Verify a shortlink completion with a signed return token
Providers do not postback, so the round trip is the only evidence. Single use, account bound, expiring, minimum dwell, and starting a new run kills the old one.
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Providers do not postback, so the round trip is the only evidence. Single use, account bound, expiring, minimum dwell, and starting a new run kills the old one.
session-info answers pending for any token, including invented ones, so only the solved check means anything.
It is sha256 of the transaction id, a hyphen and your Security Hash — not the Publisher API key their integration page names.
Fetch the page, look for your token in a meta tag, and only let verified sites earn. The empty-needle bug in this check is worth knowing about before it bites you.