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IDnow

IDnow is a European identity-verification platform offering automated (AutoIdent) and human-assisted (VideoIdent) KYC/identity proofing, plus eID and qualified electronic signing (eSign). Its RESTful gateway API lets companies create identification orders, drive the verification flow, retrieve results and documents, and subscribe to status webhooks.

IDnow publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Authentication API, Identifications API, Results API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Identity Verification, KYC, Identity Proofing, AML, and eSign.

IDnow’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, engineering blog, and 8 more developer resources.

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33.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware saas Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
AccessEnterpriseSelf serve
1 APIs
Identity VerificationKYCIdentity ProofingAMLeSign

Kin Score

Kin Score Kin Score How this is scored →
scored 2026-09-14 · rubric v0.22.0
Composite quality — 33.0/100 · thin
Contract Quality 11.7 / 23
Developer Ergonomics 4.5 / 18
Access Clarity 5.2 / 18
Operational Transparency 2.8 / 12
Contract Governance 0.0 / 11
Discoverability 6.2 / 9
Create-or-Update Ergonomics 0.0 / 10
Agent readiness — 20/100 · agent aware
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
Documented Reversibility 0 / 6
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
Delegated User Identity 0 / 6
Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5
Registration Without a Human 0 / 6
Agentic Commerce Well-Known Document 0 / 5
Create-or-Update Ergonomics applies to this provider. This API accepts writes, so it carries 10 points of the composite. It is scored from the published contracts themselves: whether a caller can create-or-update in one call, whether the write accepts a key the caller already holds, and whether the response says which branch ran. Without that, every write needs a search-and-branch in front of it, and the first time that check is skipped a duplicate record is created. Scored against the observed mean rather than raw — a provider at the catalog average is unchanged by this facet, not penalised by it.
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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

IDnow Authentication API

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

IDnow Identifications API

The Identifications API from IDnow — 2 operation(s) for identifications.

IDnow Results API

The Results API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for results.

IDnow VideoIdent API

The VideoIdent API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for videoident.

Open Collections 6

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

API Collection

OPEN COLLECTION

IDnow Gateway Authentication API

OPEN COLLECTION

IDnow Gateway Authentication Identifications API

OPEN COLLECTION

IDnow Gateway Authentication Results API

OPEN COLLECTION

IDnow Gateway Authentication VideoIdent API

OPEN COLLECTION

IDnow Gateway API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Idnow Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Idnow Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Idnow Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Idnow Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Idnow Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DNSSEC · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Idnow Agentic Access

5 operations · 4 acting

5 operations · 4 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization
GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn
LinkedIn
 Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: idnow
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/idnow/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: IDnow
kind: company
description: IDnow is a European identity-verification platform offering automated (AutoIdent) and human-assisted (VideoIdent)
  KYC/identity proofing, plus eID and qualified electronic signing (eSign). Its RESTful gateway API lets companies create
  identification orders, drive the verification flow, retrieve results and documents, and subscribe to status webhooks.
deliveryModel:
  model: saas
  open_source: false
  commercial: true
  callable_host: true
  label: Hosted service · you call their endpoint
  confidence: high
  source:
  - openapi
  - pricing
  generated: '2026-08-28'
  method: derived
accessModel:
  pricing: enterprise
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Enterprise · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/idnow.png
tags:
- Identity Verification
- KYC
- Identity Proofing
- AML
- eSign
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: idnow:idnow-authentication-api
  name: IDnow Authentication API
  description: The Authentication API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for authentication.
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  tags:
  - Authentication
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/idnow-authentication-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
- aid: idnow:idnow-identifications-api
  name: IDnow Identifications API
  description: The Identifications API from IDnow — 2 operation(s) for identifications.
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  tags:
  - Identifications
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/idnow-identifications-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
- aid: idnow:idnow-results-api
  name: IDnow Results API
  description: The Results API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for results.
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  tags:
  - Results
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/idnow-results-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
- aid: idnow:idnow-videoident-api
  name: IDnow VideoIdent API
  description: The VideoIdent API from IDnow — 1 operation(s) for videoident.
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  tags:
  - VideoIdent
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/idnow-videoident-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  - type: PostmanCollection
    url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
  - type: OpenCollection
    url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/idnow-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/idnow-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/idnow-authentication.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/idnow
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/idnow
- type: Website
  url: https://www.idnow.io
- type: Documentation
  url: https://www.idnow.io/developers/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/idnow-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/idnow-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/idnow-finops.yml
- url: https://idnow.io/feed/
  type: Blog
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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