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POST
/
api
/
onboarding
/
nigeria_kyc
/
nin_with_face
/
NIN with Face
curl --request POST \
  --url https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "nin": "12345678901",
  "image_url": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

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

payload = {
"nin": "12345678901",
"image_url": "<string>"
}
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({nin: '12345678901', image_url: '<string>'})
};

fetch('https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/', 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/nin_with_face/",
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([
'nin' => '12345678901',
'image_url' => '<string>'
]),
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/nin_with_face/"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"nin\": \"12345678901\",\n \"image_url\": \"<string>\"\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/nin_with_face/")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"nin\": \"12345678901\",\n \"image_url\": \"<string>\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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 \"nin\": \"12345678901\",\n \"image_url\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [
    "<unknown>"
  ],
  "message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "failed",
"message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
The NIN with Face endpoint verifies a customer’s National Identification Number and performs a facial comparison against a provided photo URL. It returns full NIN profile data plus face match results.

Endpoint

POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/

Request

Headers

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

Body Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
identification_numberstringYesThe customer’s 11-digit National Identification Number
image_urlstringYesURL of the customer’s photo for facial comparison

Example

curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"identification_number": "70123456789", "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"}'
import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/",
    headers={"x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"identification_number": "70123456789", "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"},
)

Response

200 OK

FieldTypeDescription
data.nin_dataobjectFull NIN profile (same fields as the NIN endpoint)
data.face_data.messagestringFace match result message
data.face_data.confidencenumberMatch confidence percentage (0–100)
data.verification.statusstring"VERIFIED" if identity confirmed
data.verification.referencestringUnique verification reference ID
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "nin_data": {
      "lastName": "UCHE",
      "firstName": "KARIM",
      "middleName": "IKENNA",
      "gender": "male",
      "dateOfBirth": "2002-11-09",
      "nin": "90187493033",
      "telephoneNo": "09088118811",
      "residenceAddress": "5, ODEYEMI STREET, ANIMASHAUN",
      "residenceLga": "Ifo",
      "residenceState": "Ogun",
      "image": "<base64-encoded-jpeg>"
    },
    "face_data": {
      "message": "Face Match",
      "confidence": 99.99
    },
    "verification": {
      "status": "VERIFIED",
      "reference": "8314a5fc-bdb5-40c8-98bd-72aef9f1a868"
    }
  },
  "message": "National Identification Number details retrieved successfully"
}

400 Bad Request

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

401 Unauthorized

{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Authorizations

x-access-token
string
header
required

Your Adhere API secret key

Body

application/json
nin
string
required

11-digit NIN

Example:

"12345678901"

image_url
string
required

URL of the selfie image

Response

NIN with face verified