Ask HN: Would you see value in a “verify email” API?

Re:Ask HN: Would you see value in a “verify email” API? by zhte415 on Thursday January 05, 2017 @08:19PM (#13333127)

When does 5 happen? Continuous pinging until timeout of verified?

On 3 I could see the api just redirecting back to the app. And 4 is retained for future backup?

Just to share how this is made smoother somewhere else in the world: App displays QR code on screen either on webpage or in-store POS, user scans QR code, payment is made and funds transfered instantly.

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Re:Ask HN: Would you see value in a “verify email” API? by alexchardin on Thursday January 05, 2017 @09:13PM (#13333364)

Thanks for the reply.

I was thinking either pinging or some sort of a "check" button that the user would click/tap (e.g. Cloudflare's button to check the status of NS transfers). Not the smoothest part of the idea. This decision would ultimately be left to the consumer of the API. Also, in thinking this through a little more I think it is also applicable to applications that do have their own backend, in which case they could provide a callback.

I like your idea on 3/4. That could maybe be a configurable option

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