Driving License

Look up a Kenyan driving license by national ID via POST /api/v1/dl/ke. Returns license and holder details when available. Other country codes are not supported yet.

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Request

POST/api/v1/dl/ke

{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/dl/ke

Header

Header	Type	Description
Authorization	string	`Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN` from the OAuth client-credentials flow
Content-Type	string	application/json

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	Required
id_number	string	National ID of the license holder (6–10 digits)	required
consent	boolean	Must be true — confirms data-subject consent to perform this verification	required
customer_number	string	Optional reference for your own tracking (max 255 characters)	optional

Sample request body

All verification APIs require consent: true in the JSON body.

Sample dataSample request body

{
  "id_number": "12345678",
  "consent": true
}

Response

200 OKSample dataExample response

{
  "success": true,
  "response_code": 200,
  "message": "Driving License Details Fetched Successfully",
  "country": "ke",
  "data": {
    "full_name": "JOHN DOE",
    "first_name": "JOHN",
    "last_name": "DOE",
    "id_number": "12345678",
    "date_of_birth": "1990-01-01",
    "gender": "M",
    "citizenship": "KE",
    "verification_status": "Valid",
    "serial_number": "DL-1000001",
    "license_number": "DL-1000001",
    "dl_class": "B",
    "date_of_issue": "2020-01-01",
    "date_of_expiry": "2030-01-01",
    "status": "valid",
    "points": "20",
    "blood_group": "UNKNOWN",
    "is_valid": true,
    "phone_number": "+254700000000",
    "email": "john.doe@example.com",
    "address": "123 Sample Street",
    "city": "Nairobi",
    "postal_address": "P.O. Box 12345-00100",
    "kra_pin": "A000000000A",
    "file_reference_number": "FRN-1000001",
    "has_smart_dl": "yes",
    "id_type": "citizen",
    "loader": "NO",
    "nc_classes": "B",
    "sub_classes_of_i": "B1",
    "certificate_of_competency_number": "COC-1000001",
    "certificate_of_competency_issued_date": "2019-12-01"
  },
  "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440003"
}

Response Fields

Field	Type	Description
success	boolean	Whether the request succeeded
response_code	number	Application response code (typically mirrors HTTP)
message	string	Human-readable status message
data	object	Payload for the verified resource
request_id	string	UUID for support and audit trails

Error codes

Standard Peleza HTTP / response_code values (same across all API calls). Validation message text is endpoint-specific. Full reference: Error Codes.

Code	When	Billed?
200	License details returned	Yes
400	Validation — id_number required, 6–10 digits	No
401	Missing or invalid Bearer token	No
402	Insufficient wallet balance or credit limit	No
403	No active wallet or billing profile (or service not enabled)	No
404	Driving license not found	Yes
408	Upstream timeout / service error	No
429	Rate limited	No
502	Upstream bad or unreadable response	No
503	Verification service unavailable	No

404 — not found

404Sample data404 — not found

{
  "success": false,
  "response_code": 404,
  "message": "Driving License Not Found",
  "description": "There is no information for the requested search parameters",
  "country": "ke",
  "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440031"
}

Set {{baseUrl}} to https://api.peleza.com (production) or https://sandbox.peleza.com (sandbox). Authenticated calls need a Bearer token from POST /api/v1/oauth/token.