Welcome to the developer documentation for integrating the Identity Verification (IDV) service.
This API contains multiple services that may be of interest to you.
Identity Verification (IDV)
This is an embedded Identity Check.
Yoti guides the user through the entire process with real-time feedback and a number of fast and automated / manual checks. These include document template detection, image quality assessment (e.g blur or glare) and screen replay detection. This ensures that image capture errors are addressed instantly and users can complete the process successfully.
Data is automatically extracted from the identity document as soon as it is submitted, giving instant feedback. e.g. ‘document image is too blurry’ or ‘image captured from a screen’ . This is dynamic feedback based on session configuration. This also speeds up the process as Yoti makes the extracted data instantly available to the client.
Users are allowed to retry multiple times (with a configurable limit) after each bit of feedback is displayed.
Yoti IDV SDKs are built to capture the best images possible to maximise success rates. We identify the best possible configuration for the camera provided by the underlying device and device/browser combination for mobile web.
All a user needs to do is take a photo of their ID. Our image capture technology captures multiple photos in fast sequence. The image capture and analysis that we perform is instant. This means if one photo is blurry or has too much glare, we still have others available to review and if those are successful we can proceed with our process.
Yoti offers multiple checks for this service:
| Name | Description | Manual check available |
|---|---|---|
| Document authenticity | A request to assess the characteristics of a document, to determine the validity of the ID document. Yoti will perform multiple checks on a ID document. | ✅ |
| Text extraction | A request to obtain the data printed visually on a document, in structured form. | ✅ |
| Supporting documents | Yoti offers the ability to request additional documents to enhance the verification of the user. | ✅ |
| Document comparison | If you request your users to upload more than one document we offer the ability to cross check the data | ❌ |
| Filters | Restriction of documents / countries. If you do not wish to accept all documents or countries you can configure your session to add / remove which countries and document types are displayed to the user on the user view. | N/A |
| Supported documents | List of documents supported | N/A |
| Address check | This check will facilitate an extra verification of a user by searching a person’s details against a collated database from various sources worldwide | ✅ |
| AML check | Extend the Identity verification integration by requesting an watchlist, PEPs and sanctions check as part of a session. | ❌ |
| Liveness check | A requested check to assess whether the document scan is being performed by a real person, and not someone wearing a mask or an automated system. | ❌ |
| Face match check | A request to assess whether the user's face matches the face on the ID document. | ✅ |
| Mobile handoff | Start your session in web and allow the user to smoothly move to mobile. | N/A |
Face Comparison
Yoti provides a face comparison check that can be used to authenticate a user by using their selfie.
Face Search
Yoti gives you the ability to use positive or negative lists to manage account authentication and fraud with Yoti Face Search.
DBS RTW
You can use the same API to complete a DBS / RTW Check.