UK Driver License OCR

The Druid API engine performs OCR and data extraction from UK driver licenses.

Note:  
  • In order to use this Druid Vision service, contact Druid Tech Support.
  • For any APIs that are used for testing purposes and not in a production environment, Druid CANNOT be held responsible for the security of the processed data under the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We highly recommend you to use sample data and documents for all APIs in testing environments.

Request

Method POST
API Resource URL (Endpoint) The endpoint of the Druid Vision UK_DrivingLicence service. For information on how to get the endpoint, see Druid Vision.
Headers

Authorization: “Bearer <your bearer token>”

Content-Type: “multipart/form-data”
Authorization

Select Bearer Token and provide the Druid Vision Token. For information on how to get the endpoint, see Druid Vision.
Body

“file”: <attached document file> (file attachment).

Supported formats: png, jpg, pdf.

If extraction fails due to issues like poor image quality, you can skip any of the following validation checks:

  • BirthDate
  • IssueDate
  • ExpireDate

Add the skipValidations parameter in the request body as many times as validation checks you want to escape from validation.

Note:  Skipping validations is available in DRUID 8.1 and higher.

Response

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Response Example

{
   "ResultId": "6bf14994-c716-4d6b-a65c-0db42bf8226b",
   "TemplateName": "UK_DrivingLicence",
   "Status": "Complete",
   "StatusReason": null,
   "Confidence": 0.99,
   "Data": {
      "LastName": "MORGAN",
      "FirstName1": "SARAH",
      "FirstName2": "MEREDYTH",
      "FullName": "SARAH MEREDYTH MORGAN",
      "BirthDate": "1976-03-11T00:00:00",
      "BirthCountry": "UNITED KINGDOM",
      "ValidityStartDate": "2021-01-01T00:00:00",
      "ValidityEndDate": "2030-12-31T00:00:00",
      "ReleaseInstitution": "DVLA",
      "DocumentNo": "MORGA753116SM9IJ 35",
      "Address1": "122 BURNS CRESCENT",
      "Address2": "EDINBURGH",
      "Address3": "EH1 9GP",
      "Address": "122 BURNS CRESCENT EDINBURGH EH1 9GP",
      "Categories": "AM/A/B1/B/BE/f/k/l/n/p/q",
      "LastName.Confidence": 1,
      "FirstName1.Confidence": 1,
      "FirstName2.Confidence": 0.99,
      "FullName.Confidence": null,
      "BirthCountry.Confidence": 1,
      "ReleaseInstitution.Confidence": 0.99,
      "DocumentNo.Confidence": 0.97,
      "Address1.Confidence": 0.99,
      "Address2.Confidence": 0.99,
      "Address3.Confidence": 1,
      "Address.Confidence": null,
      "Categories.Confidence": 0.93
   },
   "ValidationResult": {
      "BirthDate": {
         "Status": "Valid"
      },
      "ValidityStartDate": {
         "Status": "Valid"
      },
      "ValidityEndDate": {
         "Status": "Valid"
      }
   }
}

Validations

The results of the UK_DrivingLicence template provide the following validation:

  • Issue Date - Status Invalid if the ValidityStartDate from Document fails.
  • Expiration Date - Status Invalid if the ValidityEndDate from Document fails.
  • BirthDate - Status Invalid if the BirthDate from Document fails.