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  • Getting Started
    • Introduction
    • How Verifa Works
    • Quickstart
    • Choosing an Integration Method
  • Use Cases
    • KYC Onboarding
    • Age Verification
    • AML Compliance
    • Fraud Prevention
    • Marketplace Trust & Safety
  • Core Concepts
    • Overview
    • Sessions
    • Verifications & Checks
    • Workflows
    • Identities
    • Cases
    • Screening & Reports
    • Lists
  • Integration Guides
    • Overview
    • JavaScript SDK
    • Web Capture Flow
    • API-Only Integration
    • Mobile SDK
    • Webhooks Guide
    • MCP Server
    • Migrating from Persona
  • API Details
    • Overview
    • Authentication
    • Pagination
    • Rate Limiting
    • Versioning
    • Errors
    • Webhooks
    • Idempotency
    • Key Inflection
    • Data Access
    • Data Retention
  • Tutorials
    • Creating Your First Verification Session
    • Creating a Workflow
    • Receiving Webhooks & Validating Signatures
    • Handling Webhook Events
    • Custom Document Types & AI Extraction
  • 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

Update a custom list

PATCH
https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/lists/:list_id
PATCH
/api/v1/lists/:list_id
$curl -X PATCH https://devapi.withverifa.com/api/v1/lists/list_id \
>     -H "X-API-Key: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{}'
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}
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Authentication

X-API-Keystring

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

Path parameters

list_idstringRequired

Headers

Verifa-VersiondateOptional

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

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
namestringOptional
descriptionstring or nullOptional
match_modestringOptional

Response

Updated list.
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
404
Not Found Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error