POST /token/validate

Validates that an advertising token matches the specified hashed or unhashed email address or phone number.

Used by: This endpoint is used mainly by publishers.

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This endpoint is intended primarily for testing and troubleshooting new integrations.

Request Format

POST '{environment}/v2/token/validate'

For authentication details, see Authentication and Authorization.

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You must encrypt all requests using your secret key. For details, and code examples in different programming languages, see Encrypting Requests and Decrypting Responses.

Path Parameters

Path Parameter	Data Type	Attribute	Description
{environment}	string	Required	Testing (integration) environment: https://operator-integ.uidapi.com Production environment: The best choice depends on where your users are based. For information about how to choose the best URL for your use case, and a full list of valid base URLs, see Environments.

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The integration environment and the production environment require different API keys.

Unencrypted JSON Body Parameters

• Include only one of the following four valid options, as listed in the Body Parameter table: email, email_hash, phone, or phone_hash. For the parameter you choose to test with, use the exact value listed.
• Include the required body parameters as key-value pairs in the JSON body of a request when encrypting it.

Body Parameter	Data Type	Attribute	Description
token	string	Required	The advertising token returned by the POST /token/generate response.
email	string	Conditionally Required	The email address for token validation. The only valid value is: validate@example.com.
email_hash	string	Conditionally Required	The Base64-encoded SHA-256 hash of the normalized email address for token validation (validate@example.com). The only valid value is: ntI244ZRTXwAwpki6/M5cyBYW7h/Wq576lnN3l9+W/c=.
phone	string	Conditionally Required	The normalized phone number for which to generate tokens. The only valid value is: +12345678901.
phone_hash	string	Conditionally Required	The Base64-encoded SHA-256 hash of a normalized phone number. The only valid value is: EObwtHBUqDNZR33LNSMdtt5cafsYFuGmuY4ZLenlue4=.

Request Examples

The following are unencrypted JSON request body examples for each parameter, which you need to include in your token validation requests:

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The advertising tokens in these examples are fictitious, for illustrative purposes only. The values provided are not real values.

{
    "token": "AdvertisingTokenmZ4dZgeuXXl6DhoXqbRXQbHlHhA96leN94U1uavZVspwKXlfWETZ3b%2FbesPFFvJxNLLySg4QEYHUAiyUrNncgnm7ppu0mi6wU2CW6hssiuEkKfstbo9XWgRUbWNTM%2BewMzXXM8G9j8Q%3D",
    "email": "validate@example.com"
}

{
    "token": "AdvertisingTokenmZ4dZgeuXXl6DhoXqbRXQbHlHhA96leN94U1uavZVspwKXlfWETZ3b%2FbesPFFvJxNLLySg4QEYHUAiyUrNncgnm7ppu0mi6wU2CW6hssiuEkKfstbo9XWgRUbWNTM%2BewMzXXM8G9j8Q%3D",
    "email_hash": "ntI244ZRTXwAwpki6/M5cyBYW7h/Wq576lnN3l9+W/c="
}

{
    "token": "AdvertisingTokenmZ4dZgeuXXl6DhoXqbRXQbHlHhA96leN94U1uavZVspwKXlfWETZ3b%2FbesPFFvJxNLLySg4QEYHUAiyUrNncgnm7ppu0mi6wU2CW6hssiuEkKfstbo9XWgRUbWNTM%2BewMzXXM8G9j8Q%3D",
    "phone": "+12345678901"
}

{
    "token": "AdvertisingTokenmZ4dZgeuXXl6DhoXqbRXQbHlHhA96leN94U1uavZVspwKXlfWETZ3b%2FbesPFFvJxNLLySg4QEYHUAiyUrNncgnm7ppu0mi6wU2CW6hssiuEkKfstbo9XWgRUbWNTM%2BewMzXXM8G9j8Q%3D",
    "phone_hash": "EObwtHBUqDNZR33LNSMdtt5cafsYFuGmuY4ZLenlue4="
}

Here's an encrypted token validation request example for an email hash:

echo '{"token": "AdvertisingTokenmZ4dZgeuXXl6DhoXqbRXQbHlHhA96leN94U1uavZVspwKXlfWETZ3b%2FbesPFFvJxNLLySg4QEYHUAiyUrNncgnm7ppu0mi6wU2CW6hssiuEkKfstbo9XWgRUbWNTM%2BewMzXXM8G9j8Q%3D", "email_hash": "LdhtUlMQ58ZZy5YUqGPRQw5xUMS5dXG5ocJHYJHbAKI="}' | python3 uid2_request.py https://prod.uidapi.com/v2/token/validate [Your-Client-API-Key] [Your-Client-Secret]

For details, and code examples in different programming languages, see Encrypting Requests and Decrypting Responses.

Decrypted JSON Response Format

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The response is encrypted only if the HTTP status code is 200. Otherwise, the response is not encrypted.

A successful decrypted response returns a boolean value that indicates the validation status of the specified advertising token, as shown in the following example:

{
    "body": true,
    "status": "success"
}

Body Response Properties

Property	Data Type	Description
body	boolean	A value of true indicates that the email address, phone number, or the respective hash specified in the request is the same as the one used to generate the advertising token. A value of false indicates any of the following: - The request included an invalid advertising token. - The email address, phone number, or the respective hash specified in the request is not one of the four valid values specified in the Unencrypted JSON Body Parameters table.

Response Status Codes

The following table lists the status property values and their HTTP status code equivalents.

Status	HTTP Status Code	Description
success	200	The request was successful. The response will be encrypted.
client_error	400	The request had missing or invalid parameters.
unauthorized	401	The request did not include a bearer token, included an invalid bearer token, or included a bearer token unauthorized to perform the requested operation.

If the status value is anything other than success, the message field provides additional information about the issue.

Using POST /token/validate to Test

You can use this endpoint to test whether the DII that you are sending through POST /token/generate is valid. Follow these steps.

1. Depending on whether the DII is a hashed or unhashed email address or phone number, send a POST /token/generate request using one of the four valid options listed in the Unencrypted JSON Body Parameters table—email, email_hash, phone, or phone_hash—with the corresponding value as listed in the table.

2. Store the returned advertising_token value for use in the next step.

3. Send a POST /token/validate request using the email, email_hash, phone, or phone_hash value that you sent in Step 1, with the advertising_token that you saved in Step 2 as the token property value.

4. Check the response to the POST /token/validate request. The results indicate the success of your process, as follows:

   • A response of true indicates that the DII you sent as a request in Step 1 matches the token you received in the response of Step 1.
   • A response of false indicates that there might be an issue with the way you are sending email addresses, phone numbers, or their respective hashes.