iDenfy Age Estimation API

Estimates age from a selfie and escalates borderline cases to a full document check on the same integration, giving one audit trail from selfie to certified ID. Account balance is pre-checked and an insufficient balance returns 402.

Operations 1

POST /age-estimation/token/ Create session #

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OpenAPI Specification

idenfy-age-estimation-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: iDenfy IVS Core API
  version: 0.0.0
  description: iDenfy Identity Verification Service's Core API documentation.
  contact:
    name: API Support
    url: https://idenfy-ivs.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1/group/-1
  x-logo:
    url: /static/idenfy_logo.svg
    altText: iDenfy logo
servers:
- url: https://ivs.idenfy.com
paths:
  /age-estimation/token/:
    post:
      operationId: ageEstimationTokenCreate
      summary: Create session
      description: Creates an age estimation session. Your Age Estimation finances
        are pre-checked; insufficient finances reject the request with `402`.
      tags:
      - Age Estimation
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationTokenRequest'
        required: true
      security:
      - apiKeyPair: []
      responses:
        '201':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationToken'
          description: ''
        '402':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsufficientFinances'
          description: Age Estimation finances cannot cover the session. Note that
            insufficient funds return `402`, not `403`.
components:
  schemas:
    AgeEstimationEscalationEnum:
      enum:
      - DOC
      - NONE
      type: string
    AgeEstimationStatusEnum:
      enum:
      - PENDING
      - PROCESSING
      - COMPLETED
      - FAILED
      - EXPIRED
      type: string
    AgeEstimationOutcomeEnum:
      enum:
      - SUCCESS
      - UNDERAGE
      - UNCERTAIN
      - FACE_MISMATCH
      - ATTEMPTS_EXCEEDED
      type: string
    AgeEstimationWebhookStatusEnum:
      enum:
      - COMPLETED
      - FAILED
      type: string
    AgeEstimationTokenRequest:
      type: object
      properties:
        min_age:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 120
          description: Minimum age the end user must meet.
        confidence_threshold:
          type: number
          format: float
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 100
          description: Minimum model confidence to accept an estimate without a
            step-up.
        buffer:
          type: integer
          default: 0
          minimum: 0
          maximum: 20
          description: Age band (in years) around `min_age` that triggers a step-up
            instead of an immediate decision. Must not exceed `min_age`. Applies to
            the AI estimate only, never to a document-derived age.
        escalation:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationEscalationEnum'
          default: DOC
          description: Action when the estimate is uncertain. `DOC` = document
            step-up; `NONE` = resolve as `UNCERTAIN`.
        retry_limit:
          type: integer
          default: 3
          minimum: 1
          maximum: 3
          description: Max estimation attempts before the session locks.
        save_photo:
          type: boolean
          default: true
          description: Whether the analysed selfie is stored for sessions from this
            token.
        expiry_minutes:
          type: integer
          default: 60
          minimum: 5
          maximum: 1440
          description: Token validity window in minutes from creation.
        success_redirect:
          type: string
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2048
          default: ''
          description: Redirect after a `SUCCESS` outcome (blank = built-in result
            screen).
        underage_redirect:
          type: string
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2048
          default: ''
          description: Redirect after an `UNDERAGE` outcome.
        uncertain_redirect:
          type: string
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2048
          default: ''
          description: Redirect after a terminal `UNCERTAIN` outcome.
        webhook_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          maxLength: 2048
          default: ''
          description: Per-session override for where the result notification is
            sent. Blank = use your account's default Age Estimation webhook
            notification.
        client_id:
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          nullable: true
          description: Your own identifier for the end user; echoed back in the
            result webhook for correlation.
      required:
      - min_age
      - confidence_threshold
    AgeEstimationToken:
      type: object
      properties:
        token:
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          description: Opaque session credential used by the capture page.
        session_url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          readOnly: true
          description: URL to send the end user to.
        expires_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
          description: Absolute UTC expiry.
        min_age:
          type: integer
        confidence_threshold:
          type: number
          format: float
        buffer:
          type: integer
        escalation:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationEscalationEnum'
        retry_limit:
          type: integer
        save_photo:
          type: boolean
        expiry_minutes:
          type: integer
        client_id:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      required:
      - token
      - session_url
      - expires_at
      - min_age
      - confidence_threshold
    AgeEstimationWebhook:
      type: object
      properties:
        scanRef:
          type: string
          description: The step-up scan reference, or the token id when there is
            no scan ref.
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationWebhookStatusEnum'
        outcome:
          allOf:
          - $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationOutcomeEnum'
          nullable: true
        verdict:
          type: string
          nullable: true
          description: Model verdict (e.g. `ADULT`).
        estimatedAge:
          type: integer
          nullable: true
          description: The established age. When a document step-up produced an
            age, that exact document age is reported; otherwise it is the AI
            face-estimated age.
        confidence:
          type: number
          format: float
          nullable: true
        clientId:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        occurredAt:
          type: string
          format: date-time
      required:
      - scanRef
      - status
      - occurredAt
    MissingPoolFund:
      type: object
      properties:
        fund_pool:
          type: string
          description: Identifies which finances are short, e.g. `AGE_ESTIMATION`.
        missing:
          type: number
          format: float
          description: Shortfall in your account currency. `0` when no finances are
            configured for the feature at all, because nothing has been priced yet.
      required:
      - fund_pool
      - missing
    InsufficientFinancesDetail:
      type: object
      properties:
        detail:
          type: string
        missing_limits:
          type: array
          items: {}
        missing_additional_step_limits:
          type: array
          items: {}
        missing_funds:
          nullable: true
          description: General account funds only. Stays `null` when feature-specific
            finances are exhausted, so do not read it to detect that.
        missing_pool_funds:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/MissingPoolFund'
          description: Identifies which finances are short. This is the field to read
            for an Age Estimation shortfall.
        expired_expenses:
          type: array
          items: {}
    InsufficientFinances:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          examples:
          - Action not allowed due to lack of funds or exceeded limit.
        code:
          type: string
          examples:
          - insufficient_finances
        detail:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/InsufficientFinancesDetail'
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyPair:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: 'The request must contain basic auth headers where username is
        *API key* and password is *API secret*.<br>

        In order for you to start using our API you will need an **API key** and **API
        secret**.<br>

        Both can be retrieved by contacting *iDenfy''s support* or *iDenfy''s sales
        team*.'
x-tagGroups:
- name: Age Estimation
  tags:
  - Age Estimation
- name: General
  tags:
  - Webhooks
tags:
- name: Age Estimation
  description: Age estimation session endpoints.
- name: Webhooks
  description: Webhooks.
externalDocs:
  description: For other/more docs on iDenfy services visit our main documentation
    page.
  url: https://documentation.idenfy.com
webhooks:
  ageEstimationResult:
    post:
      operationId: ageEstimationResult
      description: This notification is sent when an age estimation session reaches
        a terminal state (either the estimate resolved, or a document step-up
        concluded).
      summary: Age estimation result
      externalDocs:
        description: Find info about webhook signing here.
        url: https://documentation.idenfy.com/security/CallbackSigning
      parameters:
      - in: header
        name: Idenfy-Event-Type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - AGE_ESTIMATION
        required: true
      - in: header
        name: Idenfy-Signature
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Webhook signature
      tags:
      - Webhooks
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/AgeEstimationWebhook'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Return a 200 status to indicate that the data was received
            successfully.