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# Driver's License

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

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The Driver's License endpoint retrieves verified identity information from the FRSC database, including name, date of birth, license validity dates, state of issue, and a photo.

## Endpoint

```
POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/driver_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 driver's license number |
| `first_name` | string | Yes | First name as on the license |
| `last_name` | string | Yes | Last name as on the license |
| `date_of_birth` | string | Yes | Date of birth in `YYYY-MM-DD` format |

### Example

<CodeGroup>
  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/driver_license/" \
    -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{"license_number": "ARR10892UU00", "first_name": "EDIKAN", "last_name": "EFE", "date_of_birth": "1994-08-11"}'
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests
  response = requests.post(
      "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/driver_license/",
      headers={"x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
      json={"license_number": "ARR10892UU00", "first_name": "EDIKAN", "last_name": "EFE", "date_of_birth": "1994-08-11"},
  )
  ```
</CodeGroup>

## Response

### 200 OK

| Field | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `data.licenseNo` | string | License number |
| `data.lastName` | string | Last name |
| `data.firstName` | string | First name |
| `data.middleName` | string | Middle name |
| `data.gender` | string | Gender |
| `data.dateOfBirth` | string | Date of birth |
| `data.issuedDate` | string | License issue date |
| `data.expiryDate` | string | License expiry date |
| `data.stateOfIssue` | string | State where license was issued |
| `data.image` | string | Base64-encoded license photo |

```json theme={null}
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "licenseNo": "ARR10892UU00",
    "lastName": "EDIKAN",
    "firstName": "EFE",
    "middleName": "MUNACHI",
    "gender": "male",
    "issuedDate": "2013-10-28",
    "expiryDate": "2018-11-28",
    "stateOfIssue": "OYO",
    "dateOfBirth": "1994-08-11",
    "image": "<base64-encoded-jpeg>"
  },
  "message": "Driver 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."
}
```


## OpenAPI

````yaml POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/driver_license/
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: Document Verification
  - 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/nigeria_kyc/driver_license/:
    post:
      tags:
        - Nigeria KYC
      summary: Driver's License
      operationId: driverLicense
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
                - license_number
                - first_name
                - last_name
                - date_of_birth
              properties:
                license_number:
                  type: string
                  description: Driver's license number
                  example: ARR10892UU00
                first_name:
                  type: string
                  description: First name as on the license
                  example: EDIKAN
                last_name:
                  type: string
                  description: Last name as on the license
                  example: EFE
                date_of_birth:
                  type: string
                  description: Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format
                  example: '1994-08-11'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Driver's license 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

````

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