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# Kenya Passport

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

The Kenya Passport endpoint validates a passport number against the national registry and returns the associated personal details including name, dates, and a photo.

## Endpoint

```
POST /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/passport/
```

## Request

### Headers

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

### Body Parameters

| Parameter         | Type   | Required | Description                                       |
| ----------------- | ------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| `passport_number` | string | Yes      | The customer's passport number (e.g. `A00000000`) |

### Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/passport/" \
    -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"passport_number": "A00000000"}'
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

### 200 OK

| Field                 | Type   | Description                   |
| --------------------- | ------ | ----------------------------- |
| `data.First_Name`     | string | First name                    |
| `data.Surname`        | string | Surname                       |
| `data.Other_Name`     | string | Other/middle name             |
| `data.Gender`         | string | Gender                        |
| `data.Date_of_Birth`  | string | Date of birth                 |
| `data.Citizenship`    | string | Citizenship                   |
| `data.Date_of_Issue`  | string | Passport issue date           |
| `data.Place_of_Birth` | string | Place of birth                |
| `data.Photo`          | string | Base64-encoded passport photo |

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "Pin": "",
    "Clan": "",
    "Photo": "<base64-encoded-jpeg>",
    "Family": "",
    "Gender": "M",
    "Surname": "Leo",
    "First_Name": "Joe",
    "Other_Name": "Doe",
    "Citizenship": "Kenyan",
    "Date_of_Birth": "2000-09-20 12:00:00 AM",
    "Date_of_Issue": "1/27/2000 12:00:00 AM",
    "Place_of_Birth": "NAIROBI",
    "Place_of_Live": "BOX 12345-00800 NAIROBI"
  },
  "message": "Passport 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."
}
```


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/passport/
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Adhere API
  description: >-
    Identity verification, credit checks, transaction monitoring, and loan fraud
    detection across Africa.
  version: 3.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com
    description: Production
security:
  - ApiKeyAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Nigeria KYC
  - name: Kenya KYC
  - name: Ghana KYC
  - name: Rwanda KYC
  - name: Uganda KYC
  - name: Biometrics
  - name: Individual Credit
  - name: Business Credit
  - name: Transaction Monitoring
  - name: Transaction Screening
  - name: Transaction KYC
  - name: Loan Fraud
  - name: User Journey
paths:
  /api/onboarding/kenya_kyc/passport/:
    post:
      tags:
        - Kenya KYC
      summary: Kenya Passport Verification
      operationId: kenyaPassport
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - passport_number
              properties:
                passport_number:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Passport verified
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad Request
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: failed
              data:
                type: array
                items: {}
              message:
                type: string
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: failed
              message:
                type: string
                example: Authentication credentials were not provided.
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: x-access-token
      description: Your Adhere API secret key

````