---
title: "Send a domain verification approval email"
method: POST
path: "/domainverification/sendemail"
---

# Send a domain verification approval email

`POST /domainverification/sendemail`

Available on Pro subscriptions. Sends a verification email to one of the configured aliases on the target domain so that domain control can be approved via a link in the email.

## Headers

- `user-agent` string, required

## Request body

- DomainVerificationEmailRequest
  - `DomainName` string, required — Domain name to send the verification email for.
  - `EmailAlias` string, required — One of the configured domain-verification aliases (for example admin or postmaster).

## Response `200`

The verification email was sent successfully.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request — the request body was invalid, the domain was invalid, the alias was invalid, or the verification email could not be sent.
- `401` — Unauthorized — the hibp-api-key header was missing, malformed, or invalid.
- `403` — Forbidden — no user agent has been specified in the request, or the current subscription does not include permission to add domains via the API.

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