Phone Number

Required Inputs

InputValue

country

NG

id_type

PHONE_NUMBER

id_number

Phone number

Response Fields

The product returns the textual match result for the phone number service. You can perform a textual matching for the following fields:

  • First name

  • Middle name

  • Last name (also known as family name or surname)

  • Date of birth

  • Gender

ID Number Regular Expression (Regex)

To limit the probability of your user mistyping the id number, we advice that you enforce the format of the id number field in your app. You can use the regex below:

  • /^[0-9]{11}$/

Supported Products

The Nigeria phone number can be used on any of the following products:

For the supported integration options, you can check the integration options supported by each product here.

Sample ID Numbers

To test the Nigeria phone number in our Sandbox, we provide you with 5 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.

ID NumberResultResult Code

00000000000

Success with PII return

1012

00000000001

Failure, no record found

1013

00000000002

Invalid ID number format

1014

00000000003

Database unavailable/unknown network issue

1015

00000000004*

Success with custom PII return

1012

* You can read more about customising the PII response in sandbox in our documentation here.

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