Identity ~1.3s typical

Aadhaar Verification

Identity confirmation that treats consent and data minimisation as requirements, not settings.

POST /v1/identity/aadhaar

# Request
"input": "Aadhaar reference + consent"

# Response fields
{
  "match_status": …,
  "name_match_score": …,
  "masked_identifier": …,
  "gender": …,
  "state": …,
  "consent_ref": …,
  "verified_at": …
}

~1.3s typical · sandbox available

Overview

What this endpoint does

Aadhaar verification carries obligations that most API integrations treat as paperwork. We treat them as request parameters. Consent reference and stated purpose are mandatory fields; without them the call does not execute.

Responses return the minimum needed to make a decision: a match result, demographic confirmation at the granularity you are entitled to, and a masked identifier. Full numbers are not echoed back, and are not retained in logs on either side of the call.

Response

What comes back

Every field is returned structured and timestamped, ready to store against the record it belongs to. Nothing requires parsing a photograph or interpreting free text.

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Aadhaar Verification response fields
Field	Description
`match_status`	Whether the submitted details reconcile
`name_match_score`	Demographic name match confidence
`masked_identifier`	Last four digits only
`gender`	As held on record
`state`	State of record
`consent_ref`	Your consent reference, echoed for audit
`verified_at`	Server-side timestamp of the check

Use cases

Where teams use it

Customer onboarding

Confirm identity during account opening without collecting and storing document scans.

Lending applications

Establish that an applicant is who the application says before credit assessment starts.

Gig platform sign-up

Verify workers at scale, with consent captured per check rather than per cohort.

Beneficiary validation

Confirm recipients before disbursement, and keep an auditable record of each confirmation.

In context

Sectors that rely on this check

Banking & NBFC

Shorten account opening and loan origination without loosening the controls your auditors expect.

Insurance

Price from verified vehicle data at quote time, and settle claims against records rather than photographs.

Fintech

Keep sign-up to a single session while meeting the verification bar your regulator and your partners both expect.

Also available

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Aadhaar–PAN Link Status

Confirm whether a PAN is linked to Aadhaar before a transaction depends on it — and fix the problem early if not.

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PAN Verification

Validate a PAN and confirm the holder name matches your record, before it propagates into billing and tax.

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