South African SA ID number validation
South African SA ID number validation: Structural validation of a South African identity number with safe decode: Luhn check digit, birth date, gender and citizenship segments (citizen or permanent resident). The structural step in KYC, KYB and customer onboarding or due diligence workflows: derive date of birth, age, gender and citizenship without storing the identity. Run it before a paid registry lookup rather than instead of one:
Answeringour last check, 2026-10-19
1 of 1checks answered this week
1484 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
GET https://verza.dev/v1/id-validate
| Category | Company and compliance |
|---|---|
| Provider host | verza.dev |
| Networks | eip155:8453 |
| Payment schemes | exact |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-19 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 1484 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"method": "GET",
"queryParams": {
"id": "8001015009087"
},
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"method": {
"enum": [
"GET"
],
"type": "string"
},
"queryParams": {
"properties": {
"id": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"id"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}