BVN Full Details IGREE 🇳🇬
Overview
Introducing iGree, a consent management system developed with the collaboration of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and NIBSS. This system empowers customers to grant BVN data access when needed, ensuring data security and compliance.
Important!
Before you proceed, ensure you review the prerequisites for integrating to our APIs for a more detailed guide.
API Endpoint
https://api.verified.africa/sfx-verify/v3/id-service/
Initiate BVN Lookup
Headers
Our initiate BVN Lookup service accepts headers for authentication. See below the headers to pass to the API
| Header | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| userId | String | This is your user id retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your userId |
| ApiKey | String | This is your apikey retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your apiKey |
Request
| Request Parameter | Status | Description | Test Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| verificationType | Required | This field is used to identify the service being called. Ensure to use the value provided exactly as provided | BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE |
| searchParameter | Required | The BVN will be passed into this field | 11223344556 |
{
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"searchParameter": "11223344556"
}
Response
| responseParameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| responseCode | String | Please reference Response Codes page for details on all possible responses |
| Description | String | This is a description of the response received. |
| verificationType | String | The same verificationType passed in request will be returned here |
| verificationStatus | String | This field lets you know if the identity verification was successful. Options are: VERIFIED: This means that the initiate BVN Lookup is valid. NOT VERIFIED This means that the initiate BVN Lookup is invalid PENDING This status means that the verification could not be completed. Refer to the responseCode for the specific failure reason |
| transactionStatus | String | This indicates the wallet debit status. The options are successful or failed. |
| transactionReference | String | If you supplied a transactionReference, the same will be returned here. Else, we would generate a reference and return that to you in this field. |
| transactionDate | String | Date the transaction was done |
| searchParameter | String | BVN used for the verification |
| response | Json | This is a json containing the BVN number passed and the various methods to be used to receive otp. |
{
"responseCode": "00",
"description": "Successful",
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"verificationStatus": "VERIFIED",
"transactionStatus": "SUCCESSFUL",
"transactionReference": "1630321373727-1692390277346-48d6f635-2ce9-4a84-95fa-6a49c90f661b",
"transactionDate": "1692387400392",
"searchParameter": "11223344556",
"callBackUrl": null,
"livenessScore": 0.0,
"paymentRef": null,
"response": {
"bvn": "11223344556",
"methods": [
{
"method": "email",
"hint": "An email with a verification code will be sent to test**[email protected]"
},
{
"method": "phone",
"hint": "Sms with a verification code will be sent to phone 088***8888"
}
]
},
"faceMatch": null
}
Verify BVN OTP
Headers
Our service accepts headers for authentication. See below the headers to pass to the API
| Header | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| userId | String | This is your user id retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your userId |
| ApiKey | String | This is your apikey retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your apiKey |
Request
| Request Parameter | Status | Description | Test Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| verificationType | required | This field is used to identify the service being called. Ensure to use the value provided exactly as provided | BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE |
| transactionReference | required | This is a field that uniquely identifies your transaction. You are to pass the transactionReference gotten from the responseBody of Initiate BVN OTP service. | 1630321373727-1692390277346-48d6f635-2ce9-4a84-95fa-6a49c90f661b |
| otpMethod | required | The method the user receives the OTP sent | phone, phone_1 |
{
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"transactionReference": "1630321373727-1692390277346-48d6f635-2ce9-4a84-95fa-6a49c90f661b",
"otpMethod": "phone"
}
Response
| Response Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| responseCode | String | Please reference Response Codes page for details on all possible responses. |
| Description | String | This is a description of the response received. |
| verificationType | String | The same verificationType passed in request will be returned here. |
| verificationStatus | String | This field lets you know if the identity verification was successful. Options are: VERIFIED: This means that the OTP has been sent. NOT VERIFIED This means that the OTP has not been sent PENDING This status means that the verification could not be completed. Refer to the responseCode for the specific failure reason |
| transactionStatus | String | This indicates the wallet debit status. The options are successful or failed. |
| transactionReference | String | If you supplied a transactionReference, the same will be returned here. Else, we would generate a reference and return that to you in this field. |
| transactionDate | String | Date the transaction was done |
| searchParameter | String | BVN used for the verification |
| response | Json | This is a json containing the status and the message. |
{
"responseCode": "00",
"description": "Successful",
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"verificationStatus": "VERIFIED",
"transactionStatus": "SUCCESSFUL",
"transactionReference": "1630321373727-1692387497746-3a4f8748-15ad-403b-8e4f-881c83479dad",
"transactionDate": "1692387501832",
"searchParameter": "11223344556",
"callBackUrl": null,
"livenessScore": 0.0,
"paymentRef": null,
"response": {
"status": "successful",
"message": "Otp has been successfully sent to 088***8888"
},
"faceMatch": null
}
Fetch BVN Details
Header
Our initiate BVN Lookup service accepts headers for authentication. See below the headers to pass to the API
| Header | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| userId | String | This is your user id retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your userId |
| ApiKey | String | This is your apikey retrieved from the portal. Check the getting started article to understand how to retrieve your apiKey |
Request
| Request Parameter | Status | Description | Test Data |
|---|---|---|---|
| verificationType | Required | This field is used to identify the service being called. Ensure to use the value provided exactly as provided | BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE |
| transactionReference | Required | This is a field that uniquely identifies your transaction. We generate this field if you leave it empty; however, we encourage you to generate it for proper reconciliation | 1630321373727-1692390277346-48d6f635-2ce9-4a84-95fa-6a49c90f661b |
| otp | Required | The OTP sent to the user | 123456 |
{
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"transactionReference": "1630321373727-1692390277346-48d6f635-2ce9-4a84-95fa-6a49c90f661b",
"otp": "123456"
}
Response
| Response Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| responseCode | String | Please reference Response Codes page for details on all possible responses |
| Description | String | This is a description of the response received. |
| verificationType | String | The same verificationType passed in request will be returned here |
| verificationStatus | String | This field lets you know if the identity verification was successful. Options are: VERIFIED: The BVN details is valid. NOT VERIFIED This means that the BVN details is not is invalid PENDING This status means that the verification could not be completed. Refer to the responseCode for the specific failure reason |
| transactionStatus | String | This indicates the wallet debit status. The options are successful or failed. |
| transactionDate | String | Date the transaction was done |
| transactionReference | String | If you supplied a transactionReference, the same will be returned here. Else, we would generate a reference and return that to you in this field. |
| searchParameter | String | BVN used for the verification |
| response | json | This is a json containing all the actual BVN data as retrieved from the service provider. |
{
"responseCode": "00",
"description": "Successful",
"verificationType": "BVN-FULL-DETAILS-IGREE",
"verificationStatus": "VERIFIED",
"transactionStatus": "SUCCESSFUL",
"transactionReference": "1630321373727-1692390304649-a0ae2dbb-d982-4805-8228-7eee8834bdd9",
"transactionDate": "1692390309575",
"searchParameter": "11223344556",
"callBackUrl": null,
"livenessScore": 0.0,
"paymentRef": null,
"response": {
"firstName": "Foo",
"middleName": "",
"lastName": "Bar",
"dob": "1906-09-05",
"phoneNumber1": "08057438543",
"registrationDate": "2018-03-26",
"email": "[email protected]",
"gender": "male",
"lgaOforigin": "Abeokuta South",
"lgaOfResidence": "Ikeja",
"maritalStatus": "single",
"nin": "0000000000",
"stateOfOrigin": "Ogun State",
"stateOfResidence": "Lagos State",
"watchListed": false,
"photoId": "/JC4nICIIyMjIyMjIyMjL/wAARCAGQASwDASIAAhEBAxEB/8QAHwAAAQUBAQEBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAECAwQFBgcICQoL/8QAtRAAAgEDAwIEAwUFBAQAAAF9AQIDAAQRBRIhMUEGE1FhByJxFDKBkaEII0KxwRVS0fAkM2JyggkKFhcYGRolJicoKSo0NTY3ODk6Q0RFRkdISUpTVFVWV1hZWmNkZWZnaGlqc3R1dnd4eXqDhIWGh4iJipKTlJWWl5iZmqKjpKWmp6ipqrKztLW2t7i5usLDxMXGx8jJytLT1NXW19jZ2uHi4//2Q=="
},
"faceMatch": null
}
Updated 12 months ago