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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34.0/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 20/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessEnterpriseSelf serve

4 APIs

Identity Verification KYCIdentity ProofingAML eSign

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 34.0/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.1 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 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 Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 4

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

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.

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

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

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.
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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APIs 4

IDnow Authentication API

IDnow Identifications API

IDnow Results API

IDnow VideoIdent API

Open Collections 6

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IDnow Gateway Authentication API

IDnow Gateway Authentication Identifications API

IDnow Gateway Authentication Results API

IDnow Gateway Authentication VideoIdent API

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