Flash Start Identity Verification – Worldwide
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The automated solution for fast and secure verification of users’ identities and documents worldwide, compliant with GDPR, the European PSD2 directive, and certified according to the ETSI standard.
The Flash Start Identity Verification API allows you to confirm users' identities remotely in a fast, secure, and cost-effective way, offering global coverage. It verifies the authenticity of documents and extracts and validates their data with maximum accuracy and reliability.
The service is available 24/7 and supports over 3,000 types of documents from more than 190 countries. Document authenticity verification includes checking the ID date and consistency, detecting potential copies, and verifying all Optical Variable Elements (OVE). It also evaluates the document’s physical aspects, adherence to specific security features, and production method. Examples of checks include reading VIZ and MRZ, document validity, analysis of black-and-white images, verification of holograms, watermarks and ILV, examination of color, plasticity and impressions, as well as checks on embossing, perforations, micro-impressions, and guilloches.
To combat counterfeiting, artificial intelligence analyzes the document’s movement and angle via video, verifying the holographic elements characteristic of authentic documents. The identification process is completed in seconds, providing a detailed analysis of authenticity, data consistency, and verification results: the high accuracy of data extraction minimizes errors and accelerates identity validation.
Based on video verification, the service is twice as fast and effective as traditional photo-based methods and, thanks to continuous learning on thousands of video samples, constantly improves its ability to detect even sophisticated fraud attempts. Only in cases where AI cannot complete the verification does a specialized operator intervene manually, ensuring the procedure is completed within 2 minutes.
With identification APIs, you can deliver legally compliant services and products in reduced timeframes, without requiring the customer’s physical presence at your offices, while drastically reducing the risk of fraud.
Three levels of global video identification are available on Openapi:
- Flash Start Identity Verification
- Flash Advanced Identity Verification
- Expert Identity Verification
The identification platform is available in 19 different languages and is completely “neutral” (no company logos will be displayed).
With the Flash Start mode, users can independently carry out the entire video identification process at any time of the day, without scheduling constraints.
The identification procedure is primarily based on five steps:
- Browser compatibility, connection check, and camera detection
- Consent acceptance
- Selection of document type and country
- Video recording of the document and its movements
- Verification of document authenticity and user identity
The Flash service, compared to the other two services, does not include liveness detection.
The service is identified by the endpoint https://trust.openapi.com/idv-flash-start
REQUEST EXAMPLE
POST /idv-flash-start
The only mandatory fields to include in the payload when making the request are:
- the full name of the user who must be identified and the email address of the requester (identifier)
- Redirection page after identification is completed (redirectUrl)
{
"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 the callback to receive updates when a status change occurs.
RESPONSE EXAMPLE
POST /idv-flash-start
The response will include data on:
- Timestamp of request creation
- Requester Email (necessary to send the verification OTP)
- Requester Full Name
- URL to which the user will be redirected after the process
- Request Status (NEW or DONE)
- URL to access the verification process (verificationUrl)
- Status and Details (verification status)
- Risk Labels (risk elements detected during identification)
- Request ID (unique identifier)
- Documents (document list)
{
"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 using a smartphone to start the identification process. The video identification process is highly flexible and can be structured according to the integrator’s needs. During the identification phase, remind the user not to refresh the page or close the browser window. Otherwise, the procedure will restart from the beginning. The same applies in case of an internet connection interruption.
RETRIEVE IDENTITY VERIFICATION REQUEST
REQUEST EXAMPLE
GET /idv-flash-start/{id}
Once the verification process is completed and the request has moved to the DONE state, you will be able to access the details of the identity verification request.
https://trust.openapi.com/idv-flash-start/66a8ed9b82cf2ae627012068RESPONSE EXAMPLE
GET /idv-flash-start/{id}
The response will include the request status (NEW or DONE), the 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"
}
]
}You can specify in the header the format in which you want to obtain the request details: JSON or PDF.
The video identification service is the ideal solution for all regulated and non-regulated activities that require user verification, such as:
- Opening of bank or payment accounts
- Credit applications
- Activation of digital wallets (crypto, e-money, stablecoins)
- Subscription to insurance policies or claims settlement in the insurance sector
- User verification (Age Verification) for online betting platforms
- Identification of the applicant for the issuance of advanced qualified signatures or digital signatures
- Short-term rental or car and scooter sharing
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Video Identification services allow you to verify users' identities remotely in a simple, fast, and secure way, minimizing the risk of fraud. The use of advanced technologies and artificial intelligence algorithms ensures high accuracy and reliability in verifying both documents and the individual's identity.
The global video identification services are:
- Flash Start Video Identification
- Flash Advanced Video Identification
- Expert Video Identification
The services differ based on how identity verification is carried out:
1. Flash Start Identity Verification
A fully automated, AI-based identification process designed to provide fast, secure, and cost-effective verification. The service accurately extracts and validates data from thousands of identity documents from over 200 countries and territories.
It integrates advanced AI-based authenticity checks and, when necessary, the support of a specialized fraud prevention team. During the procedure, the user is required to record a video of the identity document (front and back), including its movement and tilt, to allow authenticity checks.
The service is GDPR-compliant, aligned with the European PSD2 directive, and certified according to ETSI standards.
2. Flash Advanced Identity Verification
Retains all the advantages of the Flash Start service (full automation, speed, and cost efficiency) and also includes Liveness detection, which verifies the user’s actual presence during the identification process.
In addition to recording the identity document, the user is required to record their face with specific facial movements to enhance security and prevent fraud attempts.
The service is GDPR-compliant, aligned with the European PSD2 directive, and certified according to ETSI standards.
3. Expert Identity Verification
A high-security identification solution that combines Liveness detection with an in-depth review carried out by a team of anti-fraud experts. Every stage of the process is supported by human review, ensuring maximum reliability even in complex cases.
In addition to recording the identity document and the face with specific facial movements, further verification steps are required to enhance security and prevent fraud attempts.
The service is GDPR-compliant, aligned with the PSD2 directive, certified according to ETSI standards, and compliant with major AML regulations.
The system performs a series of checks to verify the authenticity of the document. These include, for example, analyzing identification data and verifying their consistency, detecting any copies or duplications, and checking all optically variable elements (OVEs) such as holograms, watermarks, and latent image variable inks. The system also checks the physical appearance of the document (color, plasticity, and impression), examines specific security elements such as embossing and perforations, and verifies the production method through micro-printing and guilloche patterns.
The video recognition service is available in more than 190 countries.
You can find the full list of supported countries here.
The Video Identification interface is available in 19 languages, including:
Chinese (Simplified), Dutch, English (UK/US), Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Latvian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish.
Video identification services are ideal for businesses that require reliable and compliant user identification, such as:
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SIM activation
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Digital onboarding
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Contract signing
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Gaming
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Rentals
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Financial and banking procedures
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Human Resources
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Age verification
All solutions are compliant with the GDPR, the EU PSD2 Directive, and are certified according to the ETSI EN 119 461 standard.
In addition, the Expert Certified service is also compliant with AML regulations in force in France, Italy, Spain, and Belgium.
The service is available 24/7.
The service is delivered within a few seconds. Only in cases where the AI cannot complete the verification process, a specialized operator intervenes, still ensuring completion within 2 minutes.
Prices start from €0.65 with a subscription or €0.85 for individual requests charged to a prepaid wallet.
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