Lookup CAC

GET/api/v1/kyc/cac/basic

Verify a Nigerian company with its CAC registration (RC) number — confirm its name, status, and registration details. The advanced variant also returns the company’s affiliates (directors and shareholders).

Headers

Header	Required	Description
`Authorization`	Yes	Your app’s secret key, sent as-is — not `Bearer`.
`AppId`	Yes	The App ID from your dashboard.

Query parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`rc_number`	string	Yes	The company’s CAC registration (RC) number.
`company_type`	string	Yes	One of `BUSINESS_NAME`, `COMPANY`, `INCORPORATED_TRUSTEES`, `LIMITED_PARTNERSHIP`, or `LIMITED_LIABILITY_PARTNERSHIP`.

Response

The basic lookup (/api/v1/kyc/cac/basic) returns an entity with the company name, type, status, and location.

Advanced lookup

For the fuller record — registration date, registered address, share details, and the company’s affiliates (directors, proprietors, shareholders) — call GET /api/v1/kyc/cac/advance with the same parameters.

200 — /api/v1/kyc/cac/advance

{
  "entity": {
    "company_name": "JOHN DOE LIMITED",
    "rc_number": "1234567",
    "address": "John doe street opposite dunamis church",
    "state": "Plateau",
    "city": "Jos Town (Capital)",
    "lga": "Jos south",
    "email": "abc@gmail.com",
    "type_of_company": "BUSINESS_NAME",
    "date_of_registration": "2024-07-19T08:00:06.224+00:00",
    "nature_of_business": null,
    "share_capital": null,
    "share_details": {},
    "affiliates": [
      {
        "first_name": "JOHN",
        "last_name": "MUSA",
        "affiliate_type": "PROPRIETOR",
        "gender": "MALE",
        "phone_number": "+2348132464910",
        "nationality": "Nigeria",
        "country": "NIGERIA"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Errors

Code	Meaning
`400`	Bad request — a required parameter is missing or malformed.
`401`	Unauthorized — check your key and `AppId` (no `Bearer` prefix).
`402`	Insufficient wallet balance. Fund your wallet.
`404`	No record found for the supplied identifier.
`429`	Too many requests — back off and retry.

Sandbox

Test with rc_number=1261103 or rc_number=14320749 against https://sandbox.dojah.io. See Sandbox & test data for every test value.

curl --request GET \
  "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/cac/basic?rc_number=1261103&company_type=COMPANY" \
  -H "Authorization: {{secret_key}}" \
  -H "AppId: {{app_id}}"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "rc_number": "1261103",
  "company_type": "COMPANY",
});

const url = "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/cac/basic?" + params;
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
    Authorization: process.env.DOJAH_SECRET_KEY,
    AppId: process.env.DOJAH_APP_ID,
  },
});
const data = await res.json();

import os, requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/cac/basic",
    headers={
        "Authorization": os.environ["DOJAH_SECRET_KEY"],
        "AppId": os.environ["DOJAH_APP_ID"],
    },
    params={ "rc_number": "1261103", "company_type": "COMPANY" },
)
data = res.json()

{
  "entity": {
    "company_name": "JOHN DOE LIMITED",
    "type_of_company": "BUSINESS_NAME",
    "status": "Not Active",
    "rc_number": "1234567",
    "business_number": "1234567",
    "state": "Lagos",
    "city": "Lagos",
    "lga": "Kosofe",
    "business": "7a666454-8ce0-44e2-ac32-3e8cb04b6b72"
  }
}

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Headers

Query parameters

Response

Advanced lookup

Errors

Sandbox