VerifyKit is the next gen phone number validation system. Users can easily verify their phone numbers without the need of entering phone number or a pin code.
- Register your app at https://www.verifykit.com and get your client keys and server key.
- Add VerifyKit SDK to your app
- Configure and start VerifyKit SDK
- When verification is complete, send
sessionId
which VeriyfKit SDK gives you to your backend service - At your server side, get user's phone number from VerifyKit service wtih
serverKey
andsessionId
. You can check Backend Integration
ServerKey
is used for getting info from VerifyKit service.
Please keep ServerKey
safe. Do not include it in your client's code base.
- Xcode 12.0+
- iOS 11.0+
You can install framework via CocoaPods.
pod 'VerifyKit'
To successfully use the framework, you need to add VerifyKitKey
and VerifyKitSecret
to your plist file. This step is mandatory.
To open a third party messaging app from your application, you need to add their url schemes to LSApplicationQueriesSchemes
key in your plist file. After iOS14, to open Associated Domain URLS in a device which uses a different default browser then Safari, you also need to add https
as url scheme.
Open your Info.plist as source code and insert the following XML snippet into the body of your file just before the final </dict>
element.
<key>VerifyKitKey</key>
<string>{your-verifykit-key}</string>
<key>VerifyKitSecret</key>
<string>{your-verifykit-secret-key}</string>
<key>LSApplicationQueriesSchemes</key>
<array>
<string>whatsapp</string>
<string>telegram</string>
<string>viber</string>
<string>https</string>
</array>
After a successful validation with a third party messaging app, the user needs to return to main app. If your application has an Associated Domain, we can add a deeplink to our message for easy and quick redirect.
If you support Associated Domains, please fill out Deeplink field at VerifyKit portal with your domain.
If you don't support Associated Domains, you can enter a custom link with your application's url scheme to Deeplink field, like yourapp://welcome
. However, some messaging apps doesn't recognize url schemes as clickable links, so quick redirect may not work in this scenario.
import VerifyKit
let kit = VerifyKitInstance()
let viewController = kit.viewControllerForLogin()
self.present(viewController, animated: true, completion: nil)
You can get the result via VerifyKitDelegate
protocol.
viewController.kitDelegate = self
extension ViewController: VerifyKitDelegate {
func didSuccess(with sessionCode: String) {
print("VerifyKitDelegate didSuccess with sessionCode:\(sessionCode)")
}
func didFail(with error: VerifyKitError) {
print("VerifyKitDelegate didFail with error:\(error)")
}
}
VerifyKit only dismisses viewControllerForLogin()
automatically when didSuccess
delegate is called.
To give user a chance to try other validation methods or to start again, viewControllerForLogin()
doesn't get dismissed on didFail
. If you want to dismiss it on some specific error type, you can do that manually.
Starting with version 0.5.9, you can use VerifyKit inside Objective-C projects.
VerifyKitOptions *options = [[VerifyKitOptions alloc] initWithEnvironment: VerifyKitEnvironmentDebug logActive: YES deviceID: nil];
VerifyKitInstance *kit = [[VerifyKitInstance alloc] init];
UIViewController<VerifyKitObjCViewController> *controller = [kit viewControllerForLogin_objC];
[controller setKitObjCDelegate: self];
[self presentViewController:controller animated:YES completion:nil];
There may be a case when user chooses a third party messaging app for validation, sends a message, but doesn't return to main app and kills it. In that case, that user is verified with VerifyKit but the main app doesn't know it yet.
To fix this, we have a method to check interrupted session status. Using this method is optional and up to you.
VerifyKit will handle the interrupted verification even if you don't implement this method.
VerifyKit.checkInterruptedSession { [weak self] sessionCode in
guard let sessionCode = sessionCode else {
// Start VerifyKit flow or do what your app needs
return
}
// You have an interrupted sessionCode from last time.
// Tell your API.
print("sessionCode \(sessionCode)")
}
[VerifyKitInstance checkInterruptedSessionWithCompletion:^(NSString * _Nullable sessionCode) {
if (sessionCode == nil) {
// Start VerifyKit flow or do what your app needs
} else {
// You have an interrupted sessionCode from last time.
// Tell your API.
NSLog(@"sessionCode %@", sessionCode);
}
}];
let options = VerifyKitOptions(logActive: true)
let kit = VerifyKitInstance(options: options)
You can change the settings declared in VerifyKitOptions
struct.
public struct VerifyKitOptions {
var environment: VerifyKitEnvironment = .debug // default
var logActive: Bool = true // default
var deviceID: String? // optional
var countryCode: String? // optional ("US")
var phoneCode: String? // optional ("1") or ("+1")
var phoneNumber: String? // optional ("1234567890")
}
public enum VerifyKitEnvironment {
/// Stage environment for debug
case debug
/// Production environment for distribution
case release
}
If the host application wants to let the user input their phone number and then pass it to the SDK, it can be done using the countryCode
, phoneCode
and phoneNumber
parameters.
This product includes software(CyrptoSwift) developed by Marcin Krzyzanowski.
Before your app release, please change the VerifyKitEnvironment to 'release' instead of 'debug'.
Depending on the language you use in your backend service, you can use one of the following options.
You can use our php-sdk like this;
$vfk = new \VerifyKit\VerifyKit($serverKey);
/** @var \VerifyKit\Entity\Response $result */
$result = $vfk->getResult($sessionId);
if ($result->isSuccess()) {
echo "Phone number : " . $result->getPhoneNumber() .
", Validation Type : " . $result->getValidationType() .
", Validation Date : " . $result->getValidationDate()->format('Y-m-d H:i:s') . PHP_EOL;
} else {
echo "Error message : " . $result->getErrorMessage() . ", error code : " . $result->getErrorCode() . PHP_EOL;
}
You can use our python-sdk like this;
from VerifyKit import Verify
verify = Verify(server_key="{SERVER-KEY}")
verify.validation(session_id='{SESSION-ID}')
if verify.is_valid:
#Validation success.
print(verify.response())
elif verify.is_valid == False:
#Validation fail.
print(verify.response())
Or you can use curl request like this;
curl --location --request POST 'https://api.verifykit.com/v1.0/result' \
--header 'X-Vfk-Server-Key:{SERVER-KEY}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--form 'sessionId={{SESSION-ID}}’
If you have any questions or requests, feel free to create an issue.
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