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Verify custom domain DNS

Checks DNS TXT record to verify domain ownership. Updates domain status on success. Requires a Scale or Enterprise plan.

Feature flag: custom-domains

This endpoint is currently under a feature flag and available only to select testers. It may change or be removed before general availability.

At a glance

ItemValue
MethodPOST
Path/v1/projects/{project_id}/domains/{domain_id}/verify
AuthAuthorization: Bearer <token-or-api-key>

Quick request

Use this as a starting point. Replace the placeholder IDs, set PGBEAM_TOKEN, and create body.json from the schema below.

curl -X POST \
  "$PGBEAM_API_URL/v1/projects/<project_id>/domains/<domain_id>/verify" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $PGBEAM_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data @body.json
POST
/v1/projects/{project_id}/domains/{domain_id}/verify
AuthorizationBearer <token>

JWT issued by Better Auth. Verified via JWKS.

In: header

Path Parameters

project_id*string

Unique project identifier (prefixed, e.g. prj_xxx).

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$
domain_id*string

Unique custom domain identifier (prefixed, e.g. dom_xxx).

Match^[a-zA-Z0-9_.-]+$

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

curl -X POST "https://api.pgbeam.com/v1/projects/string/domains/string/verify"
{
  "verified": true,
  "error": "string",
  "domain": {
    "id": "dom_01h455vb4pex5vsknk084sn02q",
    "project_id": "string",
    "domain": "db.example.com",
    "verified": true,
    "verified_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "tls_cert_expiry": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "dns_verification_token": "string",
    "dns_instructions": {
      "cname_host": "db.example.com",
      "cname_target": "abc.aws.pgbeam.app",
      "txt_host": "_pgbeam-verify.db.example.com",
      "txt_value": "pgbeam-verify=abc123token",
      "acme_cname_host": "_acme-challenge.db.example.com",
      "acme_cname_target": "_acme-challenge.abc.aws.pgbeam.app"
    },
    "created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
    "updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}
{
  "error": {
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }
}