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# Driver's License

> Verify a customer's identity using their Kenyan driver's license number.

The Kenya Driver's License endpoint validates a driver's license number and returns the associated personal details from the national registry.

## Endpoint

```
POST /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/drivers_license/
```

## Request

### Headers

| Header           | Value               | Required |
| ---------------- | ------------------- | -------- |
| `x-access-token` | Your API secret key | Yes      |
| `Content-Type`   | `application/json`  | Yes      |

### Body Parameters

| Parameter        | Type   | Required | Description                                   |
| ---------------- | ------ | -------- | --------------------------------------------- |
| `license_number` | string | Yes      | The customer's Kenyan driver's license number |

### Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/drivers_license/" \
    -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"license_number": "24478782"}'
  ```

  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const response = await fetch(
    "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/drivers_license/",
    {
      method: "POST",
      headers: {
        "x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({ license_number: "24478782" }),
    }
  );
  const data = await response.json();
  ```

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

  response = requests.post(
      "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/drivers_license/",
      headers={
          "x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      json={"license_number": "24478782"},
  )
  data = response.json()
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

### 200 OK

| Field              | Type    | Description                  |
| ------------------ | ------- | ---------------------------- |
| `data.valid`       | boolean | Whether the license is valid |
| `data.id_number`   | string  | Driver's license number      |
| `data.full_name`   | string  | Customer's full name         |
| `data.phone`       | string  | Registered phone number      |
| `data.email`       | string  | Registered email address     |
| `data.nationality` | string  | Nationality                  |

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "valid": true,
    "full_name": "CHARLOTTE SARAH KWENA",
    "phone": "+254721583847",
    "email": "kwenacharlotte@gmail.com",
    "nationality": "KE",
    "id_number": "24478782"
  },
  "message": "Driver's License details retrieved successfully"
}
```

### 400 Bad Request

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [],
  "message": "Sorry, your check cannot be processed at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes"
}
```

### 401 Unauthorized

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
```