Web Method Details V2
API Versions This documentation relates to an old version of the greenID API. Version 2 was deprecated in October 2017. See greenID API v5 for the current version.
RegisterVerification
This method must be called before any of the other web methods in this API for a verification of an individual person. This method will register the person’s details, a.k.a. the “master record”, with greenID. This method establishes a verificationId
that must be used to identify this particular verification attempt in subsequent method calls.
This method also performs a series of background checks, as per the configuration of the caller's greenID account. This may range from no checks at all, to a comprehensive set of checks including international watchlists, credit header checks, and even checks of government issued documents, such as Medicare cards and passports, via the Australian Government’s Document Verification Service (DVS).
The results of the registration process and background checks are returned to the caller in a currentStatusV2
object. This object contains:
- the result of the verification process thus far;
- a list of data sources that will help the person become fully verified; and
- a user token, if one was requested (see parameters below).
A Note on Addresses
The Address
complex type is intended for use with all international addresses. The country field should be populated with the ISO 3166 alpha2 country code, i.e. the two character country abbreviation such as "AU" or "NZ". For full details about the country codes, please refer to https://www.iso.org/obp/ui/#search.
As a specific note about New Zealand addresses, the "city" element is not required for any current greenID data sources, so this is not required to be passed to greenID. Populating the suburb element into the suburb field is sufficient for the current range of New Zealand data sources. Also, the state field can be left blank for New Zealand addresses.
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
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| Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an accountId, which is a unique identifier by which greenID knows the caller. This |
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| Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
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| May be | Each verification attempt for a person must have a |
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| Yes | Callers have one or more rules configured for their greenID account. This string must identify one of those rules. Contact greenID for the names of the rules configured for your account. If only one rule is configured, then the string “default” will automatically select that rule. |
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| Yes | |
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| May be | Must be a valid email address following the Standard Hibernate validation and checking Top Level Domain (TLD) is valid. See https://data.iana.org/TLD/tlds-alpha-by-domain.txt |
| Address | Yes | |
| Address | May be | |
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| Yes | Must be a valid date in the past |
homePhone | String | May be | If present, must be 10 digits only. |
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| May be | If present, must be 10 digits only. |
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| May be | If present, must be 10 digits only, starting with “04”. |
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| May be | This parameter is only needed for customers using the ReD Shield device verification service. Customers not using this service can leave this field blank. If you are using the ReD Shield device verification service, then please contact Edentiti for technical details regarding this field. |
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| No | This parameter indicates whether a verification token is required. If "true", the |
extraData | List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter allows the customer to send extra data that will need to be agreed upon before implementation. It will be a simple key/value format. If there is no previous agreement for certain keys to be sent in this field then it will be ignored. |
Return Value
This method returns currentStatusV2
object. The following members will be populated:
verificationResult
– this member will contain the results of all the background checks that were performed.sourceList
– this field will contain a list of data sources, which will help the person become fully verified.registrationDetails
- this field will contain all the details that were supplied for registration.
Exceptions
InvalidCustomerIdException
– the accountId input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidRuleIdException
– theruleId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.InvalidSourceIPAddressException
- if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.
Note that exceptions will be wrapped and returned using the normal SOAPFault
mechanism.
GetSources
This method is used to get a list of data sources, which, if completed, will help a person become fully verified. The method will also return the person’s verification status to date.
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
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|
| Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an |
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| Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
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| Yes | This parameter must be a valid |
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| No | This parameter is reserved for the SimpleUI. All customers should ignore this parameter, and set it to null. |
| List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter is used to send additional request information to greenID. The various parameters are mentioned as required in this documentation. |
Return Value
This method returns currentStatusV2
object. The following members will be populated:
verificationResult
– this field contains the results of checks that have been performed to date, and the person’s current verification status.sourceList
– this field will contain a list of data sources, which will help the person become fully verified.registrationDetails
- this field will contain all the details that were supplied for registration.
Exceptions
The following exceptions may be thrown:
InvalidCustomerIdException
– theaccountId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.VerificationIdNotFoundException
- theverificationId
supplied could not be found in greenID.InvalidSourceIPAddressExceptio
n - if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.
GetFields
This method is used to get a list of source fields required for a particular data source. The method will also return the person’s verification status to date
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
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accountId | String | Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an |
password | String | Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
verficationId | String | Yes | This parameter must be a valid |
verificationToken | String | No | This parameter is reserved for the SimpleUI. All customers should ignore this parameter, and set it to null. |
sourceId | String | Yes | This parameter is the name of the data source for which the fields are being requested. It must be a non-blank string that is a valid data source name. For a complete list of available data sources, please refer to <insert reference here>. If the data source cannot be found, then the list of fields will be empty. |
extraData | List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter is used to send additional request information to greenID. The various parameters are mentioned as required in this documentation. |
Return Value
This method returns currentStatusV2
object. The following members will be populated:
verificationResult
– this field contains the results of checks that have been performed to date, and the person’s current verification status.sourceFields
– this field will contain a list of fields that are required for the named data source. If the data source could not be identified correctly, then this list will be empty.sourceList
– this field will contain an updated list of data sources, which will help the person become fully verified. This field is provided for convenience, so that the caller does not need to callgetSources
immediately after this call.registrationDetails
- this field will contain all the details that were supplied for registration.
Exceptions
The following exceptions may be thrown:
InvalidCustomerIdException
– theaccountId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.VerificationIdNotFoundException
- theverificationId
supplied could not be found in greenID.InvalidSourceIPAddressException
- if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.
SetFields
This method is used to provide data fields to greenID for the purpose of performing a check against a data source. If all the fields are present and valid, then greenID will perform the check against the data source, and the result will be returned to the caller.
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
---|---|---|---|
accountId | String | Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an |
password | String | Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
verificationId | String | Yes | This parameter must be a valid verificationId that has been previously registered, via the |
verificationToken | String | No | This parameter is reserved for the SimpleUI. All customers should ignore this parameter, and set it to null. |
sourceId | String | Yes | This parameter is the name of the data source for which the fields are being requested. It must be a non-blank string that is a valid data source name. For a complete list of available data sources, please refer to the Data Source Reference. If the data source cannot be found, then an exception will be thrown. |
inputFields | InputFields | Yes | This parameter contains a list of NameValuePair objects, each of which describes a single input field. For example, a Medicare card number would be a single NameValuePair, with name = “Medicare card number” and value = “2xxxxxxxxx”. |
extraData | List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter is used to send additional request information to greenID. The various parameters are mentioned as required in this documentation. |
Return Value
This method returns currentStatusV2
object. The following members will be populated:
verificationResult
– this field contains the results of checks that have been performed to date, and the person’s current verification status.sourceList
– this field will contain an updated list of data sources, which will help the person become fully verified. This field is provided for convenience, so that the caller does not need to callgetSources
immediately after this call.registrationDetails
- this field will contain all the details that were supplied for registration.
Exceptions
The following exceptions may be thrown:
InvalidCustomerIdException
– theaccountId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.A runtime exception will be thrown if the person has already completed the check, or if the user has been locked out of the data source, for example, by too many previous attempts.
IllegalStateException
– if the check identified by the sourceId input parameter cannot be found.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.VerificationIdNotFoundException
- the verificationId supplied could not be found in greenID.InvalidSourceIPAddressException
- if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.
GetVerificationResult
This method is used to get the current state of the verification process. This call is effectively the same as a call to getSources, and indeed the same results will be returned.
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
---|---|---|---|
accountId | String | Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an |
password | String | Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
verificationId | String | Yes | This parameter must be a valid verificationId that has been previously registered, via the |
verificationToken | String | No | This parameter is reserved for the SimpleUI. All customers should ignore this parameter, and set it to null. |
extraData | List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter is used to send additional request information to greenID. The various parameters are mentioned as required in this documentation. |
Return Value
This method returns currentStatusV2
object. The following members will be populated:
verificationResult
– this field contains the results of checks that have been performed to date, and the person’s current verification status.sourceList
– this field will contain a list of data sources, which will help the person become fully verified.registrationDetails
- this field will contain all the details that were supplied for registration.
Exceptions
The following exceptions may be thrown:
InvalidCustomerIdException
– theaccountId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.VerificationIdNotFoundException
- the verificationId supplied could not be found in greenID.InvalidSourceIPAddressException
- if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.
GetVerificationToken
This method is used to get a token that can be used for a verification session within the API. This also extends to use via the SimpleUI. Please consult greenID Web for full details. If you need to implement the "returning person" scenario using the SimpleUI, then you will need a token issued by this method.
Input Parameters
Name | Type | Required | Restrictions |
---|---|---|---|
accountId | String | Yes | GreenID issues each customer with an |
password | String | Yes | Each customer is issued a password that must be supplied with every call to any web method in this API. |
verificationId | String | Yes | This parameter must be a valid |
extraData | List<NameValuePair> | No | This parameter is used to send additional request information to greenID. The various parameters are mentioned as required in this documentation. |
Return Value
This method returns a String
object that is the token.
Exceptions
The following exceptions may be thrown:
InvalidCustomerIdException
– theaccountId
input parameter was missing or not recognised.InvalidCertificateException
– if certificates are used to connect, then this exception may be thrown if an invalid certificate is used.InvalidPasswordException
– thepassword
input parameter was missing or incorrect.InvalidFieldException
– one of the required fields was missing, or the format of a field was not valid. For example, this may be thrown if an email address is not valid.VerificationIdNotFoundException
- the verificationId supplied could not be found in greenID.InvalidSourceIPAddressException
- if web service IP restriction is enabled, then this exception will be thrown if the caller's IP address is not white-listed.SystemException
- an unexpected error occurred.