National ID (without Photo)
Required Inputs
| Input | Value |
|---|---|
country | ZA |
id_type | NATIONAL_ID_NO_PHOTO |
id_number | National identity number |
Response Fields
| Response Field | Value Returned |
|---|---|
Country | YES |
IDType | YES |
IDNumber | YES |
IssuanceDate | NO |
ExpirationDate | N/A |
FullName | YES |
DOB | YES |
Photo | NO |
PhoneNumber | NO |
PhoneNumber2 | NO |
Document | NO |
Gender | YES |
Address | NO |
All fields are returned as string
Beyond the standard top-level keys listed in the table above, additional metadata as Date Issued citizenship, age can be found in the FullData Object of the response share. Deceased Status is not returned. Click here to see a sample of the JSON response
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]{13}$/
Supported Products
The South Africa national id (without photo) 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 South Africa national id (without photo) in our Sandbox, we provide you with 5 different id numbers to mirror various scenarios you can experience with real IDs in production.
| ID Number | Result | Result Code |
|---|---|---|
0000000000000 | Success with PII return | 1012 |
0000000000001 | Failure, no record found | 1013 |
0000000000002 | Invalid ID number format | 1014 |
0000000000003 | Database unavailable/unknown network issue | 1015 |
0000000000004* | 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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