Verify Driver's License
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--header 'api-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'api-secret: <api-secret>' \
--data '
{
"license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license"
payload = { "license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201" }
headers = {
"api-key": "<api-key>",
"api-secret": "<api-secret>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'api-key': '<api-key>',
'api-secret': '<api-secret>',
'Content-Type': '<content-type>'
},
body: JSON.stringify({license_number: 'LAG-DL-4839201'})
};
fetch('https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license', 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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license",
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([
'license_number' => 'LAG-DL-4839201'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: <content-type>",
"api-key: <api-key>",
"api-secret: <api-secret>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("api-secret", "<api-secret>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license")
.header("api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("api-secret", "<api-secret>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["api-secret"] = '<api-secret>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
request.body = "{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message": "Driver's license verification completed successfully",
"data": {
"first_name": "John",
"middle_name": "Adebayo",
"last_name": "Doe",
"gender": "MALE",
"birth_date": "1992-08-14",
"photo": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD...",
"license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201",
"issue_date": "2021-06-01",
"expiry_date": "2026-05-31"
},
"charges": {
"charged": false,
"charged_amount": "0.00"
}
}Identity Verification
Verify Driver's License
Verify a driver’s license and retrieve the identity details attached to the license number.
POST
/
api
/
v1
/
merchant
/
documents
/
drivers-license
Verify Driver's License
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license \
--header 'Content-Type: <content-type>' \
--header 'api-key: <api-key>' \
--header 'api-secret: <api-secret>' \
--data '
{
"license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license"
payload = { "license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201" }
headers = {
"api-key": "<api-key>",
"api-secret": "<api-secret>",
"Content-Type": "<content-type>"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {
'api-key': '<api-key>',
'api-secret': '<api-secret>',
'Content-Type': '<content-type>'
},
body: JSON.stringify({license_number: 'LAG-DL-4839201'})
};
fetch('https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license', 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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license",
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([
'license_number' => 'LAG-DL-4839201'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: <content-type>",
"api-key: <api-key>",
"api-secret: <api-secret>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("api-secret", "<api-secret>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
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.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license")
.header("api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("api-secret", "<api-secret>")
.header("Content-Type", "<content-type>")
.body("{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.payvessel.com/kyc/api/v1/merchant/documents/drivers-license")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["api-secret"] = '<api-secret>'
request["Content-Type"] = '<content-type>'
request.body = "{\n \"license_number\": \"LAG-DL-4839201\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"message": "Driver's license verification completed successfully",
"data": {
"first_name": "John",
"middle_name": "Adebayo",
"last_name": "Doe",
"gender": "MALE",
"birth_date": "1992-08-14",
"photo": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD...",
"license_number": "LAG-DL-4839201",
"issue_date": "2021-06-01",
"expiry_date": "2026-05-31"
},
"charges": {
"charged": false,
"charged_amount": "0.00"
}
}Headers
Your Payvessel public API key
Your Payvessel secret
Request content type
Available options:
application/json Body
application/json
Driver's license number
Example:
"LAG-DL-4839201"
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