Compare a selfie with a reference portrait
/v1/face/matchThe hosted face match on two images you send. MATCH when the score reaches threshold (default 0.50; 0.50–0.75). CHF 0.30 per answered call, including NO_FACE answers; refunded when it could not run. Needs the face:match scope. Images are not stored.
Send your API key in the x-api-key header.
Headers
- Idempotency-Keystring8–200 chars
Reuse on retries (printable non-space ASCII). For 24 hours the same key and the same request return the saved answer and check id without a second charge; a different request under the key returns 409.
Request bodyapplication/jsonrequired
- thresholdnumber0.5–0.75default 0.5
- reference_idstring≤ 128 chars
Your own id, echoed in the answer.
- sandbox_outcomestring
Sandbox keys only: which test answer to return. No model runs and nothing is charged.
One of
matchno_matchno_face - selfiestringrequired
JPEG, PNG or WebP, at most 10 MB.
- referencestringrequired
The trusted portrait (document photo or chip image).
Responses
200The answer.
- check_idstringuuid
- productstring
- environmentstring | null
- sandboxboolean
- checked_atstringdate-time
- reference_idstring
- signed_resultstring
The same answer as an ES256 JWS, verifiable with /.well-known/jwks.json.
- decisionstring
One of
MATCHNO_MATCHNO_FACE_IN_SELFIENO_FACE_IN_REFERENCE - matchboolean
- scorenumber | null
Similarity score, about 0 for different people.
- thresholdnumber
- 400Invalid input.
- 401Missing, unknown or expired API key.
- 402The balance does not cover the check.
- 403The key lacks the product's scope, its IP allowlist refuses the caller, or (code production_not_allowed) the organization may not use production yet.
- 409The Idempotency-Key is in progress (Retry-After: 1) or was used with a different request.
- 413A file or the body is too large.
- 415A file is not of an accepted type (checked by its bytes, not its name), or the body is neither multipart nor JSON.
- 422An image could not be decoded. Not charged.
- 429More than 120 calls in a minute for this product.
- 503The check could not run on our side. Nothing was charged; retry later with the same Idempotency-Key.
curl -X POST https://api-verify.secuveri.com/v1/face/match \
-H "x-api-key: $SECUVERI_API_KEY" \
-H "content-type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: signup-1042-retry-safe" \
-d '{
"selfie": "<selfie>",
"reference": "customer-1042"
}'{
"check_id": "6f1c2e0a-8f43-4f7e-9a51-2b7c1d9e4a10",
"product": "<product>",
"environment": "<environment>",
"sandbox": true,
"checked_at": "2026-10-23T09:12:44.120Z",
"reference_id": "<reference id>",
"signed_result": "eyJhbGciOiJFUzI1NiIsImtpZCI6Ii4uLiJ9.…",
"decision": "MATCH",
"match": true,
"score": 0.92,
"threshold": 1
}