Activate Account

Accounts in some cases may require email activation before being able to do certain actions. You can activate or resend activation emails using the APIs below.

Activation Status Object

Get Activation Status

This endpoint retrieves the current state of the account activation.

GET https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/

Request & Response

import requests
 
response = requests.get(
    "https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/",
    headers={ "Authorization": "Token Log In"}
)
 
response.json()

The commands above return JSON structured like this:

{
  "email_is_verified": false,
  "last_time_email_verification_email_sent": null,
  "created_at": "2019-05-09T23:34:00.095501-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-09T23:34:00.095501-07:00"
}

Resend Activation Email

This endpoint re-sends activation email to the user's registered email address. There is a limit on how often a user can re-send activation emails. The API returns the Activation Status object on success.

POST https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/resend/

Request & Response

The request does not contain a body.

import requests
 
response = requests.post(
    "https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/resend/",
    json={},
    headers={"Authorization": "Token Log In"}
)
 
response.json()

The commands above return JSON structured like this:

{
  "email_is_verified": false,
  "last_time_email_verification_email_sent": "2019-05-09T23:34:00.095501-07:00",
  "created_at": "2019-05-09T23:34:00.095501-07:00",
  "updated_at": "2019-05-09T23:34:00.095501-07:00"
}

Complete Account Activation

Use the activation token you have received from the email to complete the account activation. A successful activation will return you a new API token. You can still continue using your existing API token. This API doesn't require authentication headers, although you are encouraged to send the headers.

The email contains a link which redirects to the following URL:

POST https://proxy2.webshare.io/activation/{activation_token}/confirm/

Request & Response

POST https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/complete/

import requests
 
response = requests.post(
    "https://proxy.webshare.io/api/v2/activation/complete/",
    json={
        "activation_token": "XXXX"
    }
)
 
response.json()

The commands above return JSON structured like this:

{ "token": "..." }