Verify Birth Certificate

POST

/dvs/birth-certificate/{stateOfIssue}

Verify an Australian birth certificate.
The fields accepted in the request depend on the state or territory that issued the certificate.

Request

Authorization

Bearer Token

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Path Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Examples

Responses

🟠400

Invalid request.

This response does not have a body.

🟠401

🟠422

🟢200Success

🔴503Error

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location '/dvs/birth-certificate/' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "givenName": "string",
    "familyName": "string",
    "birthDate": "string"
}'

Response Example

200 - Example

{
    "requestId": "req_123456789",
    "result": "Y"
}

Modified at 2026-09-29 08:18:08

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