Skip to main content
POST
/
api
/
onboarding
/
nigeria_kyc
/
passport
/
Passport Verification
curl --request POST \
  --url https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/passport/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "passport_number": "A00000000"
}
'
import requests

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

payload = { "passport_number": "A00000000" }
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({passport_number: 'A00000000'})
};

fetch('https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/passport/', 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/passport/",
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([
'passport_number' => 'A00000000'
]),
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/passport/"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"passport_number\": \"A00000000\"\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/passport/")
.header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"passport_number\": \"A00000000\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

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

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 \"passport_number\": \"A00000000\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [
    "<unknown>"
  ],
  "message": "<string>"
}
{
"status": "failed",
"message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}
The Passport Verification endpoint validates a Nigerian passport number against the government database and returns the holder’s personal details, passport validity dates, and a photo.

Endpoint

POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/passport/

Request

Headers

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

Body Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
passport_numberstringYesThe customer’s passport number
surnamestringYesSurname as on the passport
date_of_birthstringYesDate of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format

Example

curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/passport/" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"passport_number": "Z18679232", "surname": "John", "date_of_birth": "1994-08-11"}'
import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/passport/",
    headers={"x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"passport_number": "Z18679232", "surname": "John", "date_of_birth": "1994-08-11"},
)

Response

200 OK

FieldTypeDescription
data.passportNumberstringPassport number
data.lastNamestringLast name
data.firstNamestringFirst name
data.middleNamestringMiddle name
data.dateOfBirthstringDate of birth
data.genderstringGender
data.dateOfIssuestringPassport issue date
data.expiryDatestringPassport expiry date
data.issuePlacestringState/location where passport was issued
data.documentTypestringPassport type (e.g., "Standard Passport")
data.phoneNumberstringRegistered phone number
data.imagestringBase64-encoded passport photo
data.referenceIDstringInternal reference ID
{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "passportNumber": "Z18679232",
    "dateOfIssue": "20/09/2023",
    "expiryDate": "19/09/2028",
    "documentType": "Standard Passport",
    "issuePlace": "OGUN STATE",
    "lastName": "JOHN",
    "firstName": "EMMANUEL",
    "middleName": "IFEANYI",
    "dateOfBirth": "10/04/2000",
    "gender": "Male",
    "image": "<base64-encoded-jpeg>",
    "referenceID": "23445",
    "phoneNumber": "09011002200"
  },
  "message": "International Passport 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
passport_number
string
required
Example:

"A00000000"

Response

Passport verified