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POST
/
kyc
/
validate
/
bvn
Validate BVN
curl --request POST \
  --url https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'requestId: <requestid>' \
  --data '
{
  "bvn": "<string>",
  "firstName": "<string>",
  "lastName": "<string>",
  "otherName": "<string>",
  "dob": "<string>"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn"

payload = {
    "bvn": "<string>",
    "firstName": "<string>",
    "lastName": "<string>",
    "otherName": "<string>",
    "dob": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "requestId": "<requestid>",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    requestId: '<requestid>',
    Authorization: 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    bvn: '<string>',
    firstName: '<string>',
    lastName: '<string>',
    otherName: '<string>',
    dob: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'bvn' => '<string>',
    'firstName' => '<string>',
    'lastName' => '<string>',
    'otherName' => '<string>',
    'dob' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "requestId: <requestid>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"bvn\": \"<string>\",\n  \"firstName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"lastName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"otherName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"dob\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("requestId", "<requestid>")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn")
  .header("requestId", "<requestid>")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"bvn\": \"<string>\",\n  \"firstName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"lastName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"otherName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"dob\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://devapi.withedge.co/gateway/api/v1/kyc/validate/bvn")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["requestId"] = '<requestid>'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"bvn\": \"<string>\",\n  \"firstName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"lastName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"otherName\": \"<string>\",\n  \"dob\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
	"statusCode": 00,
	"message": "Completed successfully"
	"data": {},
	"errors": []
}

​
Validate BVN

Use this endpoint to validate a customer’s Bank Verification Number (BVN) along with their personal details.

​
Request Parameters

​
requestId
string
required
A unique identifier for the request, used for idempotency.
Example: e0b9f8d0-7a57-4a67-a8b2-4d7c7b5a37c9
​
bvn
string
required
The Bank Verification Number to be validated.
Example: 12345678901
​
firstName
string
required
The first name of the customer.
Example: John
​
lastName
string
required
The last name of the customer.
Example: Doe
​
otherName
string
The other names of the customer, if available.
Example: Michael
​
dob
string
required
The customer’s date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.
Example: 1990-01-01
{
	"statusCode": 00,
	"message": "Completed successfully"
	"data": {},
	"errors": []
}