curl --request POST \
--url https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"FamilyName": "Smith",
"GivenName": "John",
"BirthDate": {
"Day": 15,
"Month": 3,
"Year": 1990
},
"RegistrationNumber": "123456",
"RegistrationState": "NSW",
"RegistrationDate": "2015-01-10",
"CertificateNumber": "987654321"
}
'import requests
url = "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName"
payload = {
"FamilyName": "Smith",
"GivenName": "John",
"BirthDate": {
"Day": 15,
"Month": 3,
"Year": 1990
},
"RegistrationNumber": "123456",
"RegistrationState": "NSW",
"RegistrationDate": "2015-01-10",
"CertificateNumber": "987654321"
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
FamilyName: 'Smith',
GivenName: 'John',
BirthDate: {Day: 15, Month: 3, Year: 1990},
RegistrationNumber: '123456',
RegistrationState: 'NSW',
RegistrationDate: '2015-01-10',
CertificateNumber: '987654321'
})
};
fetch('https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'FamilyName' => 'Smith',
'GivenName' => 'John',
'BirthDate' => [
'Day' => 15,
'Month' => 3,
'Year' => 1990
],
'RegistrationNumber' => '123456',
'RegistrationState' => 'NSW',
'RegistrationDate' => '2015-01-10',
'CertificateNumber' => '987654321'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"ActivityId": "5a1626e0-272f-4a64-b085-1068a877701d",
"OriginatingAgencyCode": "IDM001",
"VerificationRequestNumber": "VI-01-01",
"VerificationResultCode": 1
}Change of Name Certificate
Verify an Australian Change of Name Certificate by submitting the required change of name certificate details to the Australian Document Verification Service (DVS).
curl --request POST \
--url https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"FamilyName": "Smith",
"GivenName": "John",
"BirthDate": {
"Day": 15,
"Month": 3,
"Year": 1990
},
"RegistrationNumber": "123456",
"RegistrationState": "NSW",
"RegistrationDate": "2015-01-10",
"CertificateNumber": "987654321"
}
'import requests
url = "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName"
payload = {
"FamilyName": "Smith",
"GivenName": "John",
"BirthDate": {
"Day": 15,
"Month": 3,
"Year": 1990
},
"RegistrationNumber": "123456",
"RegistrationState": "NSW",
"RegistrationDate": "2015-01-10",
"CertificateNumber": "987654321"
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
FamilyName: 'Smith',
GivenName: 'John',
BirthDate: {Day: 15, Month: 3, Year: 1990},
RegistrationNumber: '123456',
RegistrationState: 'NSW',
RegistrationDate: '2015-01-10',
CertificateNumber: '987654321'
})
};
fetch('https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'FamilyName' => 'Smith',
'GivenName' => 'John',
'BirthDate' => [
'Day' => 15,
'Month' => 3,
'Year' => 1990
],
'RegistrationNumber' => '123456',
'RegistrationState' => 'NSW',
'RegistrationDate' => '2015-01-10',
'CertificateNumber' => '987654321'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://dvs.idmetagroup.com/api/DVS/certificate/changeOfName")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"FamilyName\": \"Smith\",\n \"GivenName\": \"John\",\n \"BirthDate\": {\n \"Day\": 15,\n \"Month\": 3,\n \"Year\": 1990\n },\n \"RegistrationNumber\": \"123456\",\n \"RegistrationState\": \"NSW\",\n \"RegistrationDate\": \"2015-01-10\",\n \"CertificateNumber\": \"987654321\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"ActivityId": "5a1626e0-272f-4a64-b085-1068a877701d",
"OriginatingAgencyCode": "IDM001",
"VerificationRequestNumber": "VI-01-01",
"VerificationResultCode": 1
}Authorizations
Use your API key in the x-api-key header.
Headers
"{your_api_key}"
Body
Family name before the change.
"Smith"
Given name(s) before the change.
"John"
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Change of name registration number.
"123456"
State that registered the change of name.
"NSW"
Date the change of name was registered.
"2015-01-10"
Certificate number.
"987654321"
Family name after the change.
"Jones"
Given name(s) after the change.
"Jane"
Year the change of name was registered.
"2015"
Date the certificate was printed.
"2015-01-15"
Your unique identifier for this verification request. Defaults to a system-generated UUID if omitted.
"VI-01-01"
Response
Request processed. Check VerificationResultCode to determine whether the verification was valid (1) or invalid (2); Errors is present only when invalid.
Unique identifier assigned by DVS to this verification activity.
"5a1626e0-272f-4a64-b085-1068a877701d"
Code of the agency that originated the verification request.
"IDM001"
Echo of the request's VerificationRequestNumber.
"VI-01-01"
Result of the verification. 1 = Valid, 2 = Invalid.
1, 2 1
Present only when the verification is invalid.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes

