Open a verification session
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"age_required": 18,
"callback_url": "https://shop.example/anonage/callback"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session"
payload = {
"age_required": 18,
"callback_url": "https://shop.example/anonage/callback"
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({age_required: 18, callback_url: 'https://shop.example/anonage/callback'})
};
fetch('https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'age_required' => 18,
'callback_url' => 'https://shop.example/anonage/callback'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"session_id": "<string>",
"nonce": "<string>",
"age_required": 123,
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": "<string>",
"errors": [
"<unknown>"
]
}{
"success": false,
"error": "<string>",
"errors": [
"<unknown>"
]
}Verification
Open a verification session
Call this from your server (never the browser) — your API key and callback URL stay server-side. Returns an opaque session_id + nonce you encode into the QR / tap-link.
POST
/
api
/
age-verification
/
session
Open a verification session
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"age_required": 18,
"callback_url": "https://shop.example/anonage/callback"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session"
payload = {
"age_required": 18,
"callback_url": "https://shop.example/anonage/callback"
}
headers = {
"X-API-Key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({age_required: 18, callback_url: 'https://shop.example/anonage/callback'})
};
fetch('https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'age_required' => 18,
'callback_url' => 'https://shop.example/anonage/callback'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"X-API-Key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session")
.header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.anonage.io/api/age-verification/session")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"age_required\": 18,\n \"callback_url\": \"https://shop.example/anonage/callback\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"data": {
"session_id": "<string>",
"nonce": "<string>",
"age_required": 123,
"expires_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
}{
"success": false,
"error": "<string>",
"errors": [
"<unknown>"
]
}{
"success": false,
"error": "<string>",
"errors": [
"<unknown>"
]
}Authorizations
Your merchant secret key, e.g. anonage_sk_…. Server-side only.
Body
application/json
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