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.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Identity Verification
- KYC
- Identity Proofing
- AML
- eSign
created: '2026-06-25'
modified: '2026-06-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: idnow:idnow-identifications-api
  name: IDnow Identifications API
  tags:
  - Identifications
  - KYC
  - Onboarding
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/idnow-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Create and drive identification orders for a company. Endpoints create
    an identification for a transaction, start it, and request the video chat step,
    authenticated with the company login token obtained from the gateway login.
- aid: idnow:idnow-results-api
  name: IDnow Results & Retrieval API
  tags:
  - Results
  - Retrieval
  - Documents
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/idnow-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Retrieve the result of a completed identification as JSON and download
    the captured documents and evidence, optionally including the ID-document and face
    images once the identification has finished.
- aid: idnow:idnow-autoident-api
  name: IDnow AutoIdent API
  tags:
  - AutoIdent
  - Automated KYC
  - Document Verification
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs-autoident.idnow.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/idnow-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Fully automated digital identity verification that establishes ownership
    and authenticity of a user's ID document and matches it against a live selfie,
    created and retrieved through the same gateway identification resources.
- aid: idnow:idnow-videoident-api
  name: IDnow VideoIdent API
  tags:
  - VideoIdent
  - Video KYC
  - Ident Specialist
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/idnow-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/idnow.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/idnow.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Human-assisted identity verification where a user presents a supported
    ID document over video chat guided by an IDnow Ident Specialist, including a request
    to enter the video-chat queue for the identification.
- aid: idnow:idnow-webhooks-api
  name: IDnow Webhooks
  tags:
  - Webhooks
  - Events
  - Notifications
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
  baseURL: https://gateway.idnow.de/api/v1
  properties:
  - url: https://docs-videoident.idnow.io/
    type: Documentation
  - url: openapi/idnow-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  description: Status-change notifications delivered to a subscriber URL when an identification
    changes state. Webhooks are delivered by GET by default and support a [statusCode]
    placeholder in the configured callback URL.
common:
- 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
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com