Social Media Validation

e-verify offers optional social media validation to enhance identity confidence and provide additional data points for fraud prevention. This service can verify the existence and activity of a user's social media profiles.

Endpoint

POST /v1/validate/social-media

Request Body

Field	Type	Description	Required
platform	string	The social media platform (e.g., "facebook", "linkedin", "twitter").	Yes
profile_url	string	The URL of the social media profile.	Yes

Example Request

POST /v1/validate/social-media HTTP/1.1
Host: api.e-verify.co.za
X-API-Key: ev_live_YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "platform": "linkedin",
  "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe"
}

Response

{
  "request_id": "req_social_1234567890",
  "status": "completed",
  "result": {
    "platform": "linkedin",
    "profile_url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/johndoe",
    "profile_exists": true,
    "active_profile": true,
    "followers_count": 1500,
    "last_post_date": "2024-07-25T14:30:00Z"
  },
  "message": "Social media validation completed successfully."
}

Error Codes

Code	Description
400	Invalid input data
401	Unauthorized
403	Forbidden
404	Profile not found or inaccessible
500	Internal server error