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Entity Resource

The Entity resource represents a user or other identity that needs verification. A Service contains Entities and an Entity contains Factors.

Entity Properties

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Warning

Do not use Personally Identifiable Information for identity. Use an immutable user identifier like a system UUID, GUID, or SID.
Verify Push uses identity as a unique identifier of a user. You should not use directly identifying information (aka personally identifiable information or PII) like a person's name, home address, email or phone number, etc., as identity because the systems that will process this attribute assume it is not directly identifying information.

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

sidSID<YE>

Optional

A 34 character string that uniquely identifies this Entity.

Pattern: ^YE[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

identitystring

Optional

PII MTL: 30 days

The unique external identifier for the Entity of the Service. This identifier should be immutable, not PII, length between 8 and 64 characters, and generated by your external system, such as your user's UUID, GUID, or SID. It can only contain dash (-) separated alphanumeric characters.

account_sidSID<AC>

Optional

The unique SID identifier of the Account.

Pattern: ^AC[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

service_sidSID<VA>

Optional

The unique SID identifier of the Service.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

date_createdstring<date-time>

Optional

The date that this Entity was created, given in ISO 8601 format.

date_updatedstring<date-time>

Optional

The date that this Entity was updated, given in ISO 8601 format.

urlstring<uri>

Optional

The URL of this resource.

linksobject<uri-map>

Optional

Contains a dictionary of URL links to nested resources of this Entity.

Create an Entity resource

POST https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Entities

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The unique SID identifier of the Service.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Request body parameters

Encoding type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded

SchemaExample

Property nameTypeRequiredDescriptionChild properties

Identitystringrequired

PII MTL: 30 days

The unique external identifier for the Entity of the Service. This identifier should be immutable, not PII, length between 8 and 64 characters, and generated by your external system, such as your user's UUID, GUID, or SID. It can only contain dash (-) separated alphanumeric characters.

Create an Entity

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function createEntity() {
11  const entity = await client.verify.v2
12    .services("VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .entities.create({ identity: "Identity" });
14
15  console.log(entity.sid);
16}
17
18createEntity();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "YEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "identity": "Identity",
4  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "service_sid": "VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
7  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
8  "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f",
9  "links": {
10    "factors": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Factors",
11    "new_factors": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Factors",
12    "challenges": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Challenges"
13  }
14}

Fetch an Entity resource

GET https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Entities/{Identity}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The unique SID identifier of the Service.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Identitystringrequired

PII MTL: 30 days

The unique external identifier for the Entity of the Service. This identifier should be immutable, not PII, length between 8 and 64 characters, and generated by your external system, such as your user's UUID, GUID, or SID. It can only contain dash (-) separated alphanumeric characters.

Fetch an Entity

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function fetchEntity() {
11  const entity = await client.verify.v2
12    .services("VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .entities("Identity")
14    .fetch();
15
16  console.log(entity.sid);
17}
18
19fetchEntity();

Output

1{
2  "sid": "YEaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
3  "identity": "Identity",
4  "account_sid": "ACaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
5  "service_sid": "VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa",
6  "date_created": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
7  "date_updated": "2015-07-30T20:00:00Z",
8  "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f",
9  "links": {
10    "factors": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Factors",
11    "new_factors": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Factors",
12    "challenges": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities/ff483d1ff591898a9942916050d2ca3f/Challenges"
13  }
14}

Read multiple Entity resources

GET https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Entities

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The unique SID identifier of the Service.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Query parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

PageSizeinteger

Optional

How many resources to return in each list page. The default is 50, and the maximum is 1000.

Minimum: 1Maximum: 1000

Pageinteger

Optional

The page index. This value is simply for client state.

Minimum: 0

PageTokenstring

Optional

The page token. This is provided by the API.

List multiple Entitys

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function listEntity() {
11  const entities = await client.verify.v2
12    .services("VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .entities.list({ limit: 20 });
14
15  entities.forEach((e) => console.log(e.sid));
16}
17
18listEntity();

Output

1{
2  "entities": [],
3  "meta": {
4    "page": 0,
5    "page_size": 50,
6    "first_page_url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities?PageSize=50&Page=0",
7    "previous_page_url": null,
8    "url": "https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa/Entities?PageSize=50&Page=0",
9    "next_page_url": null,
10    "key": "entities"
11  }
12}

Delete an Entity resource

DELETE https://verify.twilio.com/v2/Services/{ServiceSid}/Entities/{Identity}

Path parameters

Property nameTypeRequiredPIIDescription

ServiceSidSID<VA>required

The unique SID identifier of the Service.

Pattern: ^VA[0-9a-fA-F]{32}$Min length: 34Max length: 34

Identitystringrequired

The unique external identifier for the Entity of the Service. This identifier should be immutable, not PII, length between 8 and 64 characters, and generated by your external system, such as your user's UUID, GUID, or SID. It can only contain dash (-) separated alphanumeric characters.

Delete an Entity

1// Download the helper library from https://www.twilio.com/docs/node/install
2const twilio = require("twilio"); // Or, for ESM: import twilio from "twilio";
3
4// Find your Account SID and Auth Token at twilio.com/console
5// and set the environment variables. See http://twil.io/secure
6const accountSid = process.env.TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID;
7const authToken = process.env.TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN;
8const client = twilio(accountSid, authToken);
9
10async function deleteEntity() {
11  await client.verify.v2
12    .services("VAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa")
13    .entities("Identity")
14    .remove();
15}
16
17deleteEntity();