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# Requesting to start the verification process

When all documents and selfie images have been uploaded, use this endpoint to confirm and start the verification process.

{% hint style="warning" %}
Note: You don't need to use this endpoint if you're verifying applicants using a verification link. Verification links submit applicants for processing automatically.
{% endhint %}

Make sure all required documents for your flow have been uploaded before confirming to start the verification process. If all of the documents haven't been uploaded, using this endpoint can be harmful and may affect the verification result.

If you've accidentally called this endpoint and haven't uploaded all required documents, you can either wait until the verification process has completed (likely failing), upload the additional docs and re-send the request call, or create a new applicant, upload all the docs and start the verification process again.

Via both API and Verification Link, an applicant has 5 "attempts" at verification before ending in a rejected status. At this point it is recommended to either manually review in the platform, or create a new applicant entry.

***

## Submit the applicant for processing

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/api-request-applicant-check`

Once all documents have been uploaded, start the verification process.

| Name          | Value                 |
| ------------- | --------------------- |
| Content-Type  | `multipart/form-data` |
| Authorization | `Bearer YOUR_TOKEN`   |

**Body**

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th width="165">Type</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>applicantId</code></td><td>string</td><td>Unique applicantId generated on applicant creation <mark style="color:red;">(required)</mark></td></tr></tbody></table>

#### Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```sh
curl --location 'https://enterprise.personr.co/api/1.1/wf/api-request-applicant-check' \
--form 'applicantId="4242424242424x424242424242424242"'
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Node.js" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');
var FormData = require('form-data');
var data = new FormData();
data.append('applicantId', '4242424242424x424242424242424242');

var config = {
  method: 'post',
maxBodyLength: Infinity,
  url: 'https://enterprise.personr.co/api/1.1/wf/api-request-applicant-check',
  headers: { 
    ...data.getHeaders()
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Javascript" %}

```javascript
var form = new FormData();
form.append("applicantId", "4242424242424x424242424242424242");

var settings = {
  "url": "https://enterprise.personr.co/api/1.1/wf/api-request-applicant-check",
  "method": "POST",
  "timeout": 0,
  "processData": false,
  "mimeType": "multipart/form-data",
  "contentType": false,
  "data": form
};

$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
  console.log(response);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Ruby" %}

```ruby
require "uri"
require "net/http"

url = URI("https://enterprise.personr.co/api/1.1/wf/api-request-applicant-check")

https = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
https.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
form_data = [['applicantId', '4242424242424x424242424242424242']]
request.set_form form_data, 'multipart/form-data'
response = https.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

url = "https://enterprise.personr.co/api/1.1/wf/api-request-applicant-check"

payload={'applicantId': '4242424242424x424242424242424242'}
files=[

]
headers = {

}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers, data=payload, files=files)

print(response.text)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
  "response": "success"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "statusCode": 400,
    "message": "Error: incorrect applicantId provided"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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