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Verifies input data against the Election Commission of India database. Didit exposes this service through POST /v3/database-validation/ so you can verify the submitted data against the authoritative source and receive normalized match results.

Coverage

  • Coverage: > 75%
  • Country: India
  • Service ID: ind_epic_voter_s_registration
  • Data domain: Government
  • Category: ElectoralRoll

Inputs

  • Required inputs: full_name, date_of_birth, epic_card
  • Optional inputs: vendor_data
  • Consent: Required
  • Workflow availability: Standalone API only
  • Coverage: > 75%
  • Price: $0.15 per successful query

Body parameters

string
default:"IND"
required
ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for this database service.Example: IND
string
default:"ind_epic_voter_s_registration"
required
Array containing this service ID. Pinning the service keeps the request scoped to this exact database.Example: ind_epic_voter_s_registration
Explicit end-user consent for this service.Example: true
string
default:"John Doe"
required
Full legal name to validate.Example: John Doe
string
default:"1990-01-01"
required
Date of birth in YYYY-MM-DD format.Example: 1990-01-01
string
default:"ABC1234567"
required
EPIC voter card number.Example: ABC1234567
string
default:"user-1234"
Your stable user reference for this person, such as your internal user ID. Didit uses it to link standalone checks to the same end user and reduce duplicate-detection noise.Example: user-1234

Input rules & validation notes

  • epic_card must match [A-Za-z]{3}\d{7,14}.

How to call it

Returned data

The exact fields surfaced in source_data depend on what the registry returns. The generated example for ind_epic_voter_s_registration currently documents this normalized shape:
  • date_of_birth
  • full_name
  • identification_number

Pricing & SLAs

India EPIC (Voter’s Registration) (ECI) queries are billed only when Didit receives a conclusive result from the validation source.
  • Per-call price: $0.15 USD.
  • Billing: per successful query. You are not charged when the registry is unreachable, when required fields are missing, or when the request is rejected before reaching the source.
  • Latency: typical p95 < 2 s.
  • Availability: 99.9% per quarter on Didit’s side; downstream source availability varies by country and dataset.

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