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  • API Reference
      • GETList review cases
      • POSTCreate a review case
      • GETGet a review case
      • PATCHUpdate case metadata
      • POSTClaim a case
      • POSTRelease a claim
      • POSTAssign a case
      • POSTApprove a case
      • POSTReject a case
      • POSTCreate a demo review case (sandbox only)
      • GETGet case counts by tab
      • POSTClaim the next unassigned case
      • POSTEscalate a case
      • PUTUpdate extracted PII on a case result
      • GETList notes on a case
      • POSTAdd a note to a case
      • POSTSearch cases with advanced filters
      • GETList distinct case tags
      • POSTOverride a verification check on a case
API ReferenceCases

Reject a case

POST
https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/cases/:case_id/reject
POST
/api/v1/cases/:case_id/reject
$curl -X POST https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/cases/case_id/reject \
>     -H "X-API-Key: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "reviewer_id": "usr_abc123"
>}'
1{
2  "id": "rvc_abc123",
3  "session_id": "string",
4  "status": "open",
5  "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
6  "decision": "approved",
7  "assigned_to": "string",
8  "claimed_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
9  "entered_review_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
10  "decided_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
11}

Rejects a case. If the organization has dual review enabled, the first call submits a recommendation and the second call (by a different reviewer) finalizes the decision.

Required scope: cases:decide (or legacy cases:write).

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Authentication

X-API-Keystring

Organization API key. Keys are prefixed with vk_live_ (production) or vk_sandbox_ (sandbox).

Path parameters

case_idstringRequired

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
reviewer_idstringRequired
Org user public ID or UUID of the reviewer making the decision.
notesstring or nullOptional
Optional notes for the review decision.
rejection_reasonstring or nullOptional

Reason for rejection (only for reject action).

rejection_reason_codeenumOptional

Structured reason a verification was rejected. Complements the free-text rejection_reason. Stable enum — clients can pivot UI and metrics off this without parsing prose.

block_future_attemptsbooleanOptionalDefaults to false

When true, adds this session’s document, device, and face identifiers to the organization’s blocklist. Future verification sessions presenting the same identifiers will be flagged or hard-blocked.

Response

Case rejected or recommendation submitted.
idstring
Case public ID.
session_idstring
UUID of the associated session.
statusenum
created_atdatetime
decisionenum
Allowed values:
assigned_tostring or null
UUID of the assigned reviewer.
claimed_atdatetime or null
entered_review_atdatetime or null
decided_atdatetime or null

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error
409
Conflict Error