NIN with Face - Adhere by Smartcomply

NIN with Face

curl --request POST \
  --url https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "identification_number": "70123456789",
  "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/"

payload = {
    "identification_number": "70123456789",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"
}
headers = {
    "x-access-token": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    identification_number: '70123456789',
    image_url: 'https://example.com/photo.jpg'
  })
};

fetch('https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'identification_number' => '70123456789',
    'image_url' => 'https://example.com/photo.jpg'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-access-token: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/")
  .header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [
    "<unknown>"
  ],
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

POST

api

onboarding

nigeria_kyc

nin_with_face

NIN with Face

curl --request POST \
  --url https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/ \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "identification_number": "70123456789",
  "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/"

payload = {
    "identification_number": "70123456789",
    "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"
}
headers = {
    "x-access-token": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-access-token': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    identification_number: '70123456789',
    image_url: 'https://example.com/photo.jpg'
  })
};

fetch('https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'identification_number' => '70123456789',
    'image_url' => 'https://example.com/photo.jpg'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-access-token: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/")
  .header("x-access-token", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-access-token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"identification_number\": \"70123456789\",\n  \"image_url\": \"https://example.com/photo.jpg\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [
    "<unknown>"
  ],
  "message": "<string>"
}

{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

The NIN with Face endpoint verifies a customer’s National Identification Number and performs a facial comparison against a provided photo URL. It returns full NIN profile data plus face match results.

Endpoint

POST /api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/

Request

Headers

Header	Value	Required
`x-access-token`	Your API secret key	Yes
`Content-Type`	`application/json`	Yes

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`identification_number`	string	Yes	The customer’s 11-digit National Identification Number
`image_url`	string	Yes	URL of the customer’s photo for facial comparison

Example

curl -X POST "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/" \
  -H "x-access-token: YOUR_SECRET_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"identification_number": "70123456789", "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"}'

import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://adhere-api.smartcomply.com/api/onboarding/nigeria_kyc/nin_with_face/",
    headers={"x-access-token": "YOUR_SECRET_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json"},
    json={"identification_number": "70123456789", "image_url": "https://example.com/photo.jpg"},
)

Response

200 OK

Field	Type	Description
`data.nin_data`	object	Full NIN profile (same fields as the NIN endpoint)
`data.face_data.message`	string	Face match result message
`data.face_data.confidence`	number	Match confidence percentage (0–100)
`data.verification.status`	string	`"VERIFIED"` if identity confirmed
`data.verification.reference`	string	Unique verification reference ID

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": {
    "nin_data": {
      "lastName": "UCHE",
      "firstName": "KARIM",
      "middleName": "IKENNA",
      "gender": "male",
      "dateOfBirth": "2002-11-09",
      "nin": "90187493033",
      "telephoneNo": "09088118811",
      "residenceAddress": "5, ODEYEMI STREET, ANIMASHAUN",
      "residenceLga": "Ifo",
      "residenceState": "Ogun",
      "image": "<base64-encoded-jpeg>"
    },
    "face_data": {
      "message": "Face Match",
      "confidence": 99.99
    },
    "verification": {
      "status": "VERIFIED",
      "reference": "8314a5fc-bdb5-40c8-98bd-72aef9f1a868"
    }
  },
  "message": "National Identification Number details retrieved successfully"
}

400 Bad Request

{
  "status": "failed",
  "data": [],
  "message": "Sorry, your check cannot be processed at the moment. Please try again in a few minutes"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "status": "failed",
  "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

Authorizations

x-access-token

string

header

required

Your Adhere API secret key

Body

application/json

identification_number

string

required

11-digit National Identification Number

Example:

"70123456789"

image_url

string

required

URL of the customer's photo for facial comparison

Example:

"https://example.com/photo.jpg"

Response

NIN with face verified

​Endpoint

​Request

​Headers

​Body Parameters

​Example

​Response

​200 OK

​400 Bad Request

​401 Unauthorized

Authorizations

Body

Response

Endpoint

Request

Headers

Body Parameters

Example

Response

200 OK

400 Bad Request

401 Unauthorized