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title: Verify Token
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# Verify Token
GET/accounts/{account\_id}/tokens/verify
Test whether a token works.
##### Security
API Token
The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. [Create a token](https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/).
**Example:**`Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
Account identifier tag.
maxLength32
minLength32
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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messages: array of object {code, message, documentation\_url, source }
code: number
minimum1000
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message: string
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documentation\_url: optional string
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source: optional object {pointer }
pointer: optional string
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful.
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result: optional object {id, status, expires\_on, not\_before }
id: string
Token identifier tag.
maxLength32
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status: "active"or "disabled"or "expired"
Status of the token.
One of the following:
"active"
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"disabled"
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"expired"
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expires\_on: optional string
The expiration time on or after which the JWT MUST NOT be accepted for processing.
formatdate-time
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not\_before: optional string
The time before which the token MUST NOT be accepted for processing.
formatdate-time
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### Verify Token
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/tokens/verify \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "ed17574386854bf78a67040be0a770b0",
"status": "active",
"expires_on": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"not_before": "2018-07-01T05:20:00Z"
}
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"messages": [
{
"code": 1000,
"message": "message",
"documentation_url": "documentation_url",
"source": {
"pointer": "pointer"
}
}
],
"success": true,
"result": {
"id": "ed17574386854bf78a67040be0a770b0",
"status": "active",
"expires_on": "2020-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"not_before": "2018-07-01T05:20:00Z"
}
}
```