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POST
/
api
/
onboarding
/
nigeria_kyc
/
bvn
/
BVN Verification
curl --request POST \
  --url https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "bvn": "22244545518"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/"

payload = { "bvn": "22244545518" }
headers = {
"x-access-token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({bvn: '22244545518'})
};

fetch('https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'bvn' => '22244545518'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-access-token: <api-key>"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"bvn\": \"22244545518\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"bvn\": \"22244545518\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"bvn\": \"22244545518\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [
    "<unknown>"
  ],
  "message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "failed",
"message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
The BVN endpoint verifies a customer’s Bank Verification Number and returns their registered personal details from the Central Bank of Nigeria’s database. Use this for KYC onboarding, identity confirmation, and fraud prevention.

Endpoint

POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/

Request

Headers

HeaderValueRequired
x-access-tokenYour API secret keyYes
Content-Typeapplication/jsonYes

Body Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
bvnstringYesThe customer’s 11-digit Bank Verification Number

Example

curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"bvn": "22000000001"}'
const response = await fetch(
  "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({ bvn: "22000000001" }),
  }
);
const data = await response.json();
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/bvn/",
    headers={
        "x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY",
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    json={"bvn": "22000000001"},
)
data = response.json()

Response

200 OK

FieldTypeDescription
statusstring"success" on a successful verification
data.lastNamestringCustomer’s last name as registered
data.firstNamestringCustomer’s first name as registered
data.middleNamestringCustomer’s middle name
data.dateOfBirthstringDate of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format
data.phoneNumber1stringPrimary registered phone number
messagestringHuman-readable result summary
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "lastName": "OMOLE",
    "firstName": "ABRAHAM",
    "middleName": "ISAAC",
    "dateOfBirth": "1909-09-19",
    "phoneNumber1": "09011001100"
  },
  "message": "Bank Verification Number details retrieved successfully"
}

400 Bad Request

Returned when the BVN is missing, malformed, or not found in the database.
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [],
  "message": "Sorry, your check cannot be processed at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes"
}

401 Unauthorized

Returned when the x-access-token header is missing or invalid.
{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
For a full list of error codes, see the Error Codes reference.

Authorizations

x-access-token
string
header
required

Your Adhere API secret key

Body

application/json
bvn
string
required

11-digit Bank Verification Number

Required string length: 11
Example:

"22244545518"

Response

BVN verified successfully