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Driving Licence Verification API

Verify a driving licence number against the national transport database. Get the holder's name, issuing state, validity dates and permitted vehicle classes, so you know who can legally drive what before they start.

Response: Real-time
Inputs: 2 required
Consent: Not required
Billing: Per successful call

Get API access API reference

POST /v1/driving-license-verification

Sandbox · Production

Your application sends
- Driving licence number*
- Date of birth*
Profiden API

Validates the request, queries the source, normalises the answer and logs the call. Billed only on success.
Verified with

National transport database (Sarathi)
You receive
- Verification status
- Registered name
- Issuing state
- Valid until
- Permitted vehicle classes

driving-license-verification Full reference

What the Driving Licence Verification API does

For delivery fleets, logistics, ride-hailing and any role that puts someone behind a wheel, a valid licence is a safety and liability requirement, not a formality. This API checks the licence number and date of birth against the transport authority and returns the record as it stands today.

Because validity and vehicle classes come back explicitly, you can enforce policy rules automatically: expired licences are blocked, and a two-wheeler licence is not accepted for a light commercial vehicle role.

Where it is used

Staffing & Gig Logistics E-commerce Automotive & Rentals

Good to know

Same key and response envelope as every other Profiden API.
Synchronous call: the result comes back in the same request.
Also available as a check inside Profiden cases, with a PDF report.
Sandbox demo hits let you integrate before production billing.

Benefits of the Driving Licence Verification API

Confirm a driving licence is valid, current and permits the right vehicle class.

Safety and liability cover

Prove that every driver held a valid licence for the vehicle class at the time of onboarding.

Expiry handling

Validity dates let you schedule renewals and re-verify before a licence lapses.

Vehicle-class rules

Match permitted classes to the role automatically instead of reading licence cards by hand.

Real-time at scale

Built for thousands of gig sign-ups a day without a manual queue.

Use cases

Driving Licence Verification API use cases

Where the Driving Licence Verification API is typically called, and what it settles there.

Delivery and gig partner onboarding

Verify licence before activating a rider on the platform.

Fleet and logistics hiring

Confirm commercial vehicle classes for drivers and operators.

Ride-hailing and rentals

Validate customer or driver licences before handing over a vehicle.

General ID verification

Accept a licence as identity proof in background checks with source validation.

How the Driving Licence Verification API works

Request and response details, environments and a ready-to-import collection are in the developer console at console.profiden.com.

Authenticate

Call with your organisation API key. Sandbox and production use the same contract.

Send the inputs

Driving licence number, Date of birth as a JSON body. Optional fields sharpen the match.

We verify at source

Profiden queries the authoritative record, normalises the answer and logs the request.

Act on the result

A verification status plus the fields listed above, in the same response envelope as every other API.

Open the Driving Licence Verification reference

Driving Licence Verification API: frequently asked questions

What teams ask before adding the Driving Licence Verification API to their integration.

Yes. The lookup runs against the national transport database, which consolidates licences issued by state authorities.

Yes. Many fleets re-verify at renewal or every few months. Each call is billed as a single hit and returns the current record.

The validity date is returned so your workflow can block, warn or request a renewed licence. Profiden case workflows can raise an insufficiency to the candidate automatically.