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# Start Email Verification

> Create an email verification challenge for a user contact address.

## Method

`POST` `/v1/verify/email/start`

## Body Parameters

<ParamField name="email" type="string" required>Email address to verify.</ParamField>

## Headers

<ParamField header="Authorization" type="string">Bearer token (e.g. <code>Authorization: Bearer YOUR\_API\_KEY</code>)</ParamField>
<ParamField header="content-type" type="string">`application/json`</ParamField>

## Request Example

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST https://api.voyantcloud.com/v1/verify/email/start \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $VOYANT_API_KEY" \
    -H "content-type: application/json" \
    -d '{ "email": "ana@example.com" }'
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  await fetch("https://api.voyantcloud.com/v1/verify/email/start", {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.VOYANT_API_KEY}`,
      "content-type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ email: "ana@example.com" }),
  })
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import os, requests

  payload = {"email": "ana@example.com"}
  resp = requests.post(
    "https://api.voyantcloud.com/v1/verify/email/start",
    headers={
      "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['VOYANT_API_KEY']}",
      "content-type": "application/json",
    },
    json=payload,
  )
  response = resp.json()
  ```
</RequestExample>

## Response

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 OK theme={null}
  { "ok": true }
  ```
</ResponseExample>

<Note>This endpoint currently returns an acknowledgement only. Connect it to your email provider (e.g. Trigger.dev + Resend) to issue verification codes before using it in production flows.</Note>