# Cognito Identity Verification API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/cognito/cognito-identity-verification-api/  
**Provider:** Cognito — https://apis.io/providers/cognito/  
**Base URL:** https://api.cognitohq.com  
**Documentation:** https://cognitohq.com/docs

Cognito Identity Verification API is published by [Cognito](https://apis.io/providers/cognito/) on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Verification, KYC, and AML. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

REST API for identity verification, KYC, and AML watchlist/PEP screening. JSON:API media type (application/vnd.api+json), date-based versioning via the Cognito-Version header, and HTTP request-signature authentication (HMAC-SHA256). Core resources: profiles, identity_searches (and async search jobs), plus Flow sessions and Screening searches.

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **APIReference** — https://cognitohq.com/docs/reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://cognitohq.com/docs/identity/id-verification-api-quickstart
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognito/refs/heads/main/authentication/cognito-authentication.yml
- **Webhooks** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognito/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/cognito-flow-webhooks.yml
- **APIsJSON** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/cognito/refs/heads/main/apis.yml

## Tags

Identity Verification, KYC, AML

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