Passbase Identity API
Access verified identities, their resources and resource files.
Access verified identities, their resources and resource files.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: Passbase Verifications Identity API
version: 2.0.0
description: The Passbase Verifications API. A User submits a video selfie and valid identifying Resources during a Verification guided by the Passbase client-side integration. Data points are extracted, digitized, and authenticated, becoming part of the User's Identity. The User consents to share Resources and/or Data points, which are passed to you for account decisions. Server-to-server access uses the secret API key.
contact:
name: Passbase Developer Support
email: developer@passbase.com
x-status: discontinued
x-successor: Parallel Markets
servers:
- url: https://api.passbase.com/verification/v2
description: Production (historical; host no longer resolvable)
security:
- SecuredKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Identity
description: Access verified identities, their resources and resource files.
paths:
/identities:
get:
tags:
- Identity
operationId: listIdentities
summary: List identities
description: List all the identities of your project.
parameters:
- name: limit
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: integer
- name: cursor
in: query
required: false
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of identities.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedIdentities'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'429':
$ref: '#/components/responses/TooManyRequests'
/identities/{id}:
get:
tags:
- Identity
operationId: getIdentityById
summary: Get identity
description: Get an identity by providing the identity ID.
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Identity id
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: The identity.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Identity'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/identity/{id}/resources:
get:
tags:
- Identity
operationId: listIdentityResources
summary: List resources
description: List all the resources attached to an identity.
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Identity id
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of resources.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/PaginatedResources'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/identity/{id}/resources/{resource_id}:
get:
tags:
- Identity
operationId: getIdentityResourceById
summary: Get resource
description: Get a resource attached to an identity by providing the resource ID.
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Identity id
schema:
type: string
- name: resource_id
in: path
required: true
description: Resource id
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: The resource.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/identity/{id}/resources/{resource_id}/resource_files/{resource_file_id}:
get:
tags:
- Identity
operationId: getIdentityResourceFileById
summary: Get resource file
description: Get a raw resource file attached to an identity by providing the resource ID and the resource file ID. This is a protected route and you'll need a specific government authorization to access it.
parameters:
- name: id
in: path
required: true
description: Identity id
schema:
type: string
- name: resource_id
in: path
required: true
description: Resource id
schema:
type: string
- name: resource_file_id
in: path
required: true
description: Resource file id
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
description: The raw resource file.
content:
application/octet-stream:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/ResourceFile'
'401':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
'403':
$ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
schemas:
IdentityOwner:
type: object
properties:
email:
type: string
description: Email of the user the identity belongs to
first_name:
type: string
description: First name of the user the identity belongs to
last_name:
type: string
description: Last name of the user the identity belongs to
PaginatedResources:
type: object
properties:
cursor:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Cursor'
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Resource'
Cursor:
type: object
properties:
next:
type: string
description: opaque token to pass back to the API to get the next batch of data
Resource:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique ID representing a resource
status:
type: string
description: Current state of the resource in Passbase's systems
created:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the resource was created
updated:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the resource was updated
type:
type: string
description: All resource types that passbase supports
resource_files:
type: array
items:
type: object
WatchlistResponse:
type: object
properties:
clean:
type: boolean
description: Indicates whether the authentication watchlist check is clean
listings:
type: object
description: Watchlist check findings
media:
type: array
items:
type: object
description: List of media entries, with date, title, and url parameters
sources:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: Array of listing sources (eg. sanction lists)
types:
type: array
items:
type: string
description: What kind of alert or warning is associated with the entity (eg. sanction, pep, warning)
Identity:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique ID of the identity
status:
type: string
description: Current state of the identity in Passbase's systems
owner:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IdentityOwner'
score:
type: number
format: double
description: Float between 0 and 1 representing confidence that this identity is valid.
created:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the identity was created
updated:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the identity was updated
resources:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/IdentityResource'
description: resources attached to a verification
metadata:
type: object
description: Customer defined arbitrary payload initially passed through the client-sdk
watchlist:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/WatchlistResponse'
IdentityResource:
type: object
properties:
datapoints:
type: object
description: Dynamic key/value hashmap of the data extracted from the resource.
type:
type: string
description: All resource types that passbase supports
ResourceFile:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: Unique ID representing a resource file
created:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the resource was created
updated:
type: integer
description: Unix-timestamp of when the resource was updated
file:
type: string
format: binary
description: 'Raw bytes: the actual file'
PaginatedIdentities:
type: object
properties:
cursor:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Cursor'
data:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Identity'
responses:
NotFound:
description: The requested resource was not found.
TooManyRequests:
description: Rate limit exceeded.
Forbidden:
description: The credentials do not grant access to this resource.
Unauthorized:
description: Authentication credentials were missing or invalid.
securitySchemes:
SecuredKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: X-API-KEY
description: Secret API key sent in the X-API-KEY header. A Bearer JWT (identity_access_token) may also be supplied by prefixing the header value with "Bearer ".