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Everything you need to add Passwave to your product: the REST API, the drop-in libraries, and the open-source chip reader that powers verification.

This documentation is a preview. Passwave accounts are not open yet, so API keys are not being issued and the calls described here do not reach a live API. More on what's still to open.

Add verification in two calls.

Create a verification session and the API returns everything the browser needs to render the QR itself, plus the session id to poll. What comes back is a set of signed answers: over 18, one real person, an age band, and a code that lets you ask later whether a name matches. Never a document.

Open the API reference
REQUEST · cURL
curl https://api.passwave.com/api/verification/init \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_test_..." \
  -H "Accept: application/json"
RESPONSE · 200 OK
{
  "status": {
    "success": true,
    "code": 200,
    "message": "Verification session created"
  },
  "data": {
    "access_code": "AB3X-7K9M-2PQ5-4WZ8",
    "expires_at": "2026-04-29T12:10:00Z",
    "expires_in": 600
  }
}

The chip reader is open source.

Our reader is a Dart library that reads the RFID chip in passports and ID cards (ICAO 9303 / eMRTD). It's the exact reader our app uses. It's MIT-licensed, ported from an MIT-licensed reader, so you can read it, audit it, and ship it anywhere.

Which countries it reads is published in full: see chip coverage.

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