{"revision":"0ed62d2c742f8e20","language":"en","entry":{"id":"read-device-request","kind":"endpoint","group":"manage","title":"Read a pairing request","method":"GET","path":"/v1/device-requests/{code}","paths":[],"summary":"Read a pairing request with an active person key before adding the new device.","response":"The same pairing details as creation. Expired, incorrect and used codes all return 404.","parameters":[{"name":"code","description":"Pairing code shown on the new device.","in":"path","required":true}],"sample":"/v1/device-requests/PAIRING_CODE","access":"signed","base":"directory","notes":["Signed GET requests use X-Nonce and X-Timestamp. No JSON body is sent."],"errors":["400 invalid_nonce","400 invalid_parameter","400 invalid_signature_alg","400 invalid_timestamp","401 invalid_signature","401 missing_signature","401 stale_timestamp","403 key_banned","403 key_mismatch","404 not_found","409 replayed_nonce","429 rate_limited","500 internal_error","503 busy"],"related":["signed-requests"],"sections":[{"kind":"code","language":"shell","code":"curl -fsS -X GET \\\n  -H \"X-Public-Key: $PUBLIC_KEY\" \\\n  -H \"X-Signature: $REQUEST_SIGNATURE\" -H \"X-Nonce: $NONCE\" -H \"X-Timestamp: $TIMESTAMP\" \\\n  \"https://veil.rip/v1/device-requests/PAIRING_CODE\""}],"live":false,"responses":[{"status":200,"contentType":"application/json","description":"The same pairing details as creation. Expired, incorrect and used codes all return 404.","fields":[{"name":"code","type":"string","description":"Private eight-character pairing code."},{"name":"display","type":"string","description":"Code grouped for typing."},{"name":"key","type":"string","description":"Pending public key."},{"name":"alg","type":"string","description":"Signature algorithm identifier."},{"name":"ed25519","type":"string","description":"Ed25519 key or composite half, in hex."},{"name":"device","type":"string","description":"Requested device label."},{"name":"createdAt","type":"string","description":"Creation time."},{"name":"expiresAt","type":"string","description":"Expiry time, ten minutes after creation."}]}],"responseObjects":[],"errorFormat":"json","errorDetails":[{"status":400,"code":"invalid_nonce","description":"The signed-request nonce has an invalid format.","action":"Generate a fresh 16 to 128-character nonce using letters, digits, _ or -.","scope":"common"},{"status":400,"code":"invalid_parameter","description":"A path, query or body field is missing, malformed or outside its accepted range.","action":"Correct the field named in `error.message` before sending again.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":400,"code":"invalid_signature_alg","description":"`X-Signature-Alg` is unsupported.","action":"Use a supported signing algorithm and matching key/signature encoding.","scope":"common"},{"status":400,"code":"invalid_timestamp","description":"The signed-request timestamp is not Unix milliseconds.","action":"Use an integer Unix timestamp in milliseconds and sign the corrected request.","scope":"common"},{"status":401,"code":"invalid_signature","description":"The HTTP request signature does not verify.","action":"Sign the exact method, path and body bytes, without changing them afterwards.","scope":"common"},{"status":401,"code":"missing_signature","description":"The request requires a device signature and its headers are missing or unreadable.","action":"Send `X-Public-Key`, `X-Signature` and the signed-request metadata. An API key does not replace a device signature.","scope":"common"},{"status":401,"code":"stale_timestamp","description":"The signed timestamp is outside the accepted clock window.","action":"Compare the server Date header with your clock, then generate a fresh nonce, timestamp and signature.","scope":"common"},{"status":403,"code":"key_banned","description":"The device signing key is suspended by Veil staff.","action":"Use an authorised active key or ask staff to review the restriction.","scope":"common"},{"status":403,"code":"key_mismatch","description":"The signing key does not have authority over this card or operation.","action":"Use an active device key with the required owner or member role.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":404,"code":"not_found","description":"The requested card, key, alias, code or resource was not found.","action":"Check the identifier. Temporary codes and previews may already have expired or been used.","scope":"endpoint"},{"status":409,"code":"replayed_nonce","description":"The signing key already used this nonce.","action":"Check whether the previous request succeeded before making a fresh signed request.","scope":"common"},{"status":429,"code":"rate_limited","description":"An anonymous, signed-request or API-key allowance was exceeded.","action":"Wait at least `Retry-After` seconds. Share a queue and retry budget across your workers.","scope":"common"},{"status":500,"code":"internal_error","description":"An unexpected server error occurred. Internal details are not returned.","action":"Retry reads with bounded backoff. Check write results before sending a new signed operation.","scope":"common"},{"status":503,"code":"busy","description":"The application has reached a temporary concurrency or database limit.","action":"Wait `Retry-After` seconds and retry with bounded backoff.","scope":"common"}],"responseHeaders":[{"name":"Content-Type","value":"application/json","description":"Use the declared media type before choosing a parser."},{"name":"Date","value":"HTTP date","description":"Server time. Compare it with your clock when signing requests."},{"name":"Cache-Control","value":"no-store","description":"Do not persist private or temporary responses in a shared cache."},{"name":"Retry-After","value":"integer seconds, on rate_limited or busy","description":"Wait at least this long before retrying. Other 429/503 codes do not necessarily include it."}],"documentationUrl":"https://veil.rip/docs/read-device-request","supportsBrowserFetch":false,"browserMode":"local-or-server"}}