ID.me

ID.me document passback API

ID.me document passback API as documented publicly: 3 operations. Contract generated from the documentation by API Evangelist (2026-10-20); not the provider's own document.

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Operations 3

GET /api/public/v3/attributes.json Get document tokens from the attributes endpoint with a valid access token. #
POST /api/public/v3/documents/refresh/{documentToken} Generate a new document token without requiring a new user session. #
POST /api/public/v3/documents/{documentToken} Retrieve the document image using the document token and API token. #

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idme/refs/heads/main/openapi/_ae-authored/idme-document-passback-openapi-generated.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idme/refs/heads/main/json-schema/idme-get-api-public-v3-attributes-json-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idme/refs/heads/main/json-schema/idme-post-api-public-v3-documents-refresh-documenttoken-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idme/refs/heads/main/json-schema/idme-post-api-public-v3-documents-documenttoken-response-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

idme-document-passback-openapi-generated.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: ID.me document passback API
  version: '2026-10-20'
  description: 'GENERATED FROM DOCUMENTATION by API Evangelist on 2026-10-20: 3 operation(s)
    read from 1 public documentation page(s) (each operation names its page in x-source).
    This is not the provider''s published contract; ID.me has published no machine-readable
    contract that the pipeline could find. Engine: anthropic.'
  x-evidence-tiers:
    code-example: 9
    documentation: 19
    pages-with-code: 8
    pages-read: 16
  x-generated-from: documentation
  x-provenance: generated
  x-authored-by: API Evangelist
  x-generated: '2026-10-20'
  x-generator: generate-contract-from-docs.py
  x-engine: anthropic
  x-sources:
  - https://docs.id.me/apis/document-passback-api/overview
  x-docs-section: document-passback-api
servers:
- url: https://api.id.me
  description: Production (docs.id.me overview)
- url: https://api.idmelabs.com
  description: Sandbox (docs.id.me overview)
paths:
  /api/public/v3/attributes.json:
    get:
      operationId: get_api_public_v3_attributes_json
      tags:
      - Api
      summary: Get document tokens from the attributes endpoint with a valid access
        token.
      x-source: https://docs.id.me/apis/document-passback-api/overview
      parameters:
      - name: access_token
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/GetApiPublicV3AttributesJsonResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /api/public/v3/documents/refresh/{documentToken}:
    post:
      operationId: post_api_public_v3_documents_refresh_documentToken
      tags:
      - Api
      summary: Generate a new document token without requiring a new user session.
      x-source: https://docs.id.me/apis/document-passback-api/overview
      parameters:
      - name: documentToken
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: token
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostApiPublicV3DocumentsRefreshDocumenttokenResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
  /api/public/v3/documents/{documentToken}:
    post:
      operationId: post_api_public_v3_documents_documentToken
      tags:
      - Api
      summary: Retrieve the document image using the document token and API token.
      x-source: https://docs.id.me/apis/document-passback-api/overview
      parameters:
      - name: documentToken
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: token
        in: query
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: size
        in: query
        required: false
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Success (status as documented)
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PostApiPublicV3DocumentsDocumenttokenResponse'
      x-evidence:
        kind: documentation
security:
- bearer: []
components:
  schemas:
    GetApiPublicV3AttributesJsonResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        handle:
          type: string
        name:
          type: string
        value:
          type: object
    PostApiPublicV3DocumentsRefreshDocumenttokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        document_token:
          type: string
    PostApiPublicV3DocumentsDocumenttokenResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        image:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
tags:
- name: Api