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Verify the shopper's tax identification

post/verifyShopperTaxIdentification

In some countries, collecting and verifying tax information is required for regulatory compliance. Submit the shopper's tax identification for verification; when the verification succeeds, the response returns an opaque token that you submit in /payments.

Endpoint destination URL
https://checkout-test.adyen.com/v72/verifyShopperTaxIdentification
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merchantAccountstringRequired
Max length: 1000

The merchant account identifier requesting the tax verification.

shopperReferencestringRequired
Min length: 3Max length: 256

Your reference to uniquely identify this shopper, for example user ID or account ID. Used to bind the verification to the shopper context.

Your reference must not include personally identifiable information (PII), for example name or email address.

shopperTaxIdentificationobjectRequired

The shopper tax identification to verify.

After submitting a call, you receive a response message to inform you that your request was received and processed.

Depending on the HTTP status code of the response message, it is helpful to build some logic to handle any errors that a request or the system may return.

HTTP Responses

  • 200 - OK

    The request has succeeded.

  • 400 - Bad Request

    A problem reading or understanding the request.

  • 401 - Unauthorized

    Authentication required.

  • 403 - Forbidden

    Insufficient permissions to process the request.

  • 422 - Unprocessable Entity

    A request validation error.

  • 500 - Internal Server Error

    The server could not process the request.