How it works
The KYC profile endpoints let you retrieve the verified identity-document details that Equals captured when a customer completed Guided identity verification during onboarding. There are two endpoints: one for a personal application, and one for an individual associated person — a director, ultimate beneficial owner (UBO), or applicant — on a business application. Results are always scoped to your own product. You can only retrieve KYC data for applications and people that belong to you.This feature is controlled per product and is off by default. To request access, contact your account manager. Calls from a product without it enabled return a
403.Prerequisites
Before you can retrieve a KYC profile:- The feature must be enabled for your product. It’s off by default — contact your account manager if you’re unsure whether you have access.
- The application must be approved and the customer must have completed identity verification. Until then, the profile is empty.
What you get
Each endpoint returns akycProfile array of verified identity documents. For each document you receive its type (passport, driving licence, and so on), the document number, the expiry and issue dates, and the issuing country — plus a top-level verifiedAt timestamp telling you when the identity was verified.
The KYC profile record has the following shape, shared by both endpoints:
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
idType | enum | Type of identity document captured. One of PASSPORT, ID_CARD, RESIDENCE_PERMIT, DRIVERS_LICENSE, VISA, or OTHER. |
idNumber | string | The number printed on the identity document. |
expiryDate | string (ISO 8601 date) | The document’s expiry date, for example 2030-06-15. |
issueDate | string (ISO 8601 date) | The document’s issue date, where captured. |
issuerCountry | string (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2) | Country of issuance as a two-letter code, where captured, for example GB. |
Some fields can be
null where Equals did not capture that value. For the complete field-level definitions, see the API reference for the application and associated person endpoints.Personal vs business applications
Which endpoint you call depends on the application type:- For a personal application, the identity document belongs to the applicant. Use the application endpoint.
- For a business application, identity documents belong to the associated people (directors, UBOs, and the applicant). Use the associated person endpoint, once per person.
Retrieving a KYC profile
- For a personal application, call
GET /v2/applications/{applicationId}/kyc-profilewith the application’s ID. - For a business application, first list the associated people with
GET /v2/applications/associated-people, then callGET /v2/applications/associated-people/{associatedPersonId}/kyc-profilefor each person whose verified data you need. - Read the verified document details from the
kycProfilearray in the response.
Example: personal application
Example: associated person
Things to know
kycProfileis an array. It usually contains a single document, but model it as a list.- An empty array (
[]) withverifiedAt: nullmeans no verified document data is available yet — for example, the customer hasn’t finished verification, or the KYC model in use didn’t capture a document. This is a200, not an error. - Some fields can be
nullwhere Equals didn’t capture that value. - You can only access applications and people belonging to your own product. Anything else returns a
404.
Errors
| Status | When it happens | Message |
|---|---|---|
401 Unauthorized | The authorisation type used is not supported for this endpoint. | Unsupported authorisation type |
403 Forbidden | KYC data sharing is not enabled for your product. | KYC data sharing is not enabled for this product |
404 Not Found | The application or associated person does not exist, or does not belong to your product. | Application not found / Associated person not found |