Authentication Services
Shufti Pro performs a variety of authentication services for its customers. Our diverse services suite allows us to validate the identity of users through facial verification, document verification, phone number verification, and security questions verification.
Face Service
Shufti Pro Biometric SDK authenticates users with Facial Authentication and checks their liveness. This service is used as a default authentication service and can not be disabled.
Request Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| webhook_url | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters A number of server-to-server calls are made to the client to keep them updated about verification status. This allows them to keep the request updated on their end, even if the end-user is lost midway through the process. |
| language | Required: No Type: string Length: 2 characters If the client wants their preferred language to appear on the authentication screens they may provide the 2-characters long language code of their preferred language. The list of Supported Languages can be consulted for reference. If this key is missing in the request the system will select the default language as English. |
| reference | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters Each request has a unique Reference ID that is sent back to the client against each response. The client can use Reference ID to check the status of each verification. |
| request_type | Required: Yes Type: string This parameter decides the type of verification you want to perform. Note: If you want end-users to sign-up, use "enroll" as the value for request_type, or use "authenticate" if you want them to sign-in. |
| Required: No Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 128 characters This field represents the email address of end-user. Note: Providing email is optional during sign-up but necessary later in the registration process. |
Document Service
Shufti Pro Biometric SDK provides document verification through ID document. It gives an option to end-users to verify their data from ID document.
Request Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| webhook_url | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters A number of server-to-server calls are made to the client to keep them updated about verification status. This allows them to keep the request updated on their end, even if the end-user is lost midway through the process. |
| language | Required: No Type: string Length: 2 characters If the client wants their preferred language to appear on the authentication screens they may provide the 2-characters long language code of their preferred language. The list of Supported Languages can be consulted for reference. If this key is missing in the request the system will select the default language as English. |
| reference | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters Each request has a unique Reference ID that is sent back to the client against each response. The client can use Reference ID to check the status of each verification. |
| request_type | Required: Yes Type: string This parameter decides the type of verification you want to perform. Note: If you want end-users to sign-up, use "enroll" as the value for request_type, or use "authenticate" if you want them to sign-in. |
| document | Required: No Type: boolean This option decides if End-User’s ID document is validated or not. Give value 1 if you want to validate the ID document, or 0 if you want to skip it. |
| Required: No Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 128 characters This field represents the email address of end-user. Note: Providing email is optional during sign-up but necessary later in the registration process. |
Phone Service
Shufti Pro Biometric SDK provides phone number verification. Shufti Pro Biometric SDK verifies the phone number of end-users by sending a random code to their number from Shufti Pro. Once the sent code is entered into the provided field by end-user, phone number will stand verified. Shufti Pro will be responsible only to send the message along with verification code to the end-user and verify the code entered by the end-user.
Request Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| webhook_url | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters A number of server-to-server calls are made to the client to keep them updated about verification status. This allows them to keep the request updated on their end, even if the end-user is lost midway through the process. |
| language | Required: No Type: string Length: 2 characters If the client wants their preferred language to appear on the authentication screens they may provide the 2-characters long language code of their preferred language. The list of Supported Languages can be consulted for reference. If this key is missing in the request the system will select the default language as English. |
| reference | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 250 characters Each request has a unique Reference ID that is sent back to the client against each response. The client can use Reference ID to check the status of each verification. |
| request_type | Required: Yes Type: string This parameter decides the type of verification you want to perform. Note: If you want end-users to sign-up, use "enroll" as the value for request_type, or use "authenticate" if you want them to sign-in. |
| phone | Required: No Type: boolean This option decides if End-User’s phone number is validated or not. Give value 1 if you want to validate the phone number, or 0 if you want to skip it. |
| Required: No Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 128 characters This field represents the email address of end-user. Note: Providing email is optional during sign-up but necessary later in the registration process. |
Question Service
Shufti Pro Biometric SDK provides security questions verification for authentication. It takes the answers of the security question at the time of enrollment from the end-user. Once the end-user is successfully enrolled, it asks end-users to answer again on authentication to verify their answers.
Request Parameters
| Parameters | Description |
|---|---|
| webhook_url | Required: Yes Type: string This allows the Client to receive response of request, either success or fail. |
| language | Required: No Type: string Length: 2 characters If the Shufti Pro client wants their preferred language to appear on the authentication screens they may provide the 2-character long language code of their preferred language. The list of Supported Languages can be consulted for the language codes. If this key is missing in the request the system will select the default language as English. |
| reference | Required: Yes Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 64 characters Each request has a unique Reference ID which is sent back to Client against each response. The Client can use the Reference ID to check status of each verification. |
| request_type | Required: Yes Type: string This parameter decides the type of verification you want to perform. Note: Use "enroll" as the value for request_type if you want end-user to sign-up, or "authenticate" if you want end-user to sign-in. |
| question | Required: No Type: boolean This option decides if the end-users asked for security questions or not. Give value 1 if you want to validate security questions, or 0 if you want to skip it. |
| Required: No Type: string Minimum: 6 characters Maximum: 128 characters This field represents email address of the end-user. Note: During SignUp email is optional but will necessary in the later registration process. |