Authorization
Shufti Pro API uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can view and manage your API keys in your Shufti Pro Backoffice. Authorization to API is performed via HTTP Basic Auth & Access Token. The verification request will fail without authorization.
BASIC AUTH
Shufti Pro provides Authorization to clients through the Basic Auth header. Your Client ID will serve as your Username while the Secret Key will serve as your Password. The API will require this header for every request.
Fields | Required | Description |
---|---|---|
username | Yes | Enter Client ID as username. |
password | Yes | Enter your Secret Key as password. |
To obtain the client_id and secret_key, please navigate to the settings page in your backoffice.

- Http
- Javascript
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Java
//POST / HTTP/1.1 basic auth
//Host: api.shuftipro.com
//Content-Type: application/json
//Authorization: Basic NmI4NmIyNzNmZjM0ZmNlMTlkNmI4WJRTUxINTJHUw==
{
"reference" : "1234567",
"callback_url" : "http://www.example.com/",
"email" : "[email protected]",
"country" : "GB",
"language" : "EN",
"verification_mode" : "any",
"face" : {
"proof" : ""
}
}
let payload = {
reference : `SP_REQUEST_${Math.random()}`,
callback_url : "https://yourdomain.com/profile/sp-notify-callback",
email : "[email protected]",
country : "GB",
language : "EN",
verification_mode : "any",
}
payload['face'] = {
proof : ""
}
var token = btoa("YOUR_CLIENT_ID:YOUR_SECRET_KEY");
fetch('https://api.shuftipro.com/', { method : 'post',
headers : {
'Accept' : 'application/json',
'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
'Authorization' : 'Basic ' +token
},
body: JSON.stringify(payload)}).then(function(response) {
return response.json();
}).then(function(data) { return data; });
<?php
$url = 'https://api.shuftipro.com/';
$client_id = 'YOUR-CLIENT-ID';
$secret_key = 'YOUR-SECRET-KEY';
$verification_request = [
"reference" => "ref-".rand(4,444).rand(4,444),
"callback_url" => "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
"email" => "[email protected]",
"country" => "GB",
"language" => "EN",
"verification_mode" => "any",
];
$verification_request['face'] = [
"proof" => ""
];
$auth = $client_id.":".$secret_key;
$headers = ['Content-Type: application/json'];
$post_data = json_encode($verification_request);
$response = send_curl($url, $post_data, $headers, $auth);
function send_curl($url, $post_data, $headers, $auth){
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $auth);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data);
$html_response = curl_exec($ch);
$header_size = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
$headers = substr($html_response, 0, $header_size);
$body = substr($html_response, $header_size);
curl_close($ch);
return json_decode($body,true);
}
echo $response['verification_url'];
import requests, base64, json, hashlib
from random import randint
url = 'https://api.shuftipro.com/'
client_id = 'YOUR-CLIENT-ID'
secret_key = 'YOUR-SECRET-KEY'
verification_request = {
"reference" : "ref-{}{}".format(randint(1000, 9999), randint(1000, 9999)),
"callback_url" : "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
"email" : "[email protected]",
"country" : "GB",
"language" : "EN",
"verification_mode" : "any"
}
verification_request['face'] = {
"proof" : ""
}
auth = '{}:{}'.format(client_id, secret_key)
b64Val = base64.b64encode(auth.encode()).decode()
response = requests.post(url,
headers={"Authorization": "Basic %s" % b64Val, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
data=json.dumps(verification_request))
json_response = json.loads(response.content)
print('Verification URL: {}'.format(json_response))
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'base64'
require 'json'
require 'open-uri'
url = URI("https://api.shuftipro.com/")
CLIENT_ID = "YOUR-CLIENT-ID"
SECRET_KEY = "YOUR-SECRET-KEY"
verification_request = {
reference: "Ref-"+ (0...8).map { (65 + rand(26)).chr }.join,
callback_url: "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
email: "[email protected]",
country: "GB",
language: "EN",
redirect_url: "http://www.example.com",
verification_mode: "any"
}
verification_request["face"] = {
proof: ""
}
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
header_auth = Base64.strict_encode64("#{CLIENT_ID}:#{SECRET_KEY}")
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Basic #{header_auth}"
request.body = verification_request.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String url = "https://api.shuftipro.com/";
String CLIENT_ID = "CLIENT_ID";
String SECRET_KEY = "SECRET_KEY";
URL obj = new URL(url);
HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
// Add request header
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
String basicAuth = "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString((CLIENT_ID + ":" + SECRET_KEY).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);
String payload = "{\n \"reference\" : \"1234567\",\n \"callback_url\" : \"http://www.example.com/\",\n \"email\" : \"[email protected]\",\n \"country\" : \"GB\",\n \"language\" : \"EN\",\n \"verification_mode\" : \"any\",\n \"face\" : {\n \"proof\" : \"\"\n }\n}";
// Send post request
con.setDoOutput(true);
DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(con.getOutputStream());
wr.writeBytes(payload);
wr.flush();
wr.close();
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
System.out.println("\nSending 'POST' request to URL : " + url);
System.out.println("Payload : " + payload);
System.out.println("Response Code : " + responseCode);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
System.out.println(in.toString());
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
// Print the response
System.out.println(response.toString());
}
}
ACCESS TOKEN
Shufti Pro provides Bearer Access Token Authorization method. Client can generate temporary access token using new access token endpoint. The shared token will be used to authorize API requests.
The token shared with the client will be valid for 10 minutes and can be used once only.
Field | Required | Description |
---|---|---|
Authorization | Yes | Enter your authorization token. |
- Http
- Javascript
- PHP
- Python
- Ruby
- Java
//POST / HTTP/1.1 access token
//Host: api.shuftipro.com
//Content-Type: application/json
//Authorization: Bearer NmI4NmIyNzNmZjM0ZmNlMTlkNmI4WJRTUxINTJHUw==
{
"reference" : "1234567",
"callback_url" : "http://www.example.com/",
"email" : "[email protected]",
"country" : "GB",
"language" : "EN",
"verification_mode" : "any",
"face" : {
"proof" : ""
}
}
let payload = {
reference : `SP_REQUEST_${Math.random()}`,
callback_url : "https://yourdomain.com/profile/sp-notify-callback",
email : "[email protected]",
country : "GB",
language : "EN",
verification_mode : "any",
}
payload['face'] = {
proof : ""
}
var token = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";
fetch('https://api.shuftipro.com/', { method : 'post',
headers : {
'Accept' : 'application/json',
'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
'Authorization' : 'Bearer ' +token
},
body: JSON.stringify(payload)}).then(function(response) {
return response.json();
}).then(function(data) { return data; });
<?php
$url = 'https://api.shuftipro.com/';
$access_token = 'YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN';
$verification_request = [
"reference" => "ref-".rand(4,444).rand(4,444),
"callback_url" => "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
"email" => "[email protected]",
"country" => "GB",
"language" => "EN",
"verification_mode" => "any",
];
$verification_request['face'] = [
"proof" => ""
];
$headers = ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Authorization: Bearer ' . $access_token];
$post_data = json_encode($verification_request);
$response = send_curl($url, $post_data, $headers);
function send_curl($url, $post_data, $headers){
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $headers);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $post_data);
$html_response = curl_exec($ch);
$header_size = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HEADER_SIZE);
$body = substr($html_response, $header_size);
curl_close($ch);
return json_decode($body,true);
}
echo $response['verification_url'];
import requests, base64, json, hashlib
from random import randint
url = 'https://api.shuftipro.com/'
access_token = 'YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN';
verification_request = {
"reference" : "ref-{}{}".format(randint(1000, 9999), randint(1000, 9999)),
"callback_url" : "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
"email" : "[email protected]",
"country" : "GB",
"language" : "EN",
"verification_mode" : "any"
}
verification_request['face'] = {
"proof" : ""
}
response = requests.post(url,
headers={"Authorization": "Bearer %s" % access_token, "Content-Type": "application/json"},
data=json.dumps(verification_request))
json_response = json.loads(response.content)
print('Verification URL: {}'.format(json_response))
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'base64'
require 'json'
require 'open-uri'
url = URI("https://api.shuftipro.com/")
ACCESS_TOKEN = "YOUR-ACCESS-TOKEN"
verification_request = {
reference: "Ref-"+ (0...8).map { (65 + rand(26)).chr }.join,
callback_url: "https://yourdomain.com/profile/notifyCallback",
email: "[email protected]",
country: "GB",
language: "EN",
redirect_url: "http://www.example.com",
verification_mode: "any"
}
verification_request["face"] = {
proof: ""
}
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{ACCESS_TOKEN}"
request.body = verification_request.to_json
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.DataOutputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.net.URL;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
import java.util.Base64;
import javax.net.ssl.HttpsURLConnection;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
String url = "https://api.shuftipro.com/";
String CLIENT_ID = "CLIENT_ID";
String SECRET_KEY = "SECRET_KEY";
URL obj = new URL(url);
HttpsURLConnection con = (HttpsURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
// Add request header
con.setRequestMethod("POST");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");
String basicAuth = "Basic " + Base64.getEncoder().encodeToString((CLIENT_ID + ":" + SECRET_KEY).getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", basicAuth);
String payload = "{\n \"reference\" : \"1234567\",\n \"callback_url\" : \"http://www.example.com/\",\n \"email\" : \"[email protected]\",\n \"country\" : \"GB\",\n \"language\" : \"EN\",\n \"verification_mode\" : \"any\",\n \"face\" : {\n \"proof\" : \"\"\n }\n}";
// Send post request
con.setDoOutput(true);
DataOutputStream wr = new DataOutputStream(con.getOutputStream());
wr.writeBytes(payload);
wr.flush();
wr.close();
int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
System.out.println("\nSending 'POST' request to URL : " + url);
System.out.println("Payload : " + payload);
System.out.println("Response Code : " + responseCode);
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
System.out.println(in.toString());
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
// Print the response
System.out.println(response.toString());
}
}