Veriff Sessions API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Veriff Public API
  version: '1.0'
  description: >-
    Minimal OpenAPI for the Veriff identity verification public API. Covers
    sessions, media uploads, decisions, attempts, persons, and watchlist
    screening.
  x-generated-from: https://devdocs.veriff.com/apidocs
  x-generated-by: claude-crawl-2026-05-08
servers:
  - url: https://stationapi.veriff.com/v1
    description: Veriff Station API v1
security:
  - VeriffAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Sessions
  - name: Media
  - name: Decisions
  - name: Attempts
  - name: Persons
  - name: Watchlist
paths:
  /sessions:
    post:
      tags: [Sessions]
      summary: Create a verification session
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Session created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    patch:
      tags: [Sessions]
      summary: Update session status (e.g. mark as submitted)
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Session updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    delete:
      tags: [Sessions]
      summary: Delete a session (testing only)
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Session deleted
  /sessions/{sessionId}/collected-data:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    post:
      tags: [Sessions]
      summary: Upload supplementary end-user data for a session
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Data accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}/media:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    post:
      tags: [Media]
      summary: Submit identity documents and biometric media to a session
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Media accepted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
    get:
      tags: [Media]
      summary: List media metadata attached to the session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Media list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/validate-registry:
    post:
      tags: [Sessions]
      summary: Create session and validate national ID registry data
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Registry validation result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}/decision:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    get:
      tags: [Decisions]
      summary: Retrieve verification decision for a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Decision payload
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}/person:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    get:
      tags: [Persons]
      summary: Retrieve extracted person data for a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Person record
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}/watchlist-screening:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    get:
      tags: [Watchlist]
      summary: Retrieve PEP and sanctions screening results for a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Screening result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /sessions/{sessionId}/attempts:
    parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/SessionId'
    get:
      tags: [Attempts]
      summary: List attempt identifiers for a session
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attempt list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /attempts/{attemptId}/media:
    parameters:
      - name: attemptId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
    get:
      tags: [Attempts]
      summary: Retrieve media information for a specific attempt
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Attempt media list
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /media/{mediaId}:
    parameters:
      - name: mediaId
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
    get:
      tags: [Media]
      summary: Download an individual media file
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Media payload
          content:
            application/octet-stream:
              schema:
                type: string
                format: binary
components:
  parameters:
    SessionId:
      name: sessionId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    VeriffAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-AUTH-CLIENT
      description: >-
        Veriff requires X-AUTH-CLIENT (API key) and X-HMAC-SIGNATURE
        (HMAC-SHA256 of the request body using the shared secret) headers
        on every request.