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API ReferenceVerification APIs

Tax

KRA PIN lookups.

POST
/v1/verifications/tax.kra-pin

Returns the KRA PIN registered to a Kenyan national ID number and the taxpayer name on it.

Price: set by your bundle; one charge per call. "Not found" answers (result.found: false) are charged. Source failures return 502 and are refunded.

Try it: choose a scenario from the example menu under the code sample and press Test Request. Paste your test key into Authentication in the window that opens (it is remembered); test keys return sandbox sample data, free.

Authorization

ApiKey
headerAuthorizationBearer <token>

Your API key. sk_test_… keys use the sandbox (sample data, free); sk_live_… keys query the real sources and are charged.

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key?string

Makes retries safe: a repeat with the same key and body returns the original verification without charging again. Up to 255 characters.

Lengthlength <= 255

Request Body

application/json
  1. body
idNumber*string

National ID number of the taxpayer.

Match^\d{6,10}$

Response Body

Verification completed; see result.

application/json
  1. response

One verification. Returned by every verification API, by GET /v1/verifications/{id}, and in webhooks.

id*string

Unique id; use it to fetch the verification again.

api*string

The verification API that was called, e.g. identity.national-id.

status*string

COMPLETED includes "not found" answers; FAILED means the source failed and the charge was refunded.

Value in"PENDING""COMPLETED""FAILED"
environment*string

TEST for test keys (sandbox data), LIVE for live keys.

Value in"LIVE""TEST"
result*|

The answer, specific to each API (see its examples). Always has found: false when the source holds no record.

error*|

Set when status is FAILED.

cost*string

Amount charged in KES, as a decimal string. "0" for test keys and failed verifications.

latencyMs?|

Time the source took to answer, in milliseconds.

createdAt*string
Formatdate-time
completedAt?|
Formatdate-time
curl -X POST 'https://restapi.nilinde.com/v1/verifications/tax.kra-pin' \  -H 'Idempotency-Key: 6f1c2a90-order-1042' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "idNumber": "12345678"}'
Example Response
{  "id": "cmhd2k7q80001s60h3x9f2a1b",  "api": "tax.kra-pin",  "status": "COMPLETED",  "environment": "LIVE",  "result": {    "found": true,    "idNumber": "12345678",    "taxpayer": {      "pin": "A000000000S",      "name": "JANE WANJIKU DOE"    }  },  "error": null,  "cost": "50",  "latencyMs": 412,  "createdAt": "2026-10-30T09:15:02.118Z",  "completedAt": "2026-10-30T09:15:02.530Z"}