KRA PIN by ID

Look up a KRA PIN using a taxpayer national ID via POST /api/v1/kra-pin-by-id. HTTP 200 and 404 are billable.

Request

POST/api/v1/kra-pin-by-id

{{baseUrl}}/api/v1/kra-pin-by-id

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
taxpayer_id	string	Taxpayer national ID number	required
taxpayer_type	string	KE \| NKE \| NKENR \| COMP (default KE). Provider call always uses KE.	optional
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

{
  "taxpayer_id": "sample-value",
  "taxpayer_type": "sample-value",
  "consent": true
}

Response

200 OKSample dataExample response

{
  "success": true,
  "response_code": 200,
  "message": "KRA PIN by ID verification successful",
  "data": {
    "taxpayer_id": "1028845317",
    "taxpayer_pin": "A100284531Z",
    "taxpayer_name": "James Kamau",
    "taxpayer_type": "Individual",
    "status": "Active"
  },
  "request_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
}

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
data.taxpayer_id	string	National ID used for the lookup
data.taxpayer_pin	string	KRA PIN
data.taxpayer_name	string	Taxpayer name
data.taxpayer_type	string	Taxpayer type (e.g. Individual)
data.status	string	PIN status (e.g. Active)

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	KRA PIN returned successfully	Yes
400	Validation — taxpayer_id required; taxpayer_type if set must be KE\|NKE\|NKENR\|COMP	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	ID not found in KRA records (code 30002)	Yes
408	Not typically used for KRA — upstream failures map to 503	No
429	Rate limited	No
502	Not typically used for KRA — upstream failures map to 503	No
503	KRA connection / service unavailable	No

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.