Flash Advanced Identity Verification – Worldwide

The IDV Flash Advanced  Identity Verification API service allows you to verify users' identities remotely in an easy, automated, and cost-effective way, including Liveness detection to ensure the user is actually present during the procedure.

The service operates continuously, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, supporting the verification of over 3,000 types of documents from more than 190 countries. The authenticity check of the document includes verification of the date and ID consistency, detection of any copies, and inspection of all Optical Variable Elements (OVE). The system also examines the physical appearance of the document, specific security features, and the production method. Checks performed include reading VIZ and MRZ zones, temporal validity validation, black and white image analysis, verification of holograms, watermarks and ILV, as well as examination of characteristics such as color, plasticity, impressions, embossing, perforations, micro-impressions and guilloches.

To effectively counter counterfeiting, artificial intelligence analyzes the dynamics and angle of documents through video, verifying the holographic elements typical of authentic documents. The system uses advanced anti-fraud technologies, combining biometric verification with artificial intelligence tools capable of detecting every type of counterfeiting, from photocopied documents to deepfake videos, with constantly updated algorithms to counter new threats. The entire identification process is completed in a few seconds, returning a detailed analysis of authenticity, data consistency and verification results. The high accuracy in information extraction minimizes the risk of error and significantly accelerates identity validation.

Based on video verification, the service is twice as fast and effective compared to traditional photo-based methods. Thanks to continuous learning on thousands of video samples, the system constantly refines its ability to recognize even the most sophisticated fraud attempts. Only in rare cases where the AI cannot complete the verification independently does a specialized operator intervene manually, still ensuring completion of the procedure within 2 minutes.

Unlike the Flash Start service, this solution also includes liveness detection: the system verifies the actual physical presence of the person, excludes fraud attempts through pre-recorded videos, digital injections or emulators, and confirms physical consistency through analysis of facial correspondence, distinctive features, apparent age and ear positioning.

Openapi offers 3 levels of global video identification:

The identification platform is available in 19 different languages and is completely "neutral" (no company logos will be visible).

With the Flash Advanced mode, users can carry out the entire video recognition procedure independently, at any time of the day and without time constraints.

The identification procedure is primarily based on six steps:

The service is identified by the endpoint https://trust.openapi.com/idv-flash-advanced

REQUEST EXAMPLE

POST idv-flash-advanced

The only required fields to include in the request payload are:

{
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "name": "Mario Openapi",
  "redirectUrl": "https://openapi.com",
  "callback": {
    "url": "https://your-server.site/idv-callback",
    "custom": {
      "orderId": "idv-check-123"
    }
  }
}

It is also possible to set a callback to be notified whenever the status changes.

RESPONSE EXAMPLE

POST /idv-flash-advanced

The response will include data on:

{
   "createdAt": "2025-11-19T16:33:12+00:00",
   "updatedAt": "2025-11-19T16:33:12+00:00",
   "email": "[email protected]",
   "name": "Mario Openapi",
   "redirectUrl": "https://openapi.com",
   "state": "NEW",
   "verificationUrl": "https://openapi.com",
   "status": "pending_redirection",
   "details": "",
   "riskLabels": [],
   "id": "691df14809a1848428063cc4",
   "documents": [],
}

The desktop link will lead to a QR code that must be scanned by the smartphone to start the identification procedure. The video recognition procedure is very flexible and can be structured according to the integrator's needs. During identification, remind the user not to refresh the page or close the browser window; otherwise, the procedure will restart from the beginning. The same applies if the internet connection is interrupted.

RETRIEVE IDENTITY VERIFICATION REQUEST

REQUEST EXAMPLE

GET /idv-flash-advanced/{id}

Once the verification process is completed and the request status is DONE, you can access the identity verification request details.

https://trust.openapi.com/idv-flash-advanced/66a8ed9b82cf2ae627012068

RESPONSE EXAMPLE

GET /idv-flash-advanced/{id}

The response will include the request status (NEW or DONE), verification status, and all data extracted from the document.

{
   "createdAt": "2025-11-19T16:33:12+00:00",
   "updatedAt": "2025-11-19T16:33:12+00:00",
   "email": "[email protected]",
   "name": "Mario Openapi",
   "redirectUrl": "https://openapi.com",
   "state": "NEW",
   "verificationUrl": "https://openapi.com",
   "status": "pending_redirection",
   "details": "",
   "riskLabels": [],
   "id": "691df14809a1848428063cc4",
   "documents": 
   {
       "type": "ID",
       "number": "CA12345AA",
       "issuingCountry": "IT",
       "issueDate": "2019-10-30",
       "expiryDate": "2030-08-24",
       "mrz": "XXXXXX"
       "birthDate": "2003-08-24",
       "firstName": "MARIO",
       "lastName": "OPENAPI",
       "fullName": "MARIO OPENAPI"
   }
  ]
}

Through HTTP headers, it is possible to request results in the following formats:

Additionally, it is possible, via the dedicated endpoints, to retrieve the front or back of the document, or the image captured of the face.

The video identification service is the ideal solution for all regulated and non-regulated activities that require user verification, such as: