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Before you begin
Before integrating the Upload ID and Upload Passport APIs, consider whether your application can guide users in taking high-quality document photos. Poor image capture can significantly impact verification accuracy and lead to higher failure rates.
In most cases, we strongly recommend using Medallion™, our fully hosted identity verification solution, instead of directly integrating the APIs. Medallion™ provides built-in auto-image capture with real-time quality checks, ensuring that document images meet verification standards before submission. Additionally, Medallion™ includes advanced forensic analysis, barcode validation, biometric facial comparison, passive liveness detection, and fallback verification methods—capabilities that may require complex implementation when using raw API endpoints.
If you’re unsure whether to use Medallion™ or direct API uploads, please contact support for assistance in selecting the best verification flow for your use case.

The Document-Based Verification API suite offers comprehensive tools for confirming identities using government-issued IDs and passports. Through advanced OCR technology and barcode analysis, this API suite captures and verifies alphanumeric data from both sides of an ID or passport, adhering to strict compliance standards such as AAMVA for IDs. For worn or unclear documents, the API supports manual reviews by forensic experts, ensuring accurate validation.

Key endpoints are Upload ID and Upload Passport which extract data from document images for verification against authoritative databases. Enhanced services are available for both IDs and passports, providing automatic fallbacks to manual reviews when automated parsing fails. Results are typically delivered within five minutes.