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# Method name: approve(options: ApproveOptions)

# Method package: wixMembersV2

# Method menu location: wixMembersV2 --> authentication --> approve

# Method Link: https://dev.wix.com/docs/velo/apis/wix-members-v2/authentication/approve.md

# Method Description:

Approves a pending member using an ID, email address or approval token.

Tokens must be approved within 30 hours of token creation.
Use the `approvalToken` parameter returned from the
[`register()`](#register) function when approving a member by `token`.

> **Note:**
> A new member's status is `"PENDING"` when the site's membership policy is set to manual approval.
> To learn more about setting your site's membership approval policy, see
> [Editing Your Member Signup Settings](https://support.wix.com/en/article/editing-your-member-signup-settings-for-the-default-form).

Members are typically associated with a contact, each having a distinct member and contact ID. When passing the ID as a parameter, avoid presuming the IDs are identical since they represent separate entities.



# Method Code Examples:

*** Note: do not assume any prop names or enum values other than the ones in the example.

## approve example for dashboard page code

```javascript
import { authentication } from 'wix-members.v2';

async function approve(options) {
  try {
    const result = await authentication.approve(options);
    return result;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    // Handle the error
  }
}

```

## approve example for exporting from backend code

```javascript
import { authentication } from 'wix-members.v2';
import { webMethod, Permissions } from 'wix-web-module';
import { elevate } from 'wix-auth';

const elevatedApprove = elevate(authentication.approve);

export const approve = webMethod(
  Permissions.Anyone,
  async (options) => {
    try {
      const result = await elevatedApprove(options);
      return result;
    } catch (error) {
      console.error(error);
      // Handle the error
    }
  }
);

```

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