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.
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.
Request
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 (max 20 characters).e.g. 2026010100123456789 |
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_idstringRequiredRegistered mobile number of the API user (see Platform Credentials).
example: 9962981729
client_ref_idstringoptionalUnique reference ID per API call, generated by your system (max 20 characters).
example: 2026010100123456789
name_1stringRequiredFirst name string to compare (e.g. the name from a PAN card or bank record).
example: S K Mishra
name_2stringRequiredSecond name string to compare against name_1 (e.g. the name from an Aadhaar or GST record).
example: Satish Kumar Mishra
These headers authenticate and sign every request. See How Auth Works for details.
| 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_keystringRequiredStatic API key issued to your account after KYC.
secret-keystringRequiredDynamic per-request signature: base64(HMAC-SHA256(timestamp, base64(access_key))).
secret-key-timestampstringRequiredCurrent time in milliseconds since UNIX epoch, used to compute secret-key. Must match server time.
content-typestringRequiredapplication/json
example: application/json
Responses
statusnumberPrimary success indicator (0 = success).
messagestringHuman-readable response / error message.
response_status_idnumberGranular status id; see the shared error-codes table.
response_type_idnumberA unique id for every possible response shape (success or error) — useful for client logic branching and analytics.
dataobjectAPI-specific response payload.
name_1stringThe first name string as submitted in the request.
name_2stringThe second name string as submitted in the request.
scorenumberNumeric 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.
reasonstringHuman-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).