# API Reference

# Introduction

Sum&Substance's API allows you to send and receive applicants’ data and documents for verification through simple RESTful APIs. API responds with JSON payload (unless otherwise stated). When data payload should be provided, it expects parameters to be passed in valid JSON (except when stated otherwise) with the Content-Type: application/json header being set.

All incompatible changes made to API will be versioned and won't affect existing endpoints. However, we may add additional fields to JSON response without any notice or API versioning. So it's not a good idea to rely on object mappers in your integration code that will fail on unknown properties.

Note that header names are not case-sensitive and may vary depending on your ways of implementation at both your requests and our responses.

We have two environments:

Sandbox: this is only needed when testing out your integration with Sumsub. No real checks are performed when in the sandbox environment.
Production: In order to provide you with access to the production environment, we require that the integration is tested first. We just want to make sure that everything works the way it should.

Both environments are available via api.sumsub.com and are controlled by the switch in the top right-hand corner of the dashboard. API accesses are regulated through the use of the X-App-Token authorization header value.

Previously, we used two different domains (test-api.sumsub.com and api.sumsub.com) - both are still accessible. If you'd like to use the Sandbox environment within api.sumsub.com and it's not available, please contact our technical support team.

# Authentication

All API queries must be made over HTTPS, and plain HTTP will be refused. You must include your X-App headers in all requests.

# App Tokens

This is the most secure method of talking to our API programmatically.

You can generate App Tokens in the dev space in our dashboard.

Full sized App Token and Secret Key values are shown only once at the dashboard in the moment of App Token creation, and their settings cannot be changed later.

# Making a request

All requests must contain the following headers:

X-App-Token - an App Token that you generate in our dashboard
X-App-Access-Sig - signature of the request in the hex format and lowercase (see below)
X-App-Access-Ts - number of seconds since Unix Epoch in UTC

# Signing a request

The value of the X-App-Access-Sig is generated by a sha256 HMAC algorithm using a secret key (provided upon App Token generation) on the bytes obtained by concatenating the following information:

A timestamp (value of the X-App-Access-Ts header) taken as a string
An HTTP method name in upper-case, e.g. GET or POST
URI of the request without a host name, starting with a slash and including all query parameters, e.g. /resources/applicants/123?fields=info
Request body, taken exactly as it will be sent. If there is no request body, e.g., for GET requests, don't include it.

Example of the string to be signed to get an accessToken: 1607551635POST/resources/accessTokens?userId=cfd20712-24a2-4c7d-9ab0-146f3c142335&levelName=basic-kyc-level&ttlInSecs=600

Your timestamp must be within 1 minute of the API server time. Make sure the time on your servers is correct.

# Examples

Here are some examples how you can sign requests

Language	App Token usage example
JS	Example
Java	Example
PHP [Guzzle]	Example
Python	Example
Ruby	Example
GO	Example
C#	Example

# Access tokens for SDKs

To initialize SDK for Sandbox environment (to not create a real verification case on production) make sure to use App token and Secret key pair that was created on Sandbox for request authorization headers.

When initializing WebSDK or MobileSDK, an access token authentication must be used.

POST /resources/accessTokens?userId={userId}&levelName={levelName}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
ttlInSecs	Integer	No	Lifespan of a token in seconds. Default value is equal to 10 minutes.
userId	String	Yes	An external user ID which will be bound to the token. It correlates to `externalUserId` of an applicant.
levelName	String	Yes	A name of the level configured in the dashboard
externalActionId	String	No	An external action ID which will be bound to the token. More info about applicant actions you can find here.

If your userId or levelName contains reserved characters (e.g., "@", "+") it should be URL encoded otherwise you may get signature mismatch.

# RESPONSE

Name	Type	Description
token	String	A newly generated access token for an applicant.

An access token for applicant has limited access to the API, e.g., it’s only valid for 1 applicant and can't access other applicants.

# Creating an access token for applicant

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/accessTokens?userId=JamesBond007&levelName=basic-kyc-level&ttlInSecs=600' \
  -H 'Accept: application/json'

# Example response

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{
  "token": "_act-b8ebfb63-5f24-4b89-9c08-5bbabeec986e",
  "userId": "JamesBond007"
}

# API Health

You can check operational status of our service using request below. HTTP status 200 in response confirms availability of our API.

Note that that request should be authorized with headers mentioned above.

GET /resources/status/api

# Example request

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curl -X GET \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/status/api'

You may also check our uptime history and current service status at the Sumsub Status page.

# Errors

On API errors we return standard HTTP Status Codes.

Please note that we have a rate limiter for the following API requests that you may send. If there are too many requests from you, we will return status code 429. Please notify our team if you have to make a vast amount of requests during a particular time frame.

Response body contains a JSON payload with additional information. For example:

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{
  "description": "Error analyzing file, unsupported format or corrupted file",
  "code": 400,
  "correlationId": "req-5fd59b09-7f5e-41cd-a86b-38a4e6d57e08",
  "errorCode": 1004, // may be absent
  "errorName": "corrupted-file" // may be absent
}

# Response body

Name	Type	Always present	Description
description	String	Yes	Human-readable error description.
code	Integer	Yes	HTTP Status code.
correlationId	String	Yes	This id uniquely identifies the error. You can send this id to us, in case the cause of the problem is still unclear.
errorCode	Integer	No	Code of the exact problem (see the Error codes section). For some errors may not be present.
errorName	String	No	String representation of the exact problem (see the Error codes section). It always appears when errorCode presents.

# Error codes

Please, note that not all error responses will contain error code and name. More and more errors will get their codes in the future.

Code	Name	Description
1000	duplicate-document	Duplicate document (image, video) was uploaded. Exact equality is taken into account.
1001	too-many-documents	Applicant contains too many documents. Adding new ones is not allowed.
1002	file-too-big	Uploaded file is too big (more than 64MB).
1003	empty-file	Uploaded file is empty (0 bytes).
1004	corrupted-file	File is corrupted or incorrect format (e.g. PDF file is uploaded as JPEG).
1005	unsupported-file-format	Unsupported file format (e.g. a TIFF image).
1006	no-upload-verification-in-progress	Applicant is being checked. Adding new data is not allowed.
1007	incorrect-file-size	The file size should be more or less than custom values from global settings at the dashboard.
1008	applicant-marked-as-deleted	Applicant is marked as deleted/inactive. No action allowed to change its status.
1009	applicant-with-final-reject	Applicant is rejected with rejection type of `FINAL`. No adding new data/files allowed.
1010	doc-type-not-in-req-docs	Attempt to upload a document outside of the applicant level set/set of required documents.
3000	applicant-is-already-in-the-state	An attempt to change the status of the applicant against the logic - applicant is already in required state.
4000	app-token-invalid-format	Invalid format of `X-App-Token` value.
4001	app-token-not-found	App token doesn't exist (e.g. test env. token used on production).
4002	app-token-private-part-mismatch	Private part of the token (after dot) doesn't match public part.
4003	app-token-signature mismatch	Signature encoded value doesn't match request content.
4004	app-token-request-expired	`X-App-Access-Ts` doesn't match to the number of seconds since Unix Epoch in UTC.
4005	app-token-invalid-value	Invalid authentication header values were provided.
4006	app-token-not-all-auth-params-provided	Not all required authorization headers were provided.
4007	app-token-invalid-params	Invalid authentication parameters were provided.
5000	applicant-already-blacklisted	Attempt to blacklist an applicant that is already blacklisted.

If you still don't understand what the issue is, please, contact us with the correlationId provided.

# Applicants API

# Creating an applicant

An applicant is an entity representing one physical person. It may have several ID documents attached, like an ID card or a passport. Many additional photos of different documents can be attached to the same applicant.

POST /resources/applicants?levelName={levelName}

When creating an applicant, you don't have to send us prefilled applicant data such as names, dob, addresses, etc. You only need to send us images and get the recognized document data by this method. It's the best way to increase your conversion because rejects of mismatches in names and typos will be excluded.

If you have requirements to make data cross-validation and have no possibility to perform it on your side you can use fixedInfo object to fill data like names, date of birth and address.

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
levelName	String	Yes	Name of user verification steps configuration that you should set up at the dashboard.
#{body}	Object	Yes	An object representing an applicant (see example).

Please note that the levelName is case-sensitive and has to be created at the same environment.

# REQUEST BODY

Name	Type	Required	Description
externalUserId	String	Yes	An applicant ID on the client side, should be unique.
sourceKey	String	No	If you want to separate your clients that send applicants, provide this field to distinguish between them. It also shows up at the webhook payloads.
email	String	No	Applicant email.
phone	String	No	Applicant phone number.
lang	String	No	The language in which the applicant should see the result of verification in ISO 639-1 format.
metadata	Array of objects	No	Additional information that is not displayed to the end user ( Example: `[{"key": "keyFromClient", "value": "valueFromClient"}]` ).
info	Object	No	Basic information about the applicant.
fixedInfo	Object	No	Basic information about the applicant that we shouldn't change from our side but cross-validate it with data recognized from documents. Has the same attributes as `info`.

# `fixedInfo` and `info` ATTRIBUTES

Name	Type	Required	Description
firstName	String	No	First name.
lastName	String	No	Last name.
middleName	String	No	Middle name.
firstNameEn	String	No	Automatic transliteration of the first name.
lastNameEn	String	No	Automatic transliteration of the last name.
middleNameEn	String	No	Automatic transliteration of the middle name.
legalName	String	No	Legal name.
gender	String	No	Sex of a person (`M` or `F`).
dob	String	No	Date of birth (format `YYYY-mm-dd`, e.g. 2001-09-25).
placeOfBirth	String	No	Place of birth.
countryOfBirth	String	No	Country of birth.
stateOfBirth	String	No	State of birth.
country	String	No	Alpha-3 country code (e.g. `DEU` or `RUS`) (Wikipedia).
nationality	String	No	Alpha-3 country code (Wikipedia).
addresses	Array	No	List of addresses.

# `addresses` ELEMENTS FIELDS

Name	Type	Required	Description
country	String	No	Alpha-3 country code.
postCode	String	No	Postal code.
town	String	No	Town or city name.
street	String	No	Street name.
subStreet	String	No	Additional street information.
state	String	No	State name if applicable.
buildingName	String	No	Building name if applicable.
flatNumber	String	No	Flat or apartment number.
buildingNumber	String	No	Building number.
startDate	String	No	Start date of stay in current building (format `YYYY-mm-dd`, e.g. 2001-09-25).
endDate	String	No	End date of stay in current building (format `YYYY-mm-dd`, e.g. 2002-10-26).

An applicant entity with the associated id (refer to the example). Persist the id field after creating the applicant - it will be needed for further requests that you intend to make.

For the IDENTITY step we recommend the following document types: PASSPORT, ID_CARD, RESIDENCE_PERMIT, DRIVERS

If levelName contains reserved characters (e.g., "@", "+", white spaces as %20) it should be URL encoded otherwise you may get signature mismatch. The same applies to all endpoints below.

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants?levelName=basic-kyc-level' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
          "externalUserId": "someUniqueUserId",
          "email": "[email protected]",
          "phone": "+449112081223",
          "fixedInfo": {
              "country": "GBR",
              "placeOfBirth": "London"
          }
      }'

# Example response

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{
    "id": "5f80e6b7155a6336271e4677", //applicantId
    "createdAt": "2020-10-09 22:39:51",
    "clientId": "SumsubClient",
    "inspectionId": "5f80e6b7155a6336271e4678",
    "externalUserId": "someUniqueUserId",
    "fixedInfo": {
        "placeOfBirth": "London",
        "country": "GBR"
    },
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "+449112081223",
    "requiredIdDocs": {
        "excludedCountries": [
            "PRK"
        ],
        "docSets": [
            {
                "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
                "types": [
                    "PASSPORT",
                    "DRIVERS",
                    "ID_CARD",
                    "RESIDENCE_PERMIT"
                ]
            },
            {
                "idDocSetType": "SELFIE",
                "types": [
                    "SELFIE"
                ],
                "videoRequired": "disabled"
            }
        ]
    },
    "review": {
        "reprocessing": false,
        "createDate": "2020-10-09 22:39:51+0000",
        "reviewStatus": "init"
    },
    "type": "individual"
}

# Changing required document set (level)

This method updates required documents list according to the level provided. In case you need to add one more step to the check, for example, only id document and selfie have been requested at first, and after the check has been completed you need to get the proof of address. So you have to add one more step to the current list of required documents.

If you're using our SDKs you can just initialize it with suitable levelName on accessToken and SDK will change level automatically.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/moveToLevel?name={levelName}

Make sure to check an applicant status before changing the level. You won't be able to do that if reviewStatus of the applicant is pending, queued or onHold.

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
levelName	String	Yes	Name of new user verification steps configuration from the dashboard.

# RESPONSE

A new requiredIdDocs and levelName will be returned.

# Example request with body for changing required document set

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5f80e6b7155a6336271e4677/moveToLevel?name=kyc-with-poa' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \

# Example response

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{
    "id": "5f80e6b7155a6336271e4677",
    "createdAt": "2020-10-09 22:47:58",
    "clientId": "SumsubClient",
    "inspectionId": "5f80e6b7155a6336271e4678",
    "externalUserId": "someUniqueUserId",
    "info": {
        "firstName": "John",
        "firstNameEn": "John",
        "lastName": "Smith",
        "lastNameEn": "Smith",
        "dob": "2000-03-04",
        "placeOfBirth": "London",
        "placeOfBirthEn": "London",
        "country": "GBR",
        "phone": "+449112081223"
    },
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "requiredIdDocs": {
        "docSets": [
            {
                "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
                "types": [
                    "PASSPORT",
                    "DRIVERS",
                    "ID_CARD",
                    "RESIDENCE_PERMIT"
                ]
            },
            {
                "idDocSetType": "SELFIE",
                "types": [
                    "SELFIE"
                ],
                "videoRequired": "disabled"
            },
            {
                "idDocSetType": "PROOF_OF_RESIDENCE",
                "types": [
                    "UTILITY_BILL"
                ]
            }
        ]
    },
    "review": {
        "reprocessing": false,
        "levelName": "kyc-with-poa",
        "createDate": "2020-10-09 22:47:58+0000",
        "reviewStatus": "init"
    },
    "type": "individual"
}

If you'd like to get current requiredIdDocs you may call POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/requiredIdDocs

# Example request body for getting current required document set

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5f80e6b7155a6336271e4677/requiredIdDocs' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json'

# Adding an ID document

A method gets a multipart form: ID doc JSON metadata and, optionally, a document photo. If the ID doc with this type already exists, its data will be merged. Existing data will be overwritten if they also present in the new object. However, a new image will be added nonetheless. If document metadata are not known yet, just send type and a country. E.g. "PASSPORT" and "GBR". These two fields are mandatory.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/info/idDoc

# REQUEST HEADERS

Name	Type	Value
Content-Type	String	`multipart/form-data`
X-Return-Doc-Warnings	Boolean	`true`/`false`

Using header X-Return-Doc-Warnings allows determining if document data is readable and acceptable before moving applicant to pending status: in response errors or warnings array will present. In case of receiving errors uploaded image will be marked as inactive if something wrong with a document. For double-sided documents (FRONT_SIDE and BACK_SIDE of one idDocType value) both images will be marked as inactive even if you've got an error for only one of them. Array of warnings just makes a notice that there might be something wrong with a document.

Note that applicant won't able to be moved to pending status for a check if one of verification steps is not active (doesn't have active images within itself). To check if verification step is active you can call this method.

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

# FORM DATA

Name	Type	Required	Description
metadata	Object	Yes	An object representing an ID document
content	Binary	No	A photo of a document

# REQUEST `metadata` BODY PART FIELDS

Name	Type	Required	Description
idDocType	String	Yes	See supported document types here
idDocSubType	String	No	`FRONT_SIDE`, `BACK_SIDE` or null
country	String	Yes	3-letter country code (Wikipedia)
firstName	String	No	First name
middleName	String	No	Middle name
lastName	String	No	Last name
issuedDate	String	No	Issued date (format `YYYY-mm-dd`, e.g. 2001-09-25)
validUntil	String	No	Valid until date (format `YYYY-mm-dd`, e.g. 2001-09-26)
number	String	No	Document number
dob	String	No	Date of birth
placeOfBirth	String	No	Place of birth

If a document is double-sided submit two images and set up idDocSubType properly (FRONT_SIDE and BACK_SIDE)
Make sure to send BACK_SIDE if FRON_SIDE was already sent otherwise verification step won't be completed, and you won't be able to initiate a check.

# RESPONSE

JSON representing added document information.

If you need to know the imageId of the photo, you can find this information in the response header X-Image-Id

# Available values of `errors` array

Name	Description
forbiddenDocument	Unsupported or unacceptable type/country of document.
differentDocTypeOrCountry	Document type or country mismatches ones that was sent with `metadata`.
missingImportantInfo	Not all required document data can be recognized.
dataNotReadable	There is no available data to recognize from image.
expiredDoc	Document validity date is expired.
documentWayTooMuchOutside	Not all parts of the documents are visible.
grayscale	Black and white image.
noIdDocFacePhoto	Face is not clearly visible on the document.
screenRecapture	Image might be a photo of screen.
screenshot	Image is a screenshot.
sameSides	Image of the same side of document was uploaded as front and back sides.

# Available values of `warnings` array

Name	Description
badSelfie	Make sure that your face and the photo in the document are clearly visible.
dataReadability	Please make sure that the information in the document is easy to read.
inconsistentDocument	Please ensure that all uploaded photos are of the same document.
typeOrCountryChanged	We have corrected your selections to correspond with the documents submitted.
maybeExpiredDoc	Your document appears to be expired.
documentTooMuchOutside	Please ensure that the document completely fits the photo.

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b75a5e80a975a3ef2102a87/info/idDoc' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -H 'X-Return-Doc-Warnings: true' \
  -F 'metadata={"idDocType":"PASSPORT","country":"USA"}' \
  -F '[email protected]/SumSub/Example/name.jpg'

# Example response

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{
  "idDocType": "PASSPORT",
  "country": "USA",
  "errors": [ "dataNotReadable" ] // will be absent in case of X-Return-Doc-Warnings not having value of "true"
}

In cases when only the data of the document needs to upload:

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b75a5e80a975a3ef2102a87/info/idDoc' \
  -H 'Content-Type: multipart/form-data' \
  -F 'metadata={
  "idDocType": "PASSPORT",
  "country": "GBR",
  "number": "123456789",
  "issuedDate": "2015-01-02",
  "dob": "2000-02-01",
  "placeOfBirth": "London"
}'

# Example response

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{
  "idDocType": "PASSPORT",
  "country": "GBR",
  "issuedDate": "2015-01-02",
  "number": "40111234567",
  "dob": "2000-02-01",
  "placeOfBirth": "London"
}

# Supported document types

Value	Description
ID_CARD	An ID card
PASSPORT	A passport
DRIVERS	A driving license
RESIDENCE_PERMIT	Residence permit or registration document in the foreign city/country
UTILITY_BILL	Proof of address document. Check here for the full list of acceptable docs as UTILITY_BILL
SELFIE	A selfie with a document
VIDEO_SELFIE	A selfie video (can be used in webSDK or mobileSDK)
PROFILE_IMAGE	A profile image, i.e. avatar (in this case no additional metadata should be sent)
ID_DOC_PHOTO	Photo from an ID doc (like a photo from a passport) (No additional metadata should be sent)
AGREEMENT	Agreement of some sort, e.g. for processing personal info
CONTRACT	Some sort of contract
DRIVERS_TRANSLATION	Translation of the driving license required in the target country
INVESTOR_DOC	A document from an investor, e.g. documents which disclose assets of the investor
VEHICLE_REGISTRATION_CERTIFICATE	Certificate of vehicle registration
INCOME_SOURCE	A proof of income
PAYMENT_METHOD	Entity confirming payment (like bank card, crypto wallet, etc)
BANK_CARD	A bank card, like Visa or Maestro
COVID_VACCINATION_FORM	COVID vaccination document (may contain the QR code)
OTHER	Should be used only when nothing else applies

# Getting applicant data

During the verification we also extract data from the applicant's id docs. To get the full structured view of an applicant you should perform the following request.

GET /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/one

GET /resources/applicants/-;externalUserId={externalUserId}/one

You may want to use the second request when you don't know an applicant id yet. E.g., when WebSDK created an applicant for you and we called your webhook endpoint.

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant id
externalUserId	String	Yes	User id in your system

# RESPONSE

Response Code	Response	Reason
200	Applicant entity
400	Error JSON	Invalid applicant id provided
404	Error JSON	Applicant not found

The existence of each field depends on the documents submitted for verification and the regulations of verification.

It's basically an applicant that you've created (or we've created for you, e.g., via WebSDK) with augmented information in cases where a verification has been completed. The info.idDocs[] array of objects contains information extracted from applicants’ documents.

To make sure that you've fetched data from a relevant document you can get what idDocType and country was approved using this method.

As the described endpoint is actually quite generic (e.g., may return several applicants by an external id, but we omit such details in this document), it returns a list of items. However, if you provide an applicant id that exists, only 1 item will be returned.

You can find descriptions on response objects here.

# Example request

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curl -X GET \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b594ade0a975a36c9349e66/one'

# Example response

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{
  "id": "5b594ade0a975a36c9349e66",
  "createdAt": "2020-06-24 05:05:14",
  "clientId": "ClientName",
  "inspectionId": "5b594ade0a975a36c9379e67",
  "externalUserId": "SomeExternalUserId",
  "fixedInfo": {
    "firstName": "Chris",
    "lastName": "Smith"
  },
  "info": {
    "firstName": "CHRISTIAN",
    "firstNameEn": "CHRISTIAN",
    "lastName": "SMITH",
    "lastNameEn": "SMITH",
    "dob": "1989-07-16",
    "country": "DEU",
    "idDocs": [
      {
        "idDocType": "ID_CARD",
        "country": "DEU",
        "firstName": "CHRISTIAN",
        "firstNameEn": "CHRISTIAN",
        "lastName": "SMITH",
        "lastNameEn": "SMITH",
        "validUntil": "2028-09-04",
        "number": "LGXX359T8",
        "dob": "1989-07-16",
        "mrzLine1": "IDD<<LGXX359T88<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<",
        "mrzLine2": "8907167<2809045D<<<<<<<<<<<<<8",
        "mrzLine3": "SMITH<<CHRISTIAN<<<<<<<<<<<<<<"
      }
    ]
  },
  "agreement": { //present when WebSDK was initialized with Agreement screen enabled
    "createdAt": "2020-06-24 04:18:40",
    "source": "WebSDK",
    "targets": [
      "By clicking Next, I accept [the Terms and Conditions](https://www.sumsub.com/consent-to-personal-data-processing/)",
      "I agree to the processing of my personal data, as described in [the Consent to Personal Data Processing](https://sumsub.com/consent-to-personal-data-processing/)"
    ]
  },
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "applicantPlatform": "Android",
  "requiredIdDocs": {
    "docSets": [
      {
        "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
        "types": [
          "PASSPORT",
          "ID_CARD"
        ]
      },
      {
        "idDocSetType": "SELFIE",
        "types": [
          "SELFIE"
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "review": {
    "elapsedSincePendingMs": 115879,
    "elapsedSinceQueuedMs": 95785,
    "reprocessing": true,
    "levelName": "basic-kyc",
    "createDate": "2020-06-24 05:11:02+0000",
    "reviewDate": "2020-06-24 05:12:58+0000",
    "startDate": "2020-06-24 05:11:22+0000",
    "reviewResult": {
      "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
    },
    "reviewStatus": "completed"
  },
  "lang": "de",
  "type": "individual"
}

Here you can find examples of recognition results for all supported document types.

# Changing provided info (fixedInfo)

If you'd like to alter data that you've provided us to cross-validate it with documents you can issue a PATCH request instead of creating a new applicant, which is highly discouraged. This method patches the fields in the fixedInfo key of the applicant.

PATCH /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/fixedInfo

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

The body of fixedInfo must contain all those fields that you'd like to change.

Name	Type	Required	Description
#{body}	Object	No	Field in the `fixedInfo` attribute that should be changed
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

You can take a look at available fixedInfo attributes here.

# Example request

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curl -X PATCH \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/609d68bf460647000aa2d87e/fixedInfo' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
        "firstName" : "Bradley",
        "lastName" : "Peak",
        "dob" : "1990-01-01"
      }'

# Changing applicant data

If you want to change an applicant's data you can issue a PATCH request instead of creating a new applicant, which is highly discouraged. This method patches the fields in the info key of the applicant.

PATCH /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/info

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

The body must contain only those fields that you intend to change. Null fields will be ignored. If you want to unset some fields, provide these in the unsetFields query parameter. Check the info attribute above for the list of supported fields.

Name	Type	Required	Description
#{body}	Object	No	Field in the `info` attribute that should be changed
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
unsetFields	String	No	Comma-separated list of fields to unset

# RESPONSE

A patched info entity. As this endpoint could be quite damaging if misused, please check that it returns expected results on the test environment — it's a client's responsibility to treat their applicants well 😃

# Example request

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curl -X PATCH \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b76df770a975a1404cbcb60/info' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
        "firstName" : "Andrew",
        "dob" : "1990-05-01"
      }'

# Example response

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{
  "firstName": "Andrew",
  "dob": "1990-05-01",
  "country": "GBR",
  "idDocs": [
    {
      "idDocType": "PASSPORT",
      "country": "GBR",
      "number": ""
    },
    {
      "idDocType": "DRIVERS",
      "country": "GBR"
    }
  ]
}

# Getting verification results

When we are talking about verification results we typically mean two labels:

Value	Description
GREEN	Everything is fine
RED	Some violations found

Once verification finished, we will send you a POST request with JSON payload to the URL provided to us while integrating. Oftentimes, there are different URLs for staging and production environments. We may send several types of webhooks, but the one of interest here is the applicantReviewed webhook. This type of webhook is expected to arrive at average after 3-5 minutes, but can take up to 24 hours, in theory.

If for some reason you missed the webhooks, don't worry: we make a note of everything that was attempted to be sent, and can resend failed webhooks at any point in time. If webhook request fails we attempt to resend it four times: after 5 minutes, 1 hour, 5 and 18 hours until request succeeds.

Check createdAt field of webhook payload to make sure that you're getting relevant applicant status.

We recommend that you wait for the webhook no more than a day, and then send a request to our server for information about the status of the applicant.

Also you can monitor webhook statuses and resend them manually on the API Health page of dashboard.

Please note that the rejectLabels are only needed to analyze your statistics. They are generalized, so you should not use them to generate comments for your end user.

Webhook contains a reviewResult field that contains extra information, please see example. An important field is reviewAnswer, which contains a final highly trusted answer. Additionally, in cases of the RED answer, the rejectLabels field contains one or more of the following machine-readable constants:

Value	Default `reviewRejectType`	Description
FORGERY	FINAL	Forgery attempt has been made
DOCUMENT_TEMPLATE	FINAL	Documents supplied are templates, downloaded from internet
LOW_QUALITY	RETRY	Documents have low-quality that does not allow definitive conclusions to be made
SPAM	FINAL	An applicant has been created by mistake or is just a spam user (irrelevant images were supplied)
NOT_DOCUMENT	RETRY	Documents supplied are not relevant for the verification procedure
SELFIE_MISMATCH	FINAL	A user photo (profile image) does not match a photo on the provided documents
ID_INVALID	RETRY	A document that identifies a person (like a passport or an ID card) is not valid
FOREIGNER	FINAL	When a client does not accept applicants from a different country or e.g. without a residence permit
DUPLICATE	FINAL	This applicant was already created for this client, and duplicates are not allowed by the regulations
BAD_AVATAR	RETRY	When avatar does not meet the client's requirements
WRONG_USER_REGION	FINAL	When applicants from certain regions/countries are not allowed to be registered
INCOMPLETE_DOCUMENT	RETRY	Some information is missing from the document, or it's partially visible
BLACKLIST	FINAL	User is blacklisted
UNSATISFACTORY_PHOTOS	RETRY	There were problems with the photos, like poor quality or masked information
DOCUMENT_PAGE_MISSING	RETRY	Some pages of a document are missing (if applicable)
DOCUMENT_DAMAGED	RETRY	Document is damaged
REGULATIONS_VIOLATIONS	FINAL	Regulations violations
INCONSISTENT_PROFILE	FINAL	Data or documents of different persons were uploaded to one applicant
PROBLEMATIC_APPLICANT_DATA	RETRY	Applicant data does not match the data in the documents
ADDITIONAL_DOCUMENT_REQUIRED	RETRY	Additional documents required to pass the check
AGE_REQUIREMENT_MISMATCH	FINAL	Age requirement is not met (e.g. cannot rent a car to a person below 25yo)
EXPERIENCE_REQUIREMENT_MISMATCH	FINAL	Not enough experience (e.g. driving experience is not enough)
CRIMINAL	FINAL	The user is involved in illegal actions
WRONG_ADDRESS	RETRY	The address from the documents doesn't match the address that the user entered
GRAPHIC_EDITOR	RETRY	The document has been edited by a graphical editor
DOCUMENT_DEPRIVED	RETRY	The user has been deprived of the document
COMPROMISED_PERSONS	FINAL	The user does not correspond to Compromised Person Politics
PEP	FINAL	The user belongs to the PEP category
ADVERSE_MEDIA	FINAL	The user was found in the adverse media
FRAUDULENT_PATTERNS	FINAL	Fraudulent behavior was detected
SANCTIONS	FINAL	The user was found on sanction lists
NOT_ALL_CHECKS_COMPLETED	RETRY	All checks were not completed
FRONT_SIDE_MISSING	RETRY	Front side of the document is missing
BACK_SIDE_MISSING	RETRY	Back side of the document is missing
SCREENSHOTS	RETRY	The user uploaded screenshots
BLACK_AND_WHITE	RETRY	The user uploaded black and white photos of documents
INCOMPATIBLE_LANGUAGE	RETRY	The user should upload translation of his document
EXPIRATION_DATE	RETRY	The user uploaded expired document
UNFILLED_ID	RETRY	The user uploaded the document without signatures and stamps
BAD_SELFIE	RETRY	The user uploaded a bad selfie
BAD_VIDEO_SELFIE	RETRY	The user uploaded a bad video selfie
BAD_FACE_MATCHING	RETRY	Face check between document and selfie failed
BAD_PROOF_OF_IDENTITY	RETRY	The user uploaded a bad ID document
BAD_PROOF_OF_ADDRESS	RETRY	The user uploaded a bad proof of address
BAD_PROOF_OF_PAYMENT	RETRY	The user uploaded a bad proof of payment
SELFIE_WITH_PAPER	RETRY	The user should upload a special selfie (e.g. selfie with paper and date on it)
FRAUDULENT_LIVENESS	FINAL	There was an attempt to bypass liveness check
OTHER	RETRY	Some unclassified reason
REQUESTED_DATA_MISMATCH	RETRY	Provided info doesn't match with recognized from document data
OK	RETRY	Custom reject label
COMPANY_NOT_DEFINED_STRUCTURE	RETRY	Could not establish the entity's control structure
COMPANY_NOT_DEFINED_BENEFICIARIES	RETRY	Could not identify and duly verify the entity's beneficial owners
COMPANY_NOT_VALIDATED_BENEFICIARIES	RETRY	Beneficiaries are not validated
COMPANY_NOT_DEFINED_REPRESENTATIVES	RETRY	Representatives are not defined
COMPANY_NOT_VALIDATED_REPRESENTATIVES	RETRY	Representatives are not validated

Finally, the reviewRejectType field tells about the rejection type (if the RED answer is given). The following values are possible:

Value	Description
FINAL	Final reject, e.g. when a person is a fraudster, or a client does not want to accept such kinds of clients in his/her system
RETRY	A reject that can be fixed, e.g. by uploading an image of better quality

# Example webhook payload with 'RED' answer

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{
  "applicantId": "5cb744200a975a67ed1798a4", // applicant ID
  "inspectionId": "5cb744200a975a67ed1798a5", // applicant's inspection ID
  "correlationId": "req-fa94263f-0b23-42d7-9393-ab10b28ef42d",
  "externalUserId": "externalUserId",
  "type": "applicantReviewed",
  "reviewResult": {
    // A human-readable comment that can be shown to your end user
    // Please note that individual images may also contain additional document-specific comments.
    // In this case this field might be empty.
    // In order to get them, refer to the Getting applicant status (API)
    "moderationComment": "We could not verify your profile. Please contact support: [email protected]",
    // A human-readable comment that should not be shown to an end user, and is meant to be read by a client
    // This field will contain applicant's top-level comments,
    // plus, if the rejectType is not RETRY it may contain some private info, like that the user is a fraudster.
    // we envision that this field will be used for admin areas of our clients,
    // where a human can get all information
    "clientComment": " Suspected fraudulent account.",
    // final answer that should be highly trusted (only 'RED' and 'GREEN' are currently supported)
    "reviewAnswer": "RED",
    // a machine-readable constant that describes the problems in case of verification failure
    "rejectLabels": ["UNSATISFACTORY_PHOTOS", "GRAPHIC_EDITOR", "FORGERY"],
    "reviewRejectType": "FINAL",
    // a more distinct machine-readable list of rejection reasons
    "buttonIds" : [ "fraudulentPatterns_fake", "badPhoto_imageEditor" ]
  },
  // indicates that the verification process has been completed
  // NOTE: it does not mean that the applicant was approved,
  // it just means that an applicant was processed
  "reviewStatus": "completed",
  // time of webhook creation
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000"
}

# Example webhook payload with 'GREEN' answer

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{
  "applicantId": "5cb56e8e0a975a35f333cb83",
  "inspectionId": "5cb56e8e0a975a35f333cb84",
  "correlationId": "req-a260b669-4f14-4bb5-a4c5-ac0218acb9a4",
  "externalUserId": "externalUserId",
  "type": "applicantReviewed",
  "reviewResult": {
    "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
  },
  "reviewStatus": "completed",
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000"
}

# Applicant life-cycle

When creating an applicant, its status becomes init.
After uploading all required documents the status becomes pending.

Automatic status change (to pending) only works within our SDKs and when all necessary documents are uploaded.

Within API Integration there is a special mode, when a client must manually signal to us when an applicant is ready to be reviewed.
After the verification process is completed, the status of the applicant will change to completed.

# Getting applicant status (SDK)

It is recommended that you use this method if you are using WebSDK or MobileSDK since SDKs will show rejection reasons and comments within their screens. But if you still need to fetch rejection comments, it's possible using method below.

GET /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/status

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

# RESPONSE

Name	Type	Optional	Value
createDate	Date	No	Date of creation of the applicant.
reviewDate	Date	No	Date of check ended.
startDate	Date	No	Date of check started.
moderationComment	String	Yes	A human-readable comment that can be shown to the end user.
clientComment	String	Yes	A human-readable comment that should not be shown to the end user.
reviewStatus	String	No	Current status of an applicant.

The reviewStatus can be one of the following:

Value	Description
init	Initial registration has started. A client is still in the process of filling out the applicant profile. Not all required documents are currently uploaded.
pending	An applicant is ready to be processed.
prechecked	The check is in a half way of being finished.
queued	The checks have been started for the applicant.
completed	The check has been completed.
onHold	Applicant waits for a final decision from compliance officer (manual check was initiated) or waits for all beneficiaries to pass KYC in case of company verification.

Please note that reviewAnswer has an impact on an applicant only with reviewStatus : completed.

# Example request

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curl -X GET \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b76df770a975a1404cbcb60/status'

# Example response

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{
  "createDate": "2018-10-06 12:47:57+0000",
  "startDate": "2018-08-17 14:51:59+0000",
  "reviewResult": {
    "moderationComment": "We could not verify your profile. Please contact support: [email protected]",
    "clientComment": "The submitted documents or means of payment belong to different people.",
    "reviewAnswer": "RED",
    "rejectLabels": ["INCONSISTENT_PROFILE", "GRAPHIC_EDITOR"],
    "reviewRejectType": "FINAL"
  },
  "reviewStatus": "completed"
}

# Getting applicant status (API)

It is recommended that you use this method if you not only need an applicant’s status, but also information about documents.

GET /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/requiredIdDocsStatus

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

# RESPONSE

A breakdown for each step. Each step contains an array of images' IDs (could be several, e.g., if two sides were uploaded).

In case of an applicant being rejected with FINAL value of reviewRejectType within webhook payload or at the answer on that endpoint response from requiredIdDocsStatus may not have a lot of sense. If you'd like to fetch moderationComment or clientComment on FINAL rejection better to get it from webhook or applicant data payload.

You can get images with IDs from response by issuing a request described here.

# Example request:

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curl -X GET \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5bb8cca10a975a624903cf65/requiredIdDocsStatus'

# Example response:

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{
  "IDENTITY": {
   // a step identifier
    "reviewResult": {
    // if exists, that means that a document was uploaded
      "moderationComment": "Please upload a photo of the front of your ID card.",
      "reviewAnswer": "RED"
    },
    "country": "LVA", // document country
    "idDocType": "ID_CARD", // specific document type for the step
    "imageIds": [122352326,34246467], // image IDs that represent a document
    //If imageIds array contains more than one element the first one would be front side and others - back sides
    "imageReviewResults": {
      "34246467": {
        "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
      },
      "122352326": {
        "moderationComment": "Please upload a photo of the front of your ID card.", // A human-readable comment that can be shown to your end user
        "clientComment": "One side of the document is missing.",  //A human-readable comment that should not be shown to an end user, and is meant to be read by a client
        "reviewAnswer": "RED",
        "rejectLabels": ["DOCUMENT_PAGE_MISSING","FRONT_SIDE_MISSING"],
        "reviewRejectType": "RETRY"
      }
    }
  },
  "SELFIE": {
    "reviewResult": {
      "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
    },
    "country": "LVA",
    "idDocType": "SELFIE",
    "imageIds": [181314576],
    "imageReviewResults": {
      "181314576": {
        "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
      }
    }
  }
}

# Requesting an applicant check

You can programmatically ask us to re-check an applicant in cases where you or your user believe that our system made a mistake, or if you're sending us documents via API and would like for us to perform a check. To do it you should explicitly move an applicant to the pending state by performing the following request.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/status/pending?reason={reason}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
reason	String	No	Status change reason

Provide a reason if available. It will help us understand why you want to recheck an applicant. If agreed in advance the reason you will be sending, we can automate the process and e.g., perform some additional checks and notify you about the results by the usual webhook means. If you want to automate complaints to your support, just send a user message along, and we will consider it on a case-by-case basis.

# RESPONSE

In case of HTTP response 200, you may ignore the response body.

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b73b82f0a975a3b46429758/status/pending?reason=someReason'

# Example response

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{
  "ok": 1
}

# Requesting an applicant check with different verification type

If you plan to use this endpoint, please inform the Sum&Substance team, because this requires certain settings on our side.

You can programmatically request applicant check with flow that somehow differs from your usual checks.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/status/pending?reasonCode={reasonCode}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
reasonCode	String	Yes	Code of the new flow

Provide us a reasonCode, so we could set up different flows on our side.

# RESPONSE

In case of HTTP response 200, you may ignore the response body.

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5b73b82f0a975a3b46429758/status/pending?reasonCode=wlCheck'

# Example response

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{
  "ok": 1
}

# Getting document images

Since a user may re-upload images several times and, for example, also change a passport photo to an ID card, it might be tricky for you to understand which ones actually made the applicant pass or fail.

If you are interested in receiving images that were part of the final verification, you should use this method.

GET /resources/inspections/{inspectionId}/resources/{imageId}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
inspectionId	String	Yes	Inspection ID (it's a part of an applicant)
imageId	String	Yes	Image ID (see above)

# RESPONSE

Binary content representing a document. The Content-Type response header more precisely describes the response mime-type. The full list of mime-types and file formats you can find here.

# Example request:

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curl -X GET \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/inspections/5bb8cca10a975a624903cf66/resources/551262049'

# Adding an applicant to blacklist

If for some reason you need to add an applicant to the blacklist, you can use this endpoint. It is necessary to add the reason for adding the applicant to the blacklist.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/blacklist

We advise checking if the applicant is not already in our blacklist first (check for BLACKLIST value within rejectLabels[] array of that applicant). In case you'll try to add a blacklisted applicant to blacklist again we'll throw a 400 http status with 5000 error code.

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
note	String	Yes	Reason or note for the applicant added to the blacklist (URL encoded)

# RESPONSE

The answer will contain the applicant added to the blacklist.

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5c0e93c30a975a53a79aa54b/blacklist?note=A%20user%20provided%20a%20fake%20document'

# Example response

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{
  "id": "5bb8563c0a975a5e6b322ecc",
  "createdAt": "2018-10-06 06:29:16",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient",
  "inspectionId": "5bb8563c0a975a5e6b322ecd",
  "externalUserId": "someClientUserId",
  "info": {
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Smith",
    "dob": "2000-03-04",
    "placeOfBirth": "London",
    "country": "GBR",
    "phone": "+449112081223"
  },
  "requiredIdDocs": {
    "docSets": [
      {
        "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
        "types": ["PASSPORT", "ID_CARD", "DRIVERS"]
      }
    ]
  },
  "review": {
    "createDate": "2018-12-10 16:26:45+0000",
    "reviewDate": "2018-12-10 16:27:29+0000",
    "reviewResult": {
      "reviewAnswer": "RED",
      "rejectLabels": ["BLACKLIST"],
      "reviewRejectType": "FINAL"
    },
    "reviewStatus": "completed"
  }
}

Sharing Flow

Sometimes our clients partner with each other and want to simplify and speed up verification for their users when they have passed KYC once via Sum&Substance.

Assume a user A passed KYC in service X, and is now registering at the partner service Y. If X agrees to share information about A with Y, it can be done as follows:

X generates a share token and passes it to Y
Y calls our API with the share token and receives an applicant for user A (with all its data and documents) on their account

Contact our team before using data sharing functionality in order to sign tripartite agreement on personal data sharing with you, Sumsub and your partner service.

POST /resources/accessTokens/-/shareToken?applicantId={applicantId}&forClientId={clientId}

# Example of getting a share token (done by `X`)

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## applicantId and Y's client ID must be provided
 curl -X POST \
    'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/accessTokens/-/shareToken?applicantId=5ce412012b4da877b2d910bd&forClientId=CoolCoinLtd'

# Example response

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{
  "token": "_act-460a698b-d2bc-4cbc-9456-5f36fee38083",
  "forClientId": "CoolCoinLtd"
}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID on service `X`
forClientId	String	Yes	Client ID of service `Y` (ask them for this information). You can find your `clientId` at the dashboard in the applicant profile - field of "Created for" and at response of getting applicant data request - `clientId`
ttlInSecs	Integer	No	Time to live in seconds	`1200`

# RESPONSE

Share token in the token field of the returned JSON (see example).

# Importing an applicant

# Example of importing an applicant (done by `Y`)

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 curl -X POST \
    'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/-/import?shareToken=_act-0b8a43f6-b70f-4ad3-bda9-7ce904589380'

# Example response

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{
    // Applicant in service Y
    "id": "5d08a63239b79354a2ebaa1d",
    "createdAt": "2019-06-18 10:52:02",
    "clientId": "CoolCoinLtd",
    ...
}

POST /resources/applicants/-/import?shareToken={shareToken}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description	Default
shareToken	String	Yes	Share token generated by X
resetIdDocSetTypes	String	No	Specify one or few comma-separated document types if an applicant has to resubmit those documents to be verified. Examples, `SELFIE`, `IDENTITY`, etc.
trustReview	Boolean	No	If you trust your partner's check result, then you should use `true`. If it is `false`, then the applicant will be rechecked.	`false`
userId	String	No	Sets your own `externalUserId` for the imported applicant. In case of empty value we'll generate a random one.

# RESPONSE

Applicant entity in service Y. Note a new applicant ID will be returned to the response. Bind it in your system as needed.

Please note that share tokens will be invalidated once used.

# Resetting an applicant

In very rare cases, it is required to change the status of the applicant to init. For example, if a user has contacted support with a request to re-pass verification from scratch with new documents.

Please note that resetting an applicant with fraudulent patterns is not a safe option. You can make sure that it's safe to reset by checking if applicant does not have any of these rejectLabels: FORGERY, SELFIE_MISMATCH, BLACKLIST, INCONSISTENT_PROFILE, FRAUDULENT_PATTERNS.

If you plan to use this endpoint, please inform the Sum&Substance team, as we may be able to suggest another flow for your case.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/reset

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

# Example request

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5d6f821b0a975a0b8aa27b27/reset'

# Example response

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{
  "ok": 1
}

# Changing top-level info

This method patches top-level applicant info like email, externalUserId, sourceKey, type for specified applicantId. The body must contain only those fields that you intend to change. Null fields will be ignored.

PATCH /resources/applicants/

# REQUEST BODY

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	String	Yes	Applicant ID
externalUserId	String	No	New External ID for an applicant
email	String	No	New email
phone	String	No	New phone number
sourceKey	String	No	New sourceKey
type	String	No	New type (`individual`/`company`)
lang	String	No	The language in which the applicant should see result of verification
questionnaires	Array of objects	No	Questionnaire configuration with answers
metadata	Array of objects	No	Additional information about user at custom fields
deleted	Boolean	No	Marks an applicant as inactive if set to `true`. Applicant won't be considered as a duplicate and SDKs won't initiate a check for it

# Example request

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curl -X PATCH \
    'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    -d '{"id":"5e9ad53d0a975a656d67e4d0","externalUserId":"1983114","email":"[email protected]"}'

# Example response

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{
  "id": "5e9ad53d0a975a656d67e4d0",
  "createdAt": "2020-04-18 10:23:57",
  "inspectionId": "5e9ad53d0a975a656d67e4d1",
  "externalUserId": "1983114",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "requiredIdDocs": {
    "docSets": [
      {
        "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
        "types": [
          "ID_CARD",
          "PASSPORT",
          "DRIVERS"
        ]
      },
      {
        "idDocSetType": "SELFIE",
        "types": [
          "SELFIE"
        ],
        "videoRequired": "liveness"
      }
    ]
  },
  "review": {
    "createDate": "2020-04-18 10:25:53+0000",
    "expireDate": "2020-04-18 10:40:53+0000",
    "reviewStatus": "init"
  },
  "lang": "en",
  "type": "individual"
}

# Import applicants

This method is intended for data import. For example, in case if you already got a lot of applicants and want to recheck or maintain data consistency.

If you plan to use this endpoint, please inform the Sum&Substance team, as we may be able to suggest another flow for your case.

POST /resources/applicants/-/ingestCompleted

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
#{body}	Object	Yes	An object representing an applicant (see example).

Please note that the request body structure may be unique depending on the case, please inform the Sum&Substance team before using this method.

# Example request

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curl -X POST 'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/-/ingestCompleted' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
	  "externalUserId": "someClientUserId",
	  "info": {
		"firstName": "John",
		"lastName": "Snow",
		"country": "GBR"
	  },
	  "review": {
		"elapsedSincePendingMs": 100,
		"elapsedSinceQueuedMs": 50,
		"createDate": "2020-10-21 08:25:32+0000",
		"reviewDate": "2020-10-21 08:25:36+0000",
		"startDate": "2020-10-21 08:25:35+0000",
		"reviewResult": {
			"moderationComment": "",
			"clientComment": "",
			"reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
		},
		"reviewStatus": "completed"
	  },
	  "requiredIdDocs": {
		  "docSets": [{
				"idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
				"types": [
					"PASSPORT",
					"ID_CARD",
					"DRIVERS"
				]
			  }
		  ]
	  }
  }'

# Example response

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{
  "id": "5f0864923cc18175d35bf1aa",
  "createdAt": "2020-07-10 12:52:34",
  "key": "QJZKBRIYUSBBWY",
  "clientId": "yourclientid",
  "inspectionId": "5f0864923cc18175d35bf1ab",
  "externalUserId": "someClientUserId",
  "info": {
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Snow"
  },
  "requiredIdDocs": {
    "docSets": [{
      "idDocSetType": "IDENTITY",
      "types": [
        "PASSPORT",
        "ID_CARD",
        "DRIVERS"
      ]
    }]
  },
  "review": {
    "elapsedSincePendingMs": 100,
    "elapsedSinceQueuedMs": 50,
    "createDate": "2019-10-21 08:25:32+0000",
    "reviewDate": "2019-10-21 08:25:36+0000",
    "startDate": "2019-10-21 08:25:35+0000",
    "reviewResult": {
      "moderationComment": "",
      "clientComment": "",
      "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
    },
    "reviewStatus": "completed"
  },
  "lang": "en",
  "type": "individual"
}

# Set risk level for the applicant

This method allows you to set a risk level for your applicant by your own criteria.

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/riskLevel/entries

Please note that you should have special permission to make this request (contact the Sum&Substance tech team).

# REQUEST BODY

Name	Type	Required	Supported values
comment	String	Yes	Any string
riskLevel	String	Yes	`unknown`/`low`/`medium`/`high`

# Example request

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curl -X POST 'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5edbe3460a975a259dd2f993/riskLevel/entries' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"comment":"Danger!","riskLevel":"high"}'

# Example response

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{
  "riskLevel": "high",
  "entries": [
    {
      "id": "5eda11960a975a6de48b5c08",
      "createdAt": "2020-06-05 09:34:14",
      "comment": "Danger!",
      "riskLevel": "high"
    }
  ]
}

# Adding custom applicant tags

Use that method to assign custom tags to applicant profiles. Create new tags in the Global settings section of the dashboard

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/tags

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Supported values
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID
#{body}	Array	Yes	Array of custom tags strings

# Example request

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curl -X POST 'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5fd1012c885b5d0009d50e6e/tags' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '["Approved Sanctions", "Approved PEP", "821"]'

# Example response

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{
    "ok": 1
}

# Marking image as inactive (deleted)

That method allows you to mark uploaded image as deleted so during initialization SDK screen would ask for a new one. It can be used in cases you'd like for your users to re-upload document that was previously approved via SDK.

DELETE /resources/inspections/{inspectionId}/resources/${imageId}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
inspectionId	String	Yes	Inspection id
imageId	String	Yes	Image ID (more info here)

# RESPONSE

In case of HTTP response 200, you may ignore the response body.

# Example request

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curl -X DELETE \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/inspections/5f649369aee05c75ea54c80a/resources/1045510331'

# Example response

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{
  "ok": 1
}

# Webhooks

A webhook is an HTTP POST request sent to a target you define at Dev space dashboard.

Please note that we do not send any info to endpoints using http, only https.

Not receiving an answer from webhook endpoint for more than 15 seconds will be considered as a timeout, and our service will try to resend that webhook again later.

The test server does not automatically check the applicants. If you need to change the status of the applicant or get webhook on the test server, you can do it by yourself.

Please note that there is a limit on the webhook number: 20 webhook objects max.

We can send webhooks not only via HTTP request, but also as notifications in Slack, Telegram or via email.

# Webhook types

The types of webhooks we send depend on the settings.

Value	Description
applicantReviewed	When verification is completed. Contains the verification result. More information about this type of webhook can be found here.
applicantPending	When a user uploaded all the required documents and the applicant's status changed to pending.
applicantCreated	When an applicant is created.
applicantOnHold	Processing of the applicant is paused for an agreed reason.
applicantPersonalInfoChanged	Applicant's personal info has been changed.
applicantPrechecked	When primary data processing is completed.
applicantDeleted	Applicant has been permanently deleted.
videoIdentStatusChanged	Status of Video Ident type of verification has been changed.
applicantReset	Applicant has been reset: applicant status changed to `init` and all documents were set as inactive. You can find more info here.
applicantActionPending	Applicant action status changed to pending. More info about applicant actions you can find here.
applicantActionReviewed	Applicant action verification has been completed. More info about applicant actions you can find here.
applicantActionOnHold	Applicant action verification has been paused for an agreed reason. More info about applicant actions you can find here.

Example applicantReviewed webhook payload you can find here.

# Webhook payload attributes

Name	Type	Always present	Description
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID.
inspectionId	String	Yes	Inspection ID (it's a part of an applicant).
correlationId	String	Yes	This id uniquely identifies an event on our side.
externalUserId	String	Yes	Unique user Id on your side.
type	String	Yes	Webhook type.
reviewStatus	String	Yes	Current status of an applicant. More info can be found here.
createdAt	String	Yes	Date and time of webhook creation (format YYYY-MM-dd hh:mm:ss, e.g. 2021-05-14 16:00:25+0000).
applicantType	String	No	Type of the applicant e.g. `company`/`individual`.
reviewResult	Object	No	Field that contains extra information on applicant verification results.
applicantMemberOf	Array of objects	No	Contains the list of company applicantIds that current applicant belongs as a beneficiary.
videoIdentReviewStatus	String	No	Status of the videoIdent call.
applicantActionId	String	No	Id of an applicant action.
externalApplicantActionId	String	No	Unique action Id on your side.
clientId	String	Yes	Unique identifier of you as our client.

We don't send any personal data via webhooks. You can fetch all recognized data using these methods via API.

# Example applicantCreated webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId": "5c9e177b0a975a6eeccf5960",
  // inspection ID that contains a result
  "inspectionId": "5c9e177b0a975a6eeccf5961",
  // an ID to debug in case of unexpected errors (should be provided to Sum&Substance)
  "correlationId": "req-63f92830-4d68-4eee-98d5-875d53a12258",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  // type of webhook (see the corresponding section)
  "type": "applicantCreated",
  "reviewStatus": "init",
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantPending webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId": "5c7791f80a975a1df426b9e9",
  "inspectionId": "5c7791f80a975a1df426b9ea",
  "applicantType" : "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-4af54c06-6a50-4cb9-a7dc-b94b2f5b07eb",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  "type": "applicantPending",
  "reviewStatus": "pending",
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantOnHold webhook payload:

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{
  "inspectionId": "5d10ca4e0a975a1c4cc30bbb",
  "applicantType" : "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-a98abc30-a5d9-4e1d-bab4-2f1af64bd5a5",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  "reviewStatus": "onHold",
  "applicantId": "5d10ca4e0a975a1c4cc30bba",
  "type": "applicantOnHold",
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantPersonalInfoChanged webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId" : "5ede51230a975a19a19ba5c1",
  "inspectionId" : "5ede51230a975a19a19ba5c2",
  "applicantType" : "individual",
  "correlationId" : "req-60103dee-79f1-43f4-bdcc-eb2554556afa",
  "externalUserId" : "12672",
  "type" : "applicantPersonalInfoChanged",
  "reviewResult" : {
    "reviewAnswer" : "GREEN"
  },
  "reviewStatus" : "completed",
  "createdAt" : "2020-06-08 19:39:29+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantPrechecked webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId": "5d1f2914c2d75a1c14130bd2",
  "inspectionId": "5d1f2914c2d75a1c14130bd3",
  "applicantType" : "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-e9d77142-59e6-4713-9b07-9b342cc51dda",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  "type": "applicantPrechecked",
  "reviewStatus": "queued",
  "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantDeleted webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId": "5f194e74040c3f316bda271c",
  "inspectionId": "5f194e74040c3f316bda271d",
  "applicantType": "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-d34c974c-5935-41b8-a0a9-cedd2407eada",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  "type": "applicantDeleted",
  "reviewStatus": "init",
  "createdAt": "2020-07-23 11:18:33+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example videoIdentStatusChanged webhook payload when video call has been initialized:

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{
  "applicantId": "5f8993f93324610009e5885e",
  "inspectionId": "5f8993f93324610009e5885f",
  "applicantType": "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-5a570d5d-e27c-484b-94a9-0f1e9fb2764c",
  "externalUserId": "flow-feb1f7ad-b2e2-479a-a4d5-bca5486f7b85",
  "type": "videoIdentStatusChanged",
  "reviewStatus": "init",
  "videoIdentReviewStatus": "pending",
  "createdAt": "2020-10-16 12:37:26+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example videoIdentStatusChanged webhook payload when video call has been completed:

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{
  "applicantId": "596928690a975a137c5b207e",
  "inspectionId": "596928690a975a137c5b207a",
  "correlationId": "req-a7812631-2c40-4f13-8407-fd42a516f0b0",
  "type": "videoIdentStatusChanged",
  "reviewResult": {
    "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
  },
  "reviewStatus": "completed",
  "videoIdentReviewStatus": "pending",
  "createdAt": "2020-10-16 12:34:25+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Example applicantReset webhook payload:

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{
  "applicantId": "5f194e74040c3f316bda271c",
  "inspectionId": "5f194e74040c3f316bda271d",
  "applicantType": "individual",
  "correlationId": "req-57fed49a-07b8-4413-bdaa-a1be903769e9",
  "externalUserId": "12672",
  "type": "applicantReset",
  "reviewResult": {
    "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
  },
  "reviewStatus": "init",
  "createdAt": "2021-03-01 11:34:51+0000",
  "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}

# Testing on the test environment

On a test environment you can try receiving results via applicantReviewed webhooks by triggering the following endpoint (provide either GREEN or RED to simulate a positive or negative answer, correspondingly):

POST /resources/applicants/{applicantId}/status/testCompleted

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
#{body}	Object	Yes	Please see example
applicantId	String	Yes	Applicant ID

# REQUEST BODY

Name	Type	Required	Description
reviewAnswer	String	Yes	Provide `GREEN` or `RED` to simulate answer you need
rejectLabels	Array of Strings	Yes	Reasons for rejections
reviewRejectType	String	No	Choose `FINAL` or `RETRY` to simulate other types of rejections
clientComment	String	No	A human-readable comment that should not be shown to the end user
moderationComment	String	No	A human-readable comment that can be shown to the end user

# RESPONSE

In the case of HTTP response 200, you may ignore the response body.

# Example request to change the applicant status to GREEN

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5bb8cca10a975a624903cf65/status/testCompleted' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
   "reviewAnswer" : "GREEN",
   "rejectLabels": []
  }
'

# Example request to change the applicant status to RED

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/applicants/5bb8cca10a975a624903cf65/status/testCompleted' \
  -H 'content-type: application/json' \
  -d '{
          "reviewAnswer": "RED",
          "moderationComment": "We do not accept screenshots. Please upload an original photo.",
          "clientComment": "Screenshots are not accepted.",
          "reviewRejectType": "RETRY",
          "rejectLabels": ["UNSATISFACTORY_PHOTOS","SCREENSHOTS"]
      }
'

# Example response

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{
  "ok": 1
}

If you're not receiving webhooks from us try to check your endpoints first with SSL Labs or Docker.

# Verifying webhook sender

It's better to not rely on our IP addresses for whitelisting them as webhook sender because they're changing from time to time.

In order to make sure that a webhook is sent by us, we have the possibility to sign it with the HMAC Sha1Hex algorithm.

If you want to utilize this feature, set a Secret Key value for each webhook via dashboard.

To verify that a webhook is sent by us

Get a webhook x-payload-digest header value and payload as it is without any alteration or converting to json.
Convert the HTTP webhook body into bytes.
Perform calculations on your side to create a digest using Secret Key, raw webhook payload in bytes and HMAC Sha1Hex algorithm.
Compare x-payload-digest header value with calculated digest.

In order to check that you compute the digest the same way we do, you can call the following endpoint.

POST /resources/inspectionCallbacks/testDigest?secretKey={secretKey}

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

Name	Type	Required	Description
#{body}	Object	Yes	Any payload
secretKey	String	Yes	A secret key that might be used for signing

# RESPONSE

Value	Description
digest	Result of the calculation

Please test your webhook before sending its URL to us. At a minimum, it should not give a 500 HTTP response or require any sort of authorization.

# Example request to get digest

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curl -X POST \
  'https://api.sumsub.com/resources/inspectionCallbacks/testDigest?secretKey=SoMe_SeCrEt_KeY' \
  -H 'Content-Type: text/plain' \
  -d 'someText'

# Example response

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{
  "digest": "f6e92ffe371718694d46e28436f76589312df8db"
}

# Example request to client's endpoint

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curl -X POST \
  'https://callbackurl.com/kyc' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "applicantId": "5cb56e8e0a975a35f333cb83",
    "inspectionId": "5cb56e8e0a975a35f333cb84",
    "correlationId": "req-ec508a2a-fa33-4dd2-b93d-fcade2967e03",
    "externalUserId": "12672",
    "type": "applicantReviewed",
    "reviewResult": {
        "reviewAnswer": "GREEN"
    },
    "reviewStatus": "completed",
    "createdAt": "2020-02-21 13:23:19+0000",
    "clientId": "SumsubClient"
}'

# Example of computing digest

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export function checkDigest(req): boolean {
 const calculatedDigest = crypto
  .createHmac('sha1', SUMSUB_PRIVATE_KEY)
  .update(req.rawBody)
  .digest('hex')

 return calculatedDigest === req.headers['x-payload-digest']
}
private async Task<bool> CheckDigest(HttpRequest request)
{
    using (var reader = new StreamReader(request.Body))
    {
        var body = await reader.ReadToEndAsync();

        HMACSHA1 hmacsha1 = new HMACSHA1(Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(_verificationAccessor.SumSubPrivateKey));
        byte[] byteArray = Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes(body);
        MemoryStream stream = new MemoryStream(byteArray);
        var calculateDigest = hmacsha1.ComputeHash(stream).Aggregate("", (s, e) => s + String.Format("{0:x2}", e), s => s);

        return calculateDigest == Request.Headers["x-payload-digest"];
    };
}

# API Reference

# Introduction

# Authentication

# App Tokens

# Making a request

# Signing a request

# Examples

# Access tokens for SDKs

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Creating an access token for applicant

# Example response

# API Health

# Example request

# Errors

# Response body

# Error codes

# Applicants API

# Creating an applicant

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# REQUEST BODY

# fixedInfo and info ATTRIBUTES

# addresses ELEMENTS FIELDS

# Example request

# Example response

# Changing required document set (level)

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request with body for changing required document set

# Example response

# Example request body for getting current required document set

# Adding an ID document

# REQUEST HEADERS

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# FORM DATA

# REQUEST metadata BODY PART FIELDS

# RESPONSE

# Available values of errors array

# Available values of warnings array

# Example request

# Example response

# Example response

# Supported document types

# Getting applicant data

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request

# Example response

# Changing provided info (fixedInfo)

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# Example request

# Changing applicant data

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request

# Example response

# Getting verification results

# Example webhook payload with 'RED' answer

# Example webhook payload with 'GREEN' answer

# Applicant life-cycle

# Getting applicant status (SDK)

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request

# Example response

# Getting applicant status (API)

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request:

# Example response:

# Requesting an applicant check

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request

# Example response

# Requesting an applicant check with different verification type

# REQUEST ARGUMENTS

# RESPONSE

# Example request

# Example response

# `fixedInfo` and `info` ATTRIBUTES

# `addresses` ELEMENTS FIELDS

# REQUEST `metadata` BODY PART FIELDS

# Available values of `errors` array

# Available values of `warnings` array

# Example of getting a share token (done by `X`)

# Example of importing an applicant (done by `Y`)