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# Verify driving licence

> This endpoint verifies an Australian driving licence against official government records. It performs a field-by-field comparison and returns match results for each submitted detail.

### Headers

**X-API-Version** `string` *required* (default: 1.2)

The API version to use. Supported versions are `1.1` and `1.2`.

### Request Body Parameters

**birth\_date** `string` *required*

Date of birth of the licence holder. Format: YYYY-MM-DD.

**given\_name** `string` *required*

The first name of the licence holder.

**family\_name** `string` *required*

The last name of the licence holder.

**licence\_number** `string` *required*

The driving licence number to verify.

**card\_number** `string` *required*

The card number associated with the licence.

**state\_of\_issue** `string` *required*

The state where the licence was issued. Must be one of: NSW, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA, ACT, NT.

### Response Body

| Field | Type | Description |
| - | - | - |
| `message` | string | A message describing the response status (e.g. "Verification Result"). |
| `data`object | object | The driving licence verification result data. |
| ↳`documentResult` | object | Contains the overall verification result including ActivityId, OriginatingAgencyCode, VerificationRequestNumber, and VerificationResultCode ("Y" for verified, "N" for not verified). |
| ↳`documentDetails` | object | Field-by-field match results. Each field (GivenName, FamilyName, LicenceNumber, CardNumber, BirthDate, StateOfIssue, etc.) will have a value of "Full Match", "Partial Match", or "No Match". |
| ↳`status` | string | Overall verification status. "Y" indicates the document is verified, "N" indicates it is not verified. |

### Response Codes

| Code | Description |
| - | - |
| 200 | The driving licence was successfully verified and the match results are returned. |
| 400 | Bad Request. Missing or invalid parameters. |
| 401 | Unauthorized. Missing or invalid credentials. |
| 500 | Internal Server Error. |

```bash cURL theme={null}
curl -X POST https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license \
  -u "YOUR_UUID:YOUR_SECRET" \
  -H "X-API-Version: 1.2" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
  "given_name": "john",
  "family_name": "smith",
  "licence_number": "94977000",
  "card_number": "99999999",
  "state_of_issue": "VIC"
}'
```

```javascript Node.js theme={null}
const response = await fetch("https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: "Basic " + Buffer.from("YOUR_UUID:YOUR_SECRET").toString("base64"),
    "X-API-Version": "1.2",
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
    "given_name": "john",
    "family_name": "smith",
    "licence_number": "94977000",
    "card_number": "99999999",
    "state_of_issue": "VIC"
  }),
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
```

```python Python theme={null}
import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license",
    auth=("YOUR_UUID", "YOUR_SECRET"),
    headers={
        "X-API-Version": "1.2",
    },
    json={
        "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
        "given_name": "john",
        "family_name": "smith",
        "licence_number": "94977000",
        "card_number": "99999999",
        "state_of_issue": "VIC",
    },
)

print(response.json())
```

```ruby Ruby theme={null}
require "net/http"
require "json"
require "uri"

uri = URI("https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license")
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)
request.basic_auth("YOUR_UUID", "YOUR_SECRET")
request["X-API-Version"] = "1.2"
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request.body = <<~JSON
  {
    "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
    "given_name": "john",
    "family_name": "smith",
    "licence_number": "94977000",
    "card_number": "99999999",
    "state_of_issue": "VIC"
  }
JSON

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts JSON.parse(response.body)
```

```php PHP theme={null}
<?php

$ch = curl_init("https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license");

curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
    CURLOPT_USERPWD => "YOUR_UUID:YOUR_SECRET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "X-API-Version: 1.2",
        "Content-Type: application/json",
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => <<<'JSON'
{
  "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
  "given_name": "john",
  "family_name": "smith",
  "licence_number": "94977000",
  "card_number": "99999999",
  "state_of_issue": "VIC"
}
JSON,
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

print_r(json_decode($response, true));
```

```java Java theme={null}
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.util.Base64;

public class Example {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String credentials = Base64.getEncoder()
            .encodeToString("YOUR_UUID:YOUR_SECRET".getBytes());

        String body = String.join("\n",
            "{",
            "  \"birth_date\": \"1965-01-01\",",
            "  \"given_name\": \"john\",",
            "  \"family_name\": \"smith\",",
            "  \"licence_number\": \"94977000\",",
            "  \"card_number\": \"99999999\",",
            "  \"state_of_issue\": \"VIC\"",
            "}"
        );

        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license"))
            .header("Authorization", "Basic " + credentials)
            .header("X-API-Version", "1.2")
            .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
            .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(body))
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}
```

```go Go theme={null}
package main

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

func main() {
	body := strings.NewReader(`{
  "birth_date": "1965-01-01",
  "given_name": "john",
  "family_name": "smith",
  "licence_number": "94977000",
  "card_number": "99999999",
  "state_of_issue": "VIC"
}`)

	req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license", body)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.SetBasicAuth("YOUR_UUID", "YOUR_SECRET")
	req.Header.Set("X-API-Version", "1.2")
	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()

	data, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(data))
}
```

```csharp .NET theme={null}
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

using var client = new HttpClient();

var request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Post, "https://qa-payments.mygigsters.com.au/api/v1/verify/driving-license");
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue(
    "Basic", Convert.ToBase64String(Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes("YOUR_UUID:YOUR_SECRET")));
request.Headers.Add("X-API-Version", "1.2");
request.Content = new StringContent(@"{
  ""birth_date"": ""1965-01-01"",
  ""given_name"": ""john"",
  ""family_name"": ""smith"",
  ""licence_number"": ""94977000"",
  ""card_number"": ""99999999"",
  ""state_of_issue"": ""VIC""
}", Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
```

```json Response theme={null}
{
  "message": "Verification Result",
  "data": {
    "documentResult": {
      "attributes": {
        "i:type": "DriverLicenceResponse"
      },
      "ActivityId": "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "OriginatingAgencyCode": "XXXX",
      "VerificationRequestNumber": "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX",
      "VerificationResultCode": "Y"
    },
    "documentDetails": {
      "GivenName": "Full Match",
      "MiddleName": "Full Match",
      "FamilyName": "Full Match",
      "LicenceNumber": "Full Match",
      "CardNumber": "Full Match",
      "BirthDate": "Full Match",
      "BirthDay": "Full Match",
      "BirthMonth": "Full Match",
      "BirthYear": "Full Match",
      "StateOfIssue": "Full Match",
      "CountryOfIssue": "Full Match",
      "ImmiCardNumber": "Full Match",
      "CardType": "Full Match",
      "ExpiryDay": "Full Match",
      "RegistrationState": "Full Match"
    },
    "status": "Y"
  }
}
```


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