IDnow

IDnow Authentication API

The Authentication API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for authentication.

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Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
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Documentation
https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idnow/refs/heads/main/openapi/idnow-authentication-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

idnow-authentication-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: IDnow Gateway Authentication API
  description: Specification of the IDnow identity-verification gateway API. Companies authenticate against the gateway, create and drive identification orders (AutoIdent automated and VideoIdent human-assisted), retrieve results and captured documents, and subscribe to status-change webhooks. Endpoints and payloads documented here are derived from IDnow's public developer documentation; consult the IDnow Developer Hub for the authoritative, complete reference and request/response schemas.
  termsOfService: https://www.idnow.io/terms-conditions/
  contact:
    name: IDnow Support
    url: https://www.idnow.io/developers/
  version: '1.0'
servers:
- url: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  description: Production gateway
- url: https://gateway.test.idnow.de/api/v1
  description: Test gateway
security:
- LoginToken: []
tags:
- name: Authentication
paths:
  /{company}/login:
    post:
      operationId: login
      tags:
      - Authentication
      summary: Authenticate a company and obtain a login token.
      description: Authenticates a company using its API key and returns a JSON Web Token (authToken) that must be sent as the X-API-LOGIN-TOKEN header on subsequent requests.
      parameters:
      - name: company
        in: path
        required: true
        description: The company identifier issued by IDnow.
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                apiKey:
                  type: string
                  description: The company API key.
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Authentication succeeded; returns the login token.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  authToken:
                    type: string
                    description: JWT to be used as the X-API-LOGIN-TOKEN header.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    LoginToken:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-API-LOGIN-TOKEN
      description: JWT returned by the login endpoint, sent on every authenticated request.