INE validation service

INE service

The service makes the identification, classification and validation of the voter identification card issued by the National Electoral Institute to verify the authenticity and trust of the data by consulting directly in the official entities.

Versioning

The service has two versions, you can specify it by sending the number in the param v or x-Version even both params. These are optionals.

The default version is 2.0. If you specify the version, the parameters (v,x-Version) must be exactly the same.

Rest Web service description

The service offers two ways to verify the authenticity of official documents.

1.- Identification and classification The first is the identification and classification, the pre-processing parameters checkQuality, checkPatterns, checkFace are used to add the results of the physical and quality controls in the validation equation of the document. These parameters do not change the function of the service, as "identification and classification" is done to determine OCR processing and metadata retrieval.

Parameters to send: checkQuality (default true), checkPatterns (default true), checkFace (optional).

2.- Validation The second is the validation phase, the post-processing or "metadata validation" modify the execution of the service.

Parameters to send: checkInfo (by default true and optional), checkCurp (by default true and optional).

And finally, debugRenapo (not considered for the validation process).

~/api/Business/ine

Versions

  • Version 2 (2.0)
  • Supports voter ID types D, E, F, G and H.
  • Validate INE data at INE nominal list and get metadata found.
  • Validate CURP data at RENAPO and get metadata found.

-Version 3 (3.0) -Improvement of INE document classification to prevent identity theft by detecting some specific characteristics of taxonomy.

Parameters

Tag Type Required Description
checkInfo boolean yes Data verification. Default value true.
checkQuality boolean yes Quality verification on front and back documents. Default value true.
checkPatterns boolean yes Patters verification to validate authenticity of documents. Default value true.
checkCurp boolean yes CURP verification in RENAPO database. Default value true.
checkFace boolean no Face of the person in the mexican ID. Default value true.
debugRenapo boolean no Flag to send the same error as RENAPO was unavailable. Default value false.
v string no Service version, must be 2, 2.0., 3 o 3.0
FrontFile file yes Image File of the front side of INE.
BackFile file yes Image File of the back side of INE.

Note 1: File's weight max is 4 MB. The minimum 1MB. Note 2: File formats allowed are .JPG .PNG and .JPEG. Note 3: The maximum size allowed 4992px x 3328px Note 4: Image with focus. Note 5: Cropped INE image without excess of background is required. Note 6: Vertical orientation.

Required characteristics for images (front and back).

Characteristic Description
Focused The images must be focused and show readable information for the correct execution of the OCR process.
Brightness The images must not show glare, brightness or contrast alterations that cause error in the validation of authenticity.
Quality The documents must have legibility characteristics, not be modified, not present physical damage or alteration.
Figure The image should preferably be in the shape of a rectangle, where only the credential is shown without excessive background. Likewise, for both sides of the document.
Accepted types The credential have to be types D, E, F, G or H.

Headers

Tag Type Required Description
ApiKey string yes Customer key.
x-Version string no Service version, must be 2, 2.0, 3 o 3.0.

FormData

{
  "checkInfo": boolean,
  "checkQuality": boolean,
  "checkPatterns": boolean,
  "checkCurp": boolean,
  "checkFace": boolean,
  "debugRenapo": boolean,
  "FrontFile": file,
  "BackFile": file
}

Response:

Correct:

Name Type Description
Valid boolean The result of verifications.
type string Result of the type identified for the different documents like TypeDEF or TypeGH.
Validations
info boolean Result of INE validations process.
quality boolean Quality check for INE Image. Cannot have glare and it must be on focus.
curp boolean Result of CURP verification in RENAPO database.
patternCheck boolean Result of INE pattern check.
face boolean Result of face check.
nominalListCheck boolean Result of Ine verification in Nominal List.
Front
focus boolean Checks if the front image it is in focus.
glare boolean Checks if the front image does not have glare.
Back
focus boolean Checks if the back image it is in focus.
glare boolean Checks if the back image does not have glare.
Data
name string Name.
firstlastname string First Surname.
secondlastname string Second Surname.
addressline string Address Line one.
addressline2 string Address Line two.
addressline3 string Address Line tree.
electoralId string Voter ID.
curp string Clave Única de Registro de Población.
dateOfbirth string Date of birth.
sex string Gender.
folio string Identifier for the IDs type C located on the front. Type C credential, obsolete format that can no longer vote.
idNumber string Id number for the IDs type C located on the back. Type C credential, obsolete format that can no longer vote.
idmex string Id number for the IDs type DEF located on the back.
mz1 string First line of values in the back of the id. Does not apply to type C. Type C, obsolete format that can no longer vote.
mz2 string Second line of values in the back of the id. Does not apply to type C. Type C credential, obsolete format that can no longer vote.
mz3 string Third line of values in the back of the id. Does not apply to type C.Type C credential, obsolete format that can no longer vote.
expirationDate string Expiration Date of the document.
CURP Data from RENAPO
curp string Clave Única de Registro de Población.
names string Name.
lastname string First Surname.
secondlastname string Second Surname.
sex string Gender.
dateofbirth string Date of birth.
nationality string Nationality.
entity string Entity of birth.
crip string Identity registration key.
statusCurp string Status of CURP.
folio string Folio.
probationaryDocument string Probationary Document.
foreignerNumber string Foreigner number.
registrationEntity string Entity of registry.
tome string Tome of registry.
municipalityRegistryKey string Municipal registration key.
yearOfregistry string Year of registry.
registryEntityKey string Entity registration key.
page string Page of registry.
actNumber string Act number.
book string Book of registry.
Nominal List Data from INE
canVote boolean Identification can be used to vote.
type string Identification type.
electorCode string Electoral code.
cicNumber string Credential Identification Code.
issueNumber string Issue number.
issueYear string Issue year.
registrationYear string Year of registry.
ocrNumber string Optical Character Recognition Code.
expDate string Expiration date.
warnings array Error messages.

JSON file

{
  "valid": boolean,
  "type": "string",
  "validations": {
    "info": boolean,
    "quality": boolean,
    "curp": boolean,
    "patterns": boolean,
    "face": boolean,
    "nominalListCheck": boolean
  },
  "front": {
    "focus": boolean,
    "glare": boolean
  },
  "back": {
    "focus": boolean,
    "glare": boolean
  },
  "data": {
    "name": "string",
    "firstLastName": "string",
    "secondLastName": "string",
    "addressLine1": "string",
    "addressLine2": "string",
    "addressLine3": "string",
    "electoralId": "string",
    "curp": "string",
    "dateOfBirth": "string",
    "sex": "string",
    "folio": "string",
    "idNumber": "string",
    "idMex": "string",
    "mz1": "string",
    "mz2": "string",
    "mz3": "string",
    "expirationDate": "string"
  },
  "curpData": {
    "curp": "string",
    "names": "string",
    "lastname": "string",
    "secondlastname": "string",
    "sex": "string",
    "dateofbirth": "string",
    "nationality": "string",
    "entity": "string",
    "crip": "string",
    "statusCurp": "string",
    "folio": "string",
    "probationaryDocument": "string",
    "foreignerNumber": "string",
    "registrationEntity": "string",
    "tome": "string",
    "municipalityRegistryKey": "string",
    "yearOfregistry": "string",
    "registryEntityKey": "string",
    "page": "string",
    "actNumber": "string",
    "book": "string"
  },
  "nominalListData": {
    "canVote": true,
    "type": "string",
    "electorCode": "string",
    "cicNumber": "string",
    "issueNumber": "string",
    "issueYear": "string",
    "registrationYear": "string",
    "ocrNumber": "string",
    "expDate": "string"
  },
  "warnings": [{
    "code": "string",
    "message": "string"
  }]
}

Error:

Name Type Description
code string Error code.
message string Error message.
fullMessaeg string Full message means join of the code ot client and Error message.
{
  "code": "string",
  "message": "string"
  "fullMessage": "string"
}

Service messages

Code Message Description
00 Success Indicates whether the request was successful or unsuccessful. If everything goes well, the structure of the data will be displayed.
Errors
INE001 Incorrect params. There is no backFile or frontFile. Message that is displayed when the request has been completed successfully but its response has no content, (Example: when the front and back image is not sent).
INE002 Incorrect information. There is not frontFile. Message that is displayed when the front image is not sent.
INE003 Incorrect information. There is not backFile. Message that is displayed when the back image is not sent.
INE004 The format of the input document does not correspond to any of the allowed JPG, JPEG and PNG Message that is displayed when the back or front file is not an image format file.
INE005 INE / IFE document was not detected in ineFront or ineBack images. Message displayed when the image does not correspond to a correct INE or IFE.
INE006 The file size is not within the approximate range of 4 MB allowed. Message displayed when the file is larger than the allowed.
INE008 Something was wrong, we are working on the failure. Message displayed when there is an error on the server.
INE009 Access Denied. ApiKey not present. Message displayed when a request is received with an unauthorized ApiKey.
INE010 Unable to identify INE type. Message displayed when the image cannot be classificated.
INE011 We detect two images of the same side. Message displayed when the two images received are the same side of the document. This could be two front or two back.
INE012 Front image type: {Type} not supported. Message displayed when the front side of the document corresponds to a document type that is not supported because is expired. Example: Document type B.
INE013 Back image type: {Type} not supported. Message displayed when the back side of the document corresponds to a type of document that is not supported because is expired. Example: Document type B.
INE014 Access Denied. ApiKey header not found. Message displayed when the ApiKey does not exist.
INE015 Unable to identify INE type in ineFront and/or ineBack images. Message displayed when the images type do not match or could not be detect.
Warnings
INE100 Glare detected on front image Message displayed when glare detected in the front image.
INE101 Glare detected on back image Message displayed when glare detected in the back image.
INE102 Front image without focus Message displayed when blur detected in the front image.
INE103 Back image without focus Message displayed when blur detected in the back image.
INE104 Inconsistent data found on INE. Message displayed when inconsistency was found in the data obtained from the INE.
INE106 Person not detected in ineFront. Message displayed when the face is not detected in ineFront
INE107 CURP was not found in RENAPO. Message displayed when CURP was not found in RENAPO.
INE108 CURP validation was not performed with RENAPO. Message displayed when RENAPO service was not available.
INE111 The RENAPO service was not available. Message displayed when CURP service of RENAPO was not available.
INE112 The Electoral Id was not found. Message displayed when the Electoral Id couldn't be read.
INENL008 Unable to validate data. Message displayed when the timeout for validation against the source is exceeded.
INENL009 No information related to the entered data was found. Message displayed when no information related to the entered data was found.
INENL010 The credential is not accepted as official identification. Message displayed when the credential cannot be use as official identification.
INENL011 The credential is not valid to vote. Message displayed when the credential cannot be use to vote.
INENL014 This is not the latest voter ID issued, check the current IFE/INE. Message displayed when exist a more recent identification.