Validate License Key

POST

license-keys

validate

Python

from polar.v2027_01 import Polar

polar = Polar("polar_oat_xxx")

response = polar.license_keys.validate(
    key='string',
    organization_id='00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000',
)
print(response)

import { createPolar } from "@polar-sh/sdk/2027-01";

const polar = createPolar({
  accessToken: "polar_oat_xxx",
});

const response = await polar.licenseKeys.validate(
  {
    "key": "string",
    "organization_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
  },
);
console.log(response);

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "key": "<string>",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "activation_id": "<string>",
  "benefit_id": "<string>",
  "customer_id": "<string>",
  "increment_usage": 1,
  "conditions": {}
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    key: '<string>',
    organization_id: '<string>',
    activation_id: '<string>',
    benefit_id: '<string>',
    customer_id: '<string>',
    increment_usage: 1,
    conditions: {}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'key' => '<string>',
    'organization_id' => '<string>',
    'activation_id' => '<string>',
    'benefit_id' => '<string>',
    'customer_id' => '<string>',
    'increment_usage' => 1,
    'conditions' => [
        
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "customer_id": "<string>",
  "customer": {
    "id": "992fae2a-2a17-4b7a-8d9e-e287cf90131b",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "metadata": {},
    "email_verified": true,
    "type": "individual",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "billing_name": "John Doe",
    "billing_address": {
      "country": "US",
      "line1": "<string>",
      "line2": "<string>",
      "postal_code": "<string>",
      "city": "<string>",
      "state": "<string>"
    },
    "tax_id": {
      "[0]": "<string>"
    },
    "organization_id": "1dbfc517-0bbf-4301-9ba8-555ca42b9737",
    "deleted_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "first_user_event_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/xxx?d=404",
    "external_id": "usr_1337",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "locale": "<string>",
    "default_payment_method_id": "<string>"
  },
  "member_id": "<string>",
  "member": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "external_id": "<string>"
  },
  "benefit_id": "<string>",
  "key": "<string>",
  "display_key": "<string>",
  "status": "granted",
  "limit_activations": 123,
  "usage": 123,
  "limit_usage": 123,
  "validations": 123,
  "last_validated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "expires_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "subscription_id": "<string>",
  "subscription": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "status": "active",
    "current_period_start": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "current_period_end": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "cancel_at_period_end": true,
    "ends_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
  },
  "order_id": "<string>",
  "order": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "status": "paid",
    "paid": true
  },
  "activation": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "license_key_id": "<string>",
    "label": "<string>",
    "meta": {},
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": "BadRequest",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "ResourceNotFound",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

You can generate a Personal Access Token from your settings.

Scopes

license_keys:write

pat

license_keys:write

oat

Body

application/json

key

string

required

organization_id

string<uuid4>

required

activation_id

string<uuid4> | null

benefit_id

string<uuid4> | null

The benefit ID.

customer_id

string<uuid4> | null

increment_usage

integer | null

Required range: x >= 0

conditions

Conditions · object

Key-value object allowing you to set conditions that must match when validating the license key.

The key must be a string with a maximum length of 40 characters. The value must be either:

A string with a maximum length of 500 characters
An integer
A floating-point number
A boolean

You can store up to 50 key-value pairs.

Show child attributes

Response

Successful Response

string<uuid4>

required

The ID of the object.

created_at

string<date-time>

required

Creation timestamp of the object.

Example:

"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"

modified_at

string<date-time> | null

required

Last modification timestamp of the object.

Example:

"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"

organization_id

string<uuid4>

required

customer_id

string<uuid4>

required

customer

LicenseKeyCustomer · object

required

Show child attributes

member_id

string<uuid4> | null

required

The ID of the seat member holding this key, if any.

member

LicenseKeyMember · object | null

required

The seat member holding this key. Set for keys granted through a seat-based product; null for keys granted to the customer directly.

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benefit_id

string<uuid4>

required

The benefit ID.

key

string

required

display_key

string

required

status

string

required

Allowed value: "granted"

limit_activations

integer | null

required

usage

integer

required

limit_usage

integer | null

required

validations

integer

required

last_validated_at

string<date-time> | null

required

Example:

"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"

expires_at

string<date-time> | null

required

Example:

"2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"

subscription_id

string<uuid4> | null

required

The ID of the subscription granting the license key.

subscription

LicenseKeySubscription · object | null

required

The subscription granting the license key, if any.

Show child attributes

order_id

string<uuid4> | null

required

The ID of the one-time order granting the license key.

order

LicenseKeyOrder · object | null

required

The one-time order granting the license key, if any.

Show child attributes

activation

LicenseKeyActivationBase · object | null

Show child attributes

⌘I

Python

from polar.v2027_01 import Polar

polar = Polar("polar_oat_xxx")

response = polar.license_keys.validate(
    key='string',
    organization_id='00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000',
)
print(response)

import { createPolar } from "@polar-sh/sdk/2027-01";

const polar = createPolar({
  accessToken: "polar_oat_xxx",
});

const response = await polar.licenseKeys.validate(
  {
    "key": "string",
    "organization_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000"
  },
);
console.log(response);

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "key": "<string>",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "activation_id": "<string>",
  "benefit_id": "<string>",
  "customer_id": "<string>",
  "increment_usage": 1,
  "conditions": {}
}
'

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    key: '<string>',
    organization_id: '<string>',
    activation_id: '<string>',
    benefit_id: '<string>',
    customer_id: '<string>',
    increment_usage: 1,
    conditions: {}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'key' => '<string>',
    'organization_id' => '<string>',
    'activation_id' => '<string>',
    'benefit_id' => '<string>',
    'customer_id' => '<string>',
    'increment_usage' => 1,
    'conditions' => [
        
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.polar.sh/v1/license-keys/validate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"key\": \"<string>\",\n  \"organization_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"activation_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"benefit_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"customer_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"increment_usage\": 1,\n  \"conditions\": {}\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "<string>",
  "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "organization_id": "<string>",
  "customer_id": "<string>",
  "customer": {
    "id": "992fae2a-2a17-4b7a-8d9e-e287cf90131b",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "metadata": {},
    "email_verified": true,
    "type": "individual",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "billing_name": "John Doe",
    "billing_address": {
      "country": "US",
      "line1": "<string>",
      "line2": "<string>",
      "postal_code": "<string>",
      "city": "<string>",
      "state": "<string>"
    },
    "tax_id": {
      "[0]": "<string>"
    },
    "organization_id": "1dbfc517-0bbf-4301-9ba8-555ca42b9737",
    "deleted_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "first_user_event_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/xxx?d=404",
    "external_id": "usr_1337",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "locale": "<string>",
    "default_payment_method_id": "<string>"
  },
  "member_id": "<string>",
  "member": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "email": "<string>",
    "external_id": "<string>"
  },
  "benefit_id": "<string>",
  "key": "<string>",
  "display_key": "<string>",
  "status": "granted",
  "limit_activations": 123,
  "usage": 123,
  "limit_usage": 123,
  "validations": 123,
  "last_validated_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "expires_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "subscription_id": "<string>",
  "subscription": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "status": "active",
    "current_period_start": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "current_period_end": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "cancel_at_period_end": true,
    "ends_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
  },
  "order_id": "<string>",
  "order": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "status": "paid",
    "paid": true
  },
  "activation": {
    "id": "<string>",
    "license_key_id": "<string>",
    "label": "<string>",
    "meta": {},
    "created_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z",
    "modified_at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z"
  }
}

{
  "error": "BadRequest",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "ResourceNotFound",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

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