Gumroad allows verifying license keys via API calls to limit the usage of the keys. It can be helpful to prevent the redistribution of products like desktop apps.

Allow generating a unique license key per sale in product settings, and the product ID will be shown there. Below is the code snippet for verification.

try {
  const requestBody = new URLSearchParams();
  requestBody.append('product_id', process.env.PRODUCT_ID);
  requestBody.append('license_key', process.env.LICENSE_KEY);
  requestBody.append('increment_uses_count', true);
  const response = await fetch('https://api.gumroad.com/v2/licenses/verify', {
    method: 'POST',
    body: requestBody
  });
  const data = await response.json();
  if (data.purchase?.test) {
    console.log('Skipping verification for test purchase');
    return;
  }
  const verificationLimit = Number(process.env.VERIFICATION_LIMIT);
  if (data.uses >= verificationLimit + 1) {
    throw new Error('Verification limit exceeded');
  }
  if (!data.success) {
    throw new Error(data.message);
  }
} catch (error) {
  if (error?.response?.status === 404) {
    console.log("License key doesn't exist");
    return;
  }
  console.log('Verifying license key failed', error);
}

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