Driver's Licence - Dojah Inc

curl --request GET \
  "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/dl?license_number=FKJ494A2133" \
  -H "Authorization: {{secret_key}}" \
  -H "AppId: {{app_id}}"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "license_number": "FKJ494A2133",
});

const url = "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/dl?" + 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/dl",
    headers={
        "Authorization": os.environ["DOJAH_SECRET_KEY"],
        "AppId": os.environ["DOJAH_APP_ID"],
    },
    params={ "license_number": "FKJ494A2133" },
)
data = res.json()

{
  "entity": {
    "uuid": "1625583696",
    "licenseNo": "FKJ494A2133",
    "firstName": "JOHN",
    "lastName": "MUSA",
    "middleName": "",
    "gender": "Male",
    "issuedDate": "2019-01-25",
    "expiryDate": "2024-08-17",
    "stateOfIssue": "LAGOS",
    "birthDate": "28-09-1998",
    "photo": "BASE 64 IMAGE"
  }
}

GET/api/v1/kyc/dl

Verify a Nigerian driver’s licence and return the holder’s details, issue/expiry dates, 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
`license_number`	string	Yes	A driver’s licence number.

Response

Returns an entity with the licence number, holder’s names, gender, issue and expiry dates, state of issue, birth date, and a base64 photo. Note these fields use camelCase.

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.
`424`	The upstream source was unavailable — retry shortly.
`429`	Too many requests — back off and retry.

Sandbox

Test with license_number=FKJ494A2133 or license_number=FKJ49409AB13 against https://sandbox.dojah.io. See Sandbox & test data for every test value.

curl --request GET \
  "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/dl?license_number=FKJ494A2133" \
  -H "Authorization: {{secret_key}}" \
  -H "AppId: {{app_id}}"

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  "license_number": "FKJ494A2133",
});

const url = "https://api.dojah.io/api/v1/kyc/dl?" + 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/dl",
    headers={
        "Authorization": os.environ["DOJAH_SECRET_KEY"],
        "AppId": os.environ["DOJAH_APP_ID"],
    },
    params={ "license_number": "FKJ494A2133" },
)
data = res.json()

{
  "entity": {
    "uuid": "1625583696",
    "licenseNo": "FKJ494A2133",
    "firstName": "JOHN",
    "lastName": "MUSA",
    "middleName": "",
    "gender": "Male",
    "issuedDate": "2019-01-25",
    "expiryDate": "2024-08-17",
    "stateOfIssue": "LAGOS",
    "birthDate": "28-09-1998",
    "photo": "BASE 64 IMAGE"
  }
}