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    • Creating Your First Verification Session
    • Creating a Workflow
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  • Best Practices
    • Testing
    • Preventing Duplicates
    • Fraud Signals
    • Changelog
  • API Reference
      • GETGet custom list matches for a session
      • GETList custom lists
      • POSTCreate a custom list
      • GETGet a custom list
      • PATCHUpdate a custom list
      • POSTArchive a custom list
      • GETList items in a custom list
      • POSTAdd an item to a custom list
      • GETGet a list item
      • DELDelete a list item
      • POSTBulk add items to a list
      • POSTImport items from CSV
      • GETExport items as CSV
      • POSTCheck a subject against custom lists
      • POSTMark a list match as false positive
API ReferenceLists

Create a custom list

POST
https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/lists
POST
/api/v1/lists
$curl -X POST https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/lists \
>     -H "X-API-Key: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "name": "string",
>  "list_type": "string"
>}'
1{
2  "id": "lst_abc123",
3  "name": "string",
4  "list_type": "string",
5  "match_mode": "string",
6  "item_count": 1,
7  "is_active": true,
8  "created_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
9  "org_id": "string",
10  "description": "string",
11  "updated_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z"
12}
Creates a new custom screening list. Lists can be used in workflows to check subjects against custom criteria.
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Authentication

X-API-Keystring

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

Headers

Verifa-VersiondateOptional

API version date string (e.g. 2026-02-01). If omitted, the version pinned to your API key is used.

Key-InflectionenumOptionalDefaults to snake

Response key casing. Defaults to snake.

Allowed values:

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
namestringRequired
Name of the list.
list_typestringRequired

Type of list (e.g. blocklist, allowlist).

match_modestringOptionalDefaults to flag

Action when a match is found (flag or block).

descriptionstring or nullOptional

Response

List created.
idstring
namestring
list_typestring
match_modestring
item_countinteger
is_activeboolean
created_atdatetime
org_idstring
descriptionstring or null
updated_atdatetime

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error