Identify a website visitor
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <x-api-key>' \
--data '
{
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a",
"email": "ada@example.com",
"display_name": "Ada Lovelace",
"traits": {
"plan": "pro"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify"
payload = {
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a",
"email": "ada@example.com",
"display_name": "Ada Lovelace",
"traits": { "plan": "pro" }
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<x-api-key>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': '<x-api-key>',
Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
anonymous_id: 'anon_5f3c2b1a',
email: 'ada@example.com',
display_name: 'Ada Lovelace',
traits: {plan: 'pro'}
})
};
fetch('https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify', 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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify",
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([
'anonymous_id' => 'anon_5f3c2b1a',
'email' => 'ada@example.com',
'display_name' => 'Ada Lovelace',
'traits' => [
'plan' => 'pro'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <x-api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify")
.header("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<x-api-key>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"contact_id": "contact_9a8b7c6d",
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_1a2b3c4d",
"timestamp": "2026-08-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}API Reference
Identify a website visitor
Attaches a known phone or email to a previously anonymous browser session so on-site behaviour is tied to a contact. Called from the Orbit Web SDK on your website using the tenant’s PUBLIC API key (pk_…, safe to ship in browser JavaScript). Idempotent: re-calling with the same anonymous_id upserts the contact and backfills earlier events onto it. Either phone or email is required.
POST
/
sdk
/
identify
Identify a website visitor
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <x-api-key>' \
--data '
{
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a",
"email": "ada@example.com",
"display_name": "Ada Lovelace",
"traits": {
"plan": "pro"
}
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify"
payload = {
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a",
"email": "ada@example.com",
"display_name": "Ada Lovelace",
"traits": { "plan": "pro" }
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<x-api-key>",
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'x-api-key': '<x-api-key>',
Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
'Content-Type': 'application/json'
},
body: JSON.stringify({
anonymous_id: 'anon_5f3c2b1a',
email: 'ada@example.com',
display_name: 'Ada Lovelace',
traits: {plan: 'pro'}
})
};
fetch('https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify', 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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify",
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([
'anonymous_id' => 'anon_5f3c2b1a',
'email' => 'ada@example.com',
'display_name' => 'Ada Lovelace',
'traits' => [
'plan' => 'pro'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <x-api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
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.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify")
.header("x-api-key", "<x-api-key>")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.orbit.devotel.io/sdk/identify")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<x-api-key>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"anonymous_id\": \"anon_5f3c2b1a\",\n \"email\": \"ada@example.com\",\n \"display_name\": \"Ada Lovelace\",\n \"traits\": {\n \"plan\": \"pro\"\n }\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"contact_id": "contact_9a8b7c6d",
"anonymous_id": "anon_5f3c2b1a"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "req_1a2b3c4d",
"timestamp": "2026-08-09T12:00:00.000Z"
}
}Authorizations
BearerApiKey
Dashboard JWT token from Clerk
Headers
The tenant public API key with the pk_ prefix.
Body
application/json
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