Overview

Get OTP to verify the Aadhaar number by taking in the aadhaar_number and receiving OTP on the registered mobile number of the individual.

Problem

• Verifying the Aadhaar details of an individual is an important step in KYC
• NBFCs, banks, lending platforms, and insurance companies require a valid Aadhaar as part of their onboarding process.
• HRMS platforms also require a valid Aadhaar to add employees to the payroll.
• Businesses can only verify one Aadhaar at a time by visiting the UIDAI website, making it time-consuming, error-prone & expensive

Solution

• API to Automate Aadhaar verification, making it cheaper, faster & more accurate
• Consent-based Aadhaar verification with the help of OTP

Endpoint

Request

Follow the below guidelines to pass Aadhaar, consent & reason for verification

Body

Sample CURL Request

curl --request POST \
     --url https://api.sandbox.co.in/kyc/aadhaar/okyc/generate-otp \
     --header 'Authorization: xxxxxxxxxx' \
     --header 'accept: application/json' \
     --header 'content-type: application/json' \
     --header 'x-api-key: xxxxxxxxxx' \
     --header 'x-api-version: 1.0' \
     --data '
{
  "aadhaar_number": "098765432112"
}
'

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Response

The response includes non-identifying public data as below

Response Caching

Response caching is not available for this API. Learn more about our response caching mechanism here

Wallet Charges

Since Aadhaar Verification is a Paid API, a wallet charge per API call will be applicable.

Versioning

This API is currently in major version 1.0. Refer to our versioning policies here