Paystack Verification API

Identity, BVN, bank account, card BIN, country, bank, and address-verification lookups used to validate customers, beneficiary accounts, and cards before transacting.

OpenAPI Specification

paystack-verification-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Paystack Verification API
  description: Identity, BVN, account number, card BIN, country, bank, and address-verification lookups used to validate customers,
    banks, and cards before transacting.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: support@paystack.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
tags:
- name: Verification
paths:
  /bvn/match:
    post:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: Match Service
      operationId: verification_bvnMatch
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/paths/~1bvn~1match/post/requestBody/content/application~1json/schema'
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              required:
              - account_number
              - bank_code
              - bvn
              properties:
                account_number:
                  description: Bank Account Number
                  type: string
                bank_code:
                  description: You can get the list of banks codes by calling the List Bank endpoint
                  type: integer
                bvn:
                  description: 11 digits Bank Verification Number
                  type: string
                first_name:
                  description: Customer's first name
                  type: string
                middle_name:
                  description: Customer's middle name
                  type: string
                last_name:
                  description: Customer's last name
                  type: string
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /bank/resolve_bvn/{bvn}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: Resolve BVN
      operationId: verification_resolveBvn
      parameters:
      - name: bvn
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /bank/resolve:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: Resolve Account Number
      operationId: verification_resolveAccountNumber
      parameters:
      - name: account_number
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: 0022728151
      - name: bank_code
        in: query
        schema:
          type: integer
        example: '063'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /decision/bin/{bin}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: Resolve Card BIN
      operationId: verification_resolveCardBin
      parameters:
      - name: bin
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /country:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: List Countries
      operationId: verification_listCountries
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /bank:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: Fetch Banks
      operationId: verification_fetchBanks
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: country
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: pay_with_bank_transfer
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - in: query
        name: use_cursor
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - in: query
        name: perPage
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: next
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: previous
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: gateway
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /address_verification/states:
    get:
      tags:
      - Verification
      summary: List States (AVS)
      operationId: verification_avs
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: type
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: country
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: currency
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
  schemas:
    Customer:
      allOf:
      - type: object
        required:
        - email
        properties:
          email:
            description: Customer's email address
            type: string
      - type: object
        properties:
          first_name:
            description: Customer's first name
            type: string
          last_name:
            description: Customer's last name
            type: string
          phone:
            description: Customer's phone number
            type: string
          metadata:
            description: Stringified JSON object of custom data
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - authorization_code
        properties:
          authorization_code:
            description: Customer's authorization code to be deactivated
            type: string
      - type: object
        required:
        - customer
        properties:
          customer:
            description: Customer's code, or email address
            type: string
          risk_action:
            description: "One of the possible risk actions [ default, allow, deny ]. allow to whitelist. \ndeny to blacklist.\
              \ Customers start with a default risk action.\n"
            type: string
            enum:
            - default
            - allow
            - deny
      - type: object
        required:
        - type
        - country
        - bvn
        - bank_code
        - account_number
        properties:
          type:
            description: Predefined types of identification.
            type: string
            enum:
            - bvn
            - bank_account
          country:
            description: Two-letter country code of identification issuer
            type: string
          bvn:
            description: Customer's Bank Verification Number
            type: string
          bank_code:
            description: You can get the list of bank codes by calling the List Banks endpoint (https://api.paystack.co/bank).
            type: string
          account_number:
            description: Customer's bank account number.
            type: string
          value:
            description: Customer's identification number. Required if type is bvn
            type: string
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
    Response:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          type: boolean
        message:
          type: string
        data:
          type: object
security:
- bearerAuth: []