KYC - Nigeria
Verify Individual Tax ID
Resolves and verifies an individual’s Tax ID using their National Identification Number (NIN).
POST
/
v2
/
api
/
identity
/
ng
/
tax-id
Verify Individual Tax ID
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"nin": "11111111111",
"isSubjectConsent": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id"
payload = {
"nin": "11111111111",
"isSubjectConsent": True
}
headers = {
"token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {token: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({nin: '11111111111', isSubjectConsent: true})
};
fetch('https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id', 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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id",
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([
'nin' => '11111111111',
'isSubjectConsent' => true
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("token", "<api-key>")
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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id")
.header("token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"id": "69370e9ebb6732a17ba651df",
"parentId": null,
"status": "found",
"reason": null,
"dataValidation": false,
"selfieValidation": false,
"firstName": "Sarah",
"lastName": "Doe",
"dateOfBirth": "1988-04-04",
"nin": "11111111111",
"taxId": "0000000000000",
"taxResidency": "Lagos State",
"isConsent": true,
"idNumber": "11111111111",
"businessId": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1a",
"type": "taxId",
"allValidationPassed": true,
"requestedAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.324Z",
"requestedById": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1c",
"country": "NG",
"createdAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.512Z",
"lastModifiedAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.512Z",
"adverseMediaReport": null,
"amlReport": null,
"metadata": {},
"requestedBy": {
"firstName": "API",
"lastName": "User",
"middleName": "",
"id": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1c"
}
},
"links": []
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 402,
"message": "Insufficient fund",
"name": "PaymentRequiredError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Too many requests",
"name": "RateLimitError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Service unavailable",
"name": "Error",
"data": {}
}Authorizations
Your Youverify API secret key. Never expose client-side.
Headers
API secret token
Body
application/json
Response
Success (found or not found)
⌘I
Verify Individual Tax ID
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'token: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"nin": "11111111111",
"isSubjectConsent": true
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id"
payload = {
"nin": "11111111111",
"isSubjectConsent": True
}
headers = {
"token": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {token: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({nin: '11111111111', isSubjectConsent: true})
};
fetch('https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id', 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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id",
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([
'nin' => '11111111111',
'isSubjectConsent' => true
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"token: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("token", "<api-key>")
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://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id")
.header("token", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.youverify.co/v2/api/identity/ng/tax-id")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["token"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"nin\": \"11111111111\",\n \"isSubjectConsent\": true\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"statusCode": 200,
"message": "success",
"data": {
"id": "69370e9ebb6732a17ba651df",
"parentId": null,
"status": "found",
"reason": null,
"dataValidation": false,
"selfieValidation": false,
"firstName": "Sarah",
"lastName": "Doe",
"dateOfBirth": "1988-04-04",
"nin": "11111111111",
"taxId": "0000000000000",
"taxResidency": "Lagos State",
"isConsent": true,
"idNumber": "11111111111",
"businessId": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1a",
"type": "taxId",
"allValidationPassed": true,
"requestedAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.324Z",
"requestedById": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1c",
"country": "NG",
"createdAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.512Z",
"lastModifiedAt": "2025-12-08T17:45:03.512Z",
"adverseMediaReport": null,
"amlReport": null,
"metadata": {},
"requestedBy": {
"firstName": "API",
"lastName": "User",
"middleName": "",
"id": "61d880f1e8e15aaf24558f1c"
}
},
"links": []
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 401,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 402,
"message": "Insufficient fund",
"name": "PaymentRequiredError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 403,
"message": "Permission denied",
"name": "UnauthorizedError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 429,
"message": "Too many requests",
"name": "RateLimitError",
"data": {}
}{
"success": false,
"statusCode": 500,
"message": "Service unavailable",
"name": "Error",
"data": {}
}