# Verify a Verifiable Accreditation Users are able to **issue Verifiable Accreditations** to determine the validity of the accreditation, as well to traverse the trust chain to a root of trust. ## Step 1: Issue Accreditation Make sure you have already created at least one Verifiable Accreditation that you are able to query in the verify API.
Issue Verifiable AccreditationIssue a Verifiable Accreditation as a DID-Linked Resource from an "issuer" DID to a recipient "subject" DID./pages/o9TPj6UA9uAlfyHmjJst
## Step 2: Use the Verify Accreditation API ## Verify a verifiable accreditation for a DID. > Generate and publish a Verifiable Accreditation for a subject DID as a DID Linked resource. ```json {"openapi":"3.0.0","info":{"title":"cheqd Studio API for cheqd network","version":"2.0.0"},"tags":[{"name":"Trust Registries"}],"servers":[{"url":"https://studio-api.cheqd.net","description":"Main (production) server"},{"url":"https://studio-api-staging.cheqd.net","description":"Staging server for testing"},{"url":"http://localhost:3000","description":"Local server for testing"}],"security":[{"ApiKeyAuth":[]}],"components":{"securitySchemes":{"ApiKeyAuth":{"type":"apiKey","name":"x-api-key","in":"header"}},"schemas":{"AccreditationVerifyRequest":{"type":"object","properties":{"subjectDid":{"description":"DID of the Verifiable Accreditation holder/subject. This needs to be a `did:key` DID.","type":"string"},"didUrl":{"description":"DID URL of the Verifiable Accreditation to be verified as a VC-JWT string or a JSON object.","type":"string"},"did":{"description":"DID of the Verifiable Accreditation holder/subject","type":"string"},"resourceId":{"description":"Unique resource identifier of the Verifiable Accreditation","type":"string"},"resourceName":{"description":"Resource name of the Verifiable Accreditation","type":"string"},"resourceType":{"description":"Resource type of the Verifiable Accreditation","type":"string"},"schemas":{"description":"The list of schemas the subject DID is accredited for.","type":"array","items":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/SchemaUrl"}},"policies":{"description":"Custom verification policies to execute when verifying Accreditation.","type":"object","properties":{"issuanceDate":{"description":"Policy to skip the `issuanceDate` (`nbf`) timestamp check when set to `false`.","type":"boolean","default":true},"expirationDate":{"description":"Policy to skip the `expirationDate` (`exp`) timestamp check when set to `false`.","type":"boolean","default":true},"audience":{"description":"Policy to skip the audience check when set to `false`.","type":"boolean","default":false}}}},"required":["subjectDid"]},"SchemaUrl":{"type":"object","properties":{"types":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"url":{"type":"string"}}},"AccreditationVerifyResponse":{"type":"object","properties":{"verified":{"type":"boolean"},"issuer":{"type":"string"},"signer":{"type":"object"},"jwt":{"type":"string"},"verifiableCredential":{"type":"object"},"accreditorDids":{"type":"array","items":{"type":"string"}},"rootAuthorization":{"type":"object"},"termsOfUse":{"type":"object","properties":{"type":{"type":"string"},"trustFrameworkId":{"type":"string"},"trustFramework":{"type":"string"}}}}},"InvalidRequest":{"description":"A problem with the input fields has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"UnauthorizedError":{"description":"Access token is missing or invalid","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}},"InternalError":{"description":"An internal error has occurred. Additional state information plus metadata may be available in the response body.","type":"object","properties":{"error":{"type":"string"}}}}},"paths":{"/trust-registry/accreditation/verify":{"post":{"tags":["Trust Registries"],"summary":"Verify a verifiable accreditation for a DID.","description":"Generate and publish a Verifiable Accreditation for a subject DID as a DID Linked resource.","operationId":"accredit-verify","parameters":[{"in":"query","name":"verifyStatus","description":"If set to `true` the verification will also check the status of the accreditation. Requires the VC to have a `credentialStatus` property.","schema":{"type":"boolean","default":false}},{"in":"query","name":"allowDeactivatedDid","description":"If set to `true` allow to verify accreditation which based on deactivated DID.","schema":{"type":"boolean","default":false}}],"requestBody":{"content":{"application/x-www-form-urlencoded":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/AccreditationVerifyRequest"}},"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/AccreditationVerifyRequest"}}}},"responses":{"200":{"description":"The request was successful.","content":{"application/json":{"schema":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/AccreditationVerifyResponse"}}}},"400":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/InvalidRequest"},"401":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError"},"500":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/InternalError"}}}}}} ``` --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.cheqd.io/product/studio/trust-registries/set-up/verify-accreditation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.