From payment to your first request.

01 / GET A KEY

How API access is issued.

1. Buy the $99 Release Pack.Stripe collects the checkout email and confirms the one-time payment.
2. Open the automatic JATS Verify email.It contains a secure Access Center link and your jv_live_… API key.
3. Recover it whenever needed.Use the Access Center with the same checkout email. No password is required.

Access is automatic. There is no application, approval step, or separate developer account.

02 / AUTHENTICATE

Send the key in a request header.

Use either X-API-Key or a Bearer token. Do not put the key in a URL, browser storage, repository, log, or client-side application.

Base URL: https://jatsverify.com/api/v1

X-API-Key: jv_live_your_key_here

This API is intended for your server, CI job, or private command line. Cross-origin browser access is not enabled.

03 / CHECK USAGE

Confirm the key before uploading.

curl --fail-with-body \
  https://jatsverify.com/api/v1/access/me \
  -H "X-API-Key: $JATS_VERIFY_API_KEY"

The JSON response includes expires_at, seconds_remaining, package_limit, packages_used, and packages_remaining. Times are Unix seconds in UTC.

{
  "status": "active",
  "expires_at": 1788048000,
  "seconds_remaining": 863400,
  "package_limit": 10,
  "packages_used": 2,
  "packages_remaining": 8
}

04 / INSPECT XML

Return a JSON evidence report.

curl --fail-with-body \
  https://jatsverify.com/api/v1/inspect \
  -H "X-API-Key: $JATS_VERIFY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -F "[email protected];type=application/xml" \
  -F "[email protected];type=application/zip" \
  -F "fail_on=error" \
  -o evidence.json

Only xml is required. The response contains the pass or fail decision, finding counts, ordered findings, article summary, asset evidence, canonical SHA-256, and registry-check status.

05 / BUILD BUNDLE

Return a reproducible release ZIP.

curl --fail-with-body \
  https://jatsverify.com/api/v1/bundle \
  -H "X-API-Key: $JATS_VERIFY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Accept: application/zip" \
  -F "[email protected];type=application/xml" \
  -F "[email protected];type=application/xml" \
  -F "[email protected];type=application/json" \
  -o jats-release.zip

The ZIP contains the submitted XML, included assets, evidence.json, and manifest-sha256.txt. Download results in the same request because JATS Verify does not keep customer package copies for later retrieval.

REQUEST FIELDS

Multipart form fields.

06 / LIMITS

Bounded, predictable processing.

• A Release Pack accepts up to 10 unique canonical packages during its 14-day validity.
• Rechecking the same canonical XML does not use another package slot.
• An assets ZIP may contain up to 100 files and 100 MiB uncompressed. Unsafe paths, links, encrypted entries, duplicates, and extreme compression ratios are rejected.
• Requests are synchronous. Keep the connection open until the report or ZIP is returned.
• The service makes no external DOI, PMID, ORCID, or other registry calls.

07 / ERRORS

Actionable HTTP responses.

Every response includes an X-Request-ID. Include that value when contacting [email protected].