Upload a file

Upload a file and get an upload_ref to be used for Identity Document Check or Documents checks.

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Maximum file size is at most 20MB but may vary depending on the usage afterward.

The upload_ref is valid for about 1 day.

The accepted file formats are:

• Image files:
  • .avif: AVIF image (image/avif)
  • .bmp: Windows OS/2 Bitmap Graphics (image/bmp)
  • .gif: Graphics Interchange Format (GIF, image/gif)
  • .ico: Icon format (image/vnd.microsoft.icon)
  • .ico: Icon format (image/x-icon)
  • .jpeg, .jpg: JPEG images (image/jpeg)
  • .png: Portable Network Graphics (image/png)
  • .svg: Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG, image/svg+xml)
  • .tif, .tiff: Tagged Image File Format (TIFF, image/tiff)
  • .webp: WEBP image (image/webp)
• Office files:
  • .doc: Microsoft Word (application/msword)
  • .docx: Microsoft Word (OpenXML, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document)
  • .odp: OpenDocument presentation document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation)
  • .ods: OpenDocument spreadsheet document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet)
  • .odt: OpenDocument text document (application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text)
  • .pdf: Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF, application/pdf)
  • .ppt: Microsoft PowerPoint (application/vnd.ms-powerpoint)
  • .pptx: Microsoft PowerPoint (OpenXML, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.presentation)
  • .vsd: Microsoft Visio (application/vnd.visio)
  • .xls: Microsoft Excel (application/vnd.ms-excel)
  • .xlsx: Microsoft Excel (OpenXML, application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet)
• Text files:
  • .csv: Comma-separated values (CSV, text/csv)
  • .json: JSON format (application/json)
  • .jsonld: JSON-LD format (application/ld+json)
  • .rtf: Rich Text Format (RTF, application/rtf)
  • .txt: Text, (generally ASCII or ISO 8859-n, text/plain)
• Archive files:
  • .arc: Archive document (multiple files embedded, application/x-freearc)
  • .bz: BZip archive (application/x-bzip)
  • .bz2: BZip2 archive (application/x-bzip2)
  • .gz: GZip Compressed Archive (application/gzip)
  • .rar: RAR archive (application/vnd.rar)
  • .tar: Tape Archive (TAR, application/x-tar)
  • .zip: ZIP archive (application/zip)
  • .7z: 7-zip archive (application/x-7z-compressed)
  • .7z: 7-zip archive on windows (application/x-compressed)
  • .zip: ZIP archive on windows (application/x-zip-compressed)

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See also

Learn more about Files