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GET /v1/verify

Verify a password

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Custom headers (optional)
api.oanor.com/htpasswd-api

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Code snippets

curl "https://api.oanor.com/htpasswd-api/v1/verify" \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/htpasswd-api/v1/verify", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/htpasswd-api/v1/verify");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/htpasswd-api/v1/verify",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)

Example response

A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.

{
    "data": {
        "valid": false,
        "algorithm": "apr1"
    },
    "meta": {
        "timestamp": "2026-06-03T01:09:47.802Z",
        "request_id": "802934b7-94f3-46a0-943d-108be55f6a03"
    },
    "status": "ok",
    "message": "Verify a password",
    "success": true
}