POSTName Match API

AI-powered name comparison trained on 100M+ Indian name records — returns a match score (0–1) and match category for automated KYC decisions.

POST/tools/kyc/name-match

Name Match is an AI-powered name comparison API built for India's complex naming conventions. Trained on over 100 million Indian name records, it handles initials, abbreviations, phonetic and regional spelling variants, salutation patterns (S/O, D/O), subset matching, and name ordering variations — returning a numeric score and match category that let you set rule-based pass/fail thresholds.

Body parameters

Field	Type	Required	Description
`initiator_id`	string	required	Registered mobile number of the API user (see Platform Credentials).e.g. 9962981729
`client_ref_id`	string	optional	Unique reference id per API call, generated by your system.e.g. REQ-20260101-001
`name_1`	string	required	First name string to compare (e.g. the name from a PAN card or bank record).e.g. S K Mishra
`name_2`	string	required	Second name string to compare against name_1 (e.g. the name from an Aadhaar or GST record).e.g. Satish Kumar Mishra

initiator_idstringRequired

Registered mobile number of the API user (see Platform Credentials).

example: 9962981729

client_ref_idstringoptional

Unique reference id per API call, generated by your system.

example: REQ-20260101-001

name_1stringRequired

First name string to compare (e.g. the name from a PAN card or bank record).

example: S K Mishra

name_2stringRequired

Second name string to compare against name_1 (e.g. the name from an Aadhaar or GST record).

example: Satish Kumar Mishra

Headers

Field	Type	Required	Description
`developer_key`	string	required	Static API key issued to your account after KYC.
`secret-key`	string	required	Dynamic per-request signature: base64(HMAC-SHA256(timestamp, base64(access_key))).
`secret-key-timestamp`	string	required	Current time in milliseconds since UNIX epoch, used to compute secret-key. Must match server time.
`content-type`	string	required	application/jsone.g. application/json

developer_keystringRequired

Static API key issued to your account after KYC.

secret-keystringRequired

Dynamic per-request signature: base64(HMAC-SHA256(timestamp, base64(access_key))).

secret-key-timestampstringRequired

Current time in milliseconds since UNIX epoch, used to compute secret-key. Must match server time.

content-typestringRequired

application/json

example: application/json

Responses

statusnumber
Primary success indicator (0 = success).
messagestring
Human-readable response / error message.
response_status_idnumber
Granular status id; see the shared error-codes table.
response_type_idnumber
A unique id for every possible response shape (success or error) — useful for client logic branching and analytics.
dataobject
API-specific response payload.
- name_1string
  The first name string as submitted in the request.
- name_2string
  The second name string as submitted in the request.
- scorenumber
  Numeric match score between 0 and 1. Thresholds: 1.0 = Direct Match; 0.85–0.99 = Good Partial Match; 0.60–0.84 = Moderate Partial Match; 0.34–0.59 = Poor Partial Match; 0.00–0.33 = No Match.
- reasonstring
  Human-readable explanation of the match result — effectively the match category label along with the AI model's rationale (e.g. initials expansion, phonetic match, subset match).

POSTName Match API

Body parameters

Headers

Responses

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