API reference / overview

API overview

Integrate with SmartVerify’s stable client-facing abstraction. Provider credentials and upstream transport remain server-side implementation details.

Base URL and versioning

https://clientportal.smartverify.co.za/api/v1

# Documentation host
https://docs.smartverify.co.za/

Use the API base URL issued for your account. Versioned changes are announced in the changelog.

Core contract

Authenticate with a SmartVerify token, describe purpose and authority, reserve one idempotency key per business attempt, and treat 202/manual_review as a stop-and-review state.

Reference sections

Authentication, verification schemas, endpoint catalog and errors are separate pages.

Start with authentication →