> [!WARNING]
> **Deprecated:** Phone number verification is no longer required and we suggest that you don't use this feature. This feature won't be available in the Merchant API and we recommend that you plan ahead for this change.

Phone verification consists of two
[Accounts methods](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts#methods)
that you can use to add and verify phone numbers for a merchant account.
Phone numbers submitted through phone verification replace phone
numbers you may have submitted through
[`accounts.AccountBusinessInformation`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts#AccountBusinessInformation).

Phone verification is strongly recommended for all new and existing
merchants. Your account may otherwise be suspended with the [account
status](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/guides/accountstatuses)
issue `PENDING_PHONE_VERIFICATION` until you verify a phone number.

There are two required steps to verify a phone number:

1.

   Call [`accounts.requestphoneverification`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/requestphoneverification) to start a phone verification request.
   :   Enter your two-letter [region
       code](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_assigned_c%0Aode_elements).
   :   Enter your phone number.
   :   Choose a verification method (`SMS` or `PHONE_CALL`).
2.

   Call [`accounts.verifyphonenumber`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/verifyphonenumber) to verify the phone number.
   :   Enter the `verificationId` from Step 1.
   :   Enter the 6 digit `verificationCode` sent to your phone.
   :   Enter the `phoneVerificationMethod` used.
   :   This call returns a `verifiedPhoneNumber`. This phone number is now
       verified.

You can check the status of your account's phone verification in
[`AccountBusinessInformation.phoneVerificationStatus`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/guides/phoneverification#accountbusinessinformationphoneverificationstatus).

## accounts.requestphoneverification

Start the phone number verification process by passing the
[`phoneRegionCode`](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2#Officially_ass%0Aigned_code_elements), `phoneNumber` and `phoneVerificationMethod` into
[`accounts.requestphoneverification`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/requestphoneverification).
This call returns a`verificationId`.

You can use the optional
[`languageCode`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/requestphoneverification#body.request_body.FIELDS.language_code)
field to verify in a language other than the default (US English).

You can try to verify the same phone number a maximum of five times every four
hours.

```
POST https://www.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/merchantId/accounts/accountId/requestphoneverification
```

Here's a sample call:

```
{
  "phoneRegionCode": "US",
  "phoneNumber": "phoneNumber",
  "phoneVerificationMethod": "SMS",
  "languageCode": "en-US"
}
```

Here's a sample response:

```
{
  "verificationId": "2-47b7ef80ff494daf8079f4808e750dcb-1626331725036"
}
```

> [!IMPORTANT]
> **Important:** This call also sends a verification code to your phone number. You need this code for the next step.

## accounts.verifyphonenumber

Verify the phone number for the account by passing the `verificationId` from
`accounts.requestphoneverification`, the six-digit `verificationCode` sent to your
phone, and the `phoneVerificationMethod` you used, for example `SMS`, into
[`accounts.verifyphonenumber`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/verifyphonenumber).
This call returns the verified phone number in a standard fomat for your region.

Your initial verification request expires after 15 minutes. After that you
must initiate a new phone verification request before calling
`accounts.verifyphonenumber`.

```
POST https://www.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/merchantId/accounts/accountId/verifyphonenumber
```

Here's a sample call:

```
{
  "verificationId": "verificationId",
  "verificationCode": "verificationCode",
  "phoneVerificationMethod": "SMS"
}
```

Here's a sample response:

```
{
  "verifiedPhoneNumber": "(123) 456-7890"
}
```

## AccountBusinessInformation.phoneVerificationStatus

You can check the status of your account's phone verification in the
[`AccountBusinessInformation.phoneVerificationStatus`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts#AccountBusinessInformation)
field.

Call the
[`accounts.get`](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts/get) method with
an `accountId` and `merchantId` to view your account's
[business information](https://developers.google.com/shopping-content/reference/rest/v2.1/accounts#AccountBusinessInformation):

```
GET https://www.googleapis.com/content/v2.1/v2.1/merchantId/accounts/accountId
```