Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA)

Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) Full Driver Enquiry API

The Full Driver Enquiry API API from Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) — 1 operation(s) for full driver enquiry api.

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Operations 1

POST /v1/driving-licences/retrieve Returns driver data for the supplied driving licence number, including licence… #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/authentication-api/authentication-api-description.html
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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driver-view/driver-view-description.html
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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary/driving-licence-renewal-intermediary-description.html
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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/kadoe/kadoe-description.html
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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/printhub-request-api/printhub-request-api-description.html
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Documentation
https://developer-portal.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/apis/vehicle-enquiry-service/vehicle-enquiry-service-description.html

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://artifacts.apis.io/dvla-gov-uk/openapi/dvla-gov-uk-full-driver-enquiry-api-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://artifacts.apis.io/dvla-gov-uk/json-schema/dvla-gov-uk-driving-licence-request-schema.json

Other Resources

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PostmanCollection
https://artifacts.apis.io/dvla-gov-uk/postman/dvla-gov-uk-ves-postman-collection.json

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OpenAPI Specification

dvla-gov-uk-full-driver-enquiry-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Dvla Gov Uk Full Driver Enquiry API
  version: 1.26.0
  description: 'Operations tagged Full Driver Enquiry API across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: driver-view.json, dvla-gov-uk-driver-view-openapi.yml. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/full-driver-enquiry
  description: Production environment
- url: https://uat.driver-vehicle-licensing.api.gov.uk/full-driver-enquiry
  description: External testing (UAT) environment
security:
- jwtAuth: []
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:


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# Full source: https://artifacts.apis.io/dvla-gov-uk/openapi/dvla-gov-uk-full-driver-enquiry-api-api-openapi.yml