Passport Verification API for Indian Passport File Number Checks

The required inputs are passport file number and date of birth. A unique verification ID is also used for request tracking. Name may be used depending on the verification flow.

No. This API supports Indian passport verification only.

The API can return verification status, passport file number, holder name, date of birth, application type, and the application received date.

No, not as part of the standard source response shown in the current API documentation. Do not rely on issue date or expiry date unless separately enabled in your Eko API response.

No. This is not an OCR or MRZ scan-verification API. It verifies passport details using structured input fields.

The API returns an invalid status. Your workflow should ask the user to verify the file number, date of birth, and name before retrying.

Verification is real-time with sub-second response times.

Sign up at ekostore.app/eps, verify your identity with your PAN and address details, load your wallet to test the verification APIs live, then integrate and go live.

EPS (Eko Platform Services) is the technology arm of Eko, providing the developer tools, AI tools, and APIs that power modern fintech integration.

Integrate in whichever way suits your stack: call the REST APIs directly, use our official SDKs (JavaScript and PHP) to skip request-signing boilerplate, or let an AI coding agent build the integration using our MCP server and skills. See the Developers and AI sections for each path.

Each request carries your static `developer_key` header plus a per-request `secret-key` header — an HMAC-SHA256 signature of the current timestamp, keyed by your access key. The access key itself is never sent over the wire. You receive UAT keys on signup and production keys after KYC.

Yes. A full sandbox environment is available immediately on signup. You can test your integration end-to-end before going live — no commitment required.

Sandbox and production share the same paths and differ only by base URL: use https://staging.eko.in/ekoapi/v3 for UAT / Sandbox, and https://api.eko.in/ekoicici/v3 for Production. A common cause of failures is calling the sandbox/staging URL with live credentials (or vice-versa) — make sure the base URL matches the keys you are using.

Production API access may require your static public (server) IP to be whitelisted. If your calls work from Postman but fail or time out from your own server, share your static public IP with us so we can whitelist it.

Most verification APIs return in real time with sub-second responses, and 99th-percentile latency stays under two seconds across verification endpoints. Transaction APIs (DMT, AePS, BBPS) respond within seconds.

Yes. The API is designed to handle large-scale volumes reliably without performance degradation.

Usage is billed per successful API call with no minimum commitment. Volume-based pricing tiers are available — contact our team for detailed rates.