---
title: "List supported documents for verification"
method: GET
path: "/v3/services/supported_documents"
tags: ["Services"]
---

# List supported documents for verification

`GET /v3/services/supported_documents`

Returns a list of supported document types for identity verification across all
countries served by Smile Identity.

The response can be filtered by continent or country code. An optional `locale`
parameter controls the language of document names.

This endpoint does not require authentication. It is an alias of
`GET /v1/valid_documents` and `GET /v3/valid-documents`.

## Query parameters

- `continent` 'AFRICA' | 'ASIA' | 'EUROPE' | 'NORTH AMERICA' | 'OCEANIA' | 'SOUTH AMERICA'
- `country_code` string
- `locale` 'en-GB' | 'fr-FR' | 'ar-EG'

## Response `200`

List of supported documents, optionally filtered.

- SupportedDocumentsResponse
  - `valid_documents` SupportedDocument[], required
    - `country` Country
      - `code` string — ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
      - `name` string — Country name.
      - `continent` string — Continent name.
    - `id_types` IDType[]
      - `code` string — Machine-readable ID type code.
      - `name` string — Human-readable name of the ID type.
      - `has_back` boolean — Whether this document type has a back side that should be captured.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid query parameters.
- `500` — Internal server error.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/smileidentity/apis/v3-authentication-token-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/smileidentity/apis/v3-authentication-token-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/smileidentity/v3-authentication-token-api/revisions/9f178647f9b8/schema)