Paxos Identity Documents API
The Identity Documents API allows clients to send documents to Paxos to validate identitiesduring the KYC process. Files can be updated multiple times by re-sending the document typefor processing.We currently accept the following file formats:- pdf- jpg- pngSteps to upload a document are as follows:1. Send a PUT request to /identity/identities/{id}/documents to get the upload URL.1. Send your document to the provided URL via a PUT request. Take the following example using curl: $ curl --upload-file Proof_of_residence.jpg $URI Uploaded document metadata will be available via GET request to /identity/identities/{id}/documents
Paxos Identity Documents API is one of 43 APIs that Paxos publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Identity documents. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 6 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.paxos.com/v2, https://api.sandbox.paxos.com/v2.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 1
Paxos Identity Documents API declares
1 security scheme
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the clientCredentials flow, exposing 36 scopes.
OAuth2— Paxos APIs use [OAuth 2](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749) with the [client credentials](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6749section-4.4) grant flow. Token U…
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
The Identity Documents API allows clients to send documents to Paxos to validate identities during the KYC process. Files can be updated multiple times by re-sending the document…
Schemas 6
The contract defines 6 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Problem (5 properties), DocumentDescription (5 properties), DocumentUploadResponse (3 properties), ListIdentityDocumentsResponse (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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