> ## Documentation Index
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# Lookup Kenya Passport

> Verify a Kenyan international passport and fetch the holder's details from the immigration database.

<div className="dj-endpoint">
  <span className={`dj-method dj-method-get`}>GET</span>
  <code>/api/v1/ke/kyc/passport</code>
</div>

Verify a Kenyan international passport and return the holder’s biographic details and photo.

## 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          |
| ----------- | ------ | -------- | -------------------- |
| `id_number` | string | Yes      | The passport number. |

## Response

Returns an `entity` object. The `photo` fields are base64 JPEG data (truncated below).

## 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](/api-reference/core-concepts/wallet-billing). |
| `404` | No record found for the supplied identifier.                                                  |
| `424` | The upstream source was unavailable — retry shortly.                                          |
| `429` | Too many requests — back off and retry.                                                       |

<RequestExample>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl --request GET \
    "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/ke/kyc/passport?id_number=A00123456" \
    -H "Authorization: {{secret_key}}" \
    -H "AppId: {{app_id}}"
  ```

  ```js Node.js theme={null}
  const params = new URLSearchParams({
    "id_number": "A00123456",
  });

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

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import os, requests

  res = requests.get(
      "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/ke/kyc/passport",
      headers={
          "Authorization": os.environ["DOJAH_SECRET_KEY"],
          "AppId": os.environ["DOJAH_APP_ID"],
      },
      params={ "id_number": "A00123456" },
  )
  data = res.json()
  ```
</RequestExample>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json GET /api/v1/ke/kyc/passport theme={null}
  {
    "entity": {
      "address": "BOX 12345-67890 NAIROBI KAREN KAREN LOCATION",
      "citizenship": "",
      "date_of_birth": "2000-09-20",
      "date_of_birth_from_passport": "",
      "date_of_issue": "2019-02-14",
      "expiration_date": "2022-02-13",
      "first_name": "John",
      "gender": "M",
      "last_name": "Musa",
      "middle_name": "Doe",
      "occupation": "",
      "passport_number": "A00000000",
      "phone_number": "Not Available",
      "phone_number2": "Not Available",
      "photo": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRg…",
      "photo_from_passport": "/9j/4AAQSkZJRg…",
      "place_of_birth": "NAIROBI"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>