KEY>
Last verified: 2026-10-20 · upstream hash matched

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Critical gotchas

All requests must include a User-Agent header (e.g. User-Agent: my-app/1.0) or the API returns HTTP 403.

cURL

curl -X POST 'https://api.resend.com/domains/domain-id/verify' \  -H "Authorization: Bearer $RESEND_API_KEY" \  -H 'User-Agent: my-app/1.0'

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
domain_id	path	string	Yes	The ID of the domain.

Response 200 OK

{
  "object": "domain",
  "id": "d91cd9bd-1176-453e-8fc1-35364d380206"
}

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