Initiate phone verification

curl --request POST \
  --url https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Request-ID: <x-request-id>' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-user-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "phoneCountryCode": "+1",
  "phoneNumber": "5551234567",
  "verificationType": "sms"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications"

payload = {
    "phoneCountryCode": "+1",
    "phoneNumber": "5551234567",
    "verificationType": "sms"
}
headers = {
    "X-Request-ID": "<x-request-id>",
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "x-user-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Request-ID': '<x-request-id>',
    'x-api-key': '<api-key>',
    'x-user-key': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({phoneCountryCode: '+1', phoneNumber: '5551234567', verificationType: 'sms'})
};

fetch('https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications', 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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications",
  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([
    'phoneCountryCode' => '+1',
    'phoneNumber' => '5551234567',
    'verificationType' => 'sms'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-Request-ID: <x-request-id>",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>",
    "x-user-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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Request-ID", "<x-request-id>")
	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("x-user-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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications")
  .header("X-Request-ID", "<x-request-id>")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("x-user-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Request-ID"] = '<x-request-id>'
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-user-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "referenceId": "ref_abc123xyz",
    "expiresAt": "2026-05-03T12:15:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

Phone Verification

Initiate phone verification

Rate limit: 60 requests per 60 seconds. This is a shared quota — the same budget is consumed by a group of related endpoints, so calling any of them reduces what is left for the others (you cannot call each at the full rate independently). Endpoints sharing this quota:

POST /api/v1/users/phone/verifications/confirmations
POST /api/v1/users/phone/verifications/direct-confirmations

Sends a verification code to the specified phone number. Returns a referenceId to use when verifying the code.

SECURITY: This endpoint can ONLY be used to set a phone number for users who do not yet have a verified phone number. Changing an existing verified phone number is NOT permitted through this endpoint.

To change an existing phone number, users must contact Customer Support.

POST

api

users

phone

verifications

Initiate phone verification

curl --request POST \
  --url https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'X-Request-ID: <x-request-id>' \
  --header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --header 'x-user-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "phoneCountryCode": "+1",
  "phoneNumber": "5551234567",
  "verificationType": "sms"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications"

payload = {
    "phoneCountryCode": "+1",
    "phoneNumber": "5551234567",
    "verificationType": "sms"
}
headers = {
    "X-Request-ID": "<x-request-id>",
    "x-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "x-user-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'X-Request-ID': '<x-request-id>',
    'x-api-key': '<api-key>',
    'x-user-key': '<api-key>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({phoneCountryCode: '+1', phoneNumber: '5551234567', verificationType: 'sms'})
};

fetch('https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications', 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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications",
  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([
    'phoneCountryCode' => '+1',
    'phoneNumber' => '5551234567',
    'verificationType' => 'sms'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "X-Request-ID: <x-request-id>",
    "x-api-key: <api-key>",
    "x-user-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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Request-ID", "<x-request-id>")
	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("x-user-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://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications")
  .header("X-Request-ID", "<x-request-id>")
  .header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("x-user-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://public-api.etoro.com/api/v1/users/phone/verifications")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Request-ID"] = '<x-request-id>'
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["x-user-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"phoneCountryCode\": \"+1\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"5551234567\",\n  \"verificationType\": \"sms\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "referenceId": "ref_abc123xyz",
    "expiresAt": "2026-05-03T12:15:00Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidPhoneCountryCode",
    "message": "PhoneCountryCode must be a valid E.164 country code prefix.",
    "details": "<string>",
    "field": "<string>",
    "value": "<unknown>"
  }
}

Authorizations

x-api-key

string

header

default:lhgfaslk21490FAScVPkdsb53F9dNkfHG4faZSG5vfjndfcfgdssdgsdHF4663

required

API key of the application. Only valid together with the x-user-key header — the pair is an alternative to OAuth bearer authentication, never sent alongside it. The pair is granted the same permissions the operation's OAuth scopes describe.

Demo credential for trying the API from these docs: lhgfaslk21490FAScVPkdsb53F9dNkfHG4faZSG5vfjndfcfgdssdgsdHF4663

x-user-key

string

header

default:eyJlYW4iOiJVbnJlZ2lzdGVyZWRBcHBsaWNhdGlvbiIsImVrIjoiOE5sZ2cwcW5EUVdROUFNWGpXT2lmOWktZnpidG5KcUlqWGJ3WHJZZkpZcldrbG90ZEhvLVBjSWhQaU8xU1ZtMW84aU1WZGZqN2xWNzFjLXFxLmcybXE1dnh4Q1hUT25xaWRUaTFlcEhmVk1fIn0_

required

User-specific authentication key. Only valid together with the x-api-key header — the pair is an alternative to OAuth bearer authentication, never sent alongside it.

Demo credential for trying the API from these docs: eyJlYW4iOiJVbnJlZ2lzdGVyZWRBcHBsaWNhdGlvbiIsImVrIjoiOE5sZ2cwcW5EUVdROUFNWGpXT2lmOWktZnpidG5KcUlqWGJ3WHJZZkpZcldrbG90ZEhvLVBjSWhQaU8xU1ZtMW84aU1WZGZqN2xWNzFjLXFxLmcybXE1dnh4Q1hUT25xaWRUaTFlcEhmVk1fIn0_

Headers

X-Request-ID

string<uuid>

required

Body

application/json

phoneCountryCode

string

required

Country dial code in E.164 prefix format (e.g., "+1", "+44").

Pattern: ^\+[1-9][0-9]{0,3}$

Example:

"+1"

phoneNumber

string

required

Phone number digits without country code.

Pattern: ^[0-9]{6,15}$

Example:

"5551234567"

verificationType

enum<string>

Method of verification. Defaults to sms if not specified.

Available options:

sms,

voiceCall

Example:

"sms"

Response

Verification code sent successfully

success

boolean

Example:

true

data

object

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