Identity API

PAN Verification

Verify a 10-character Permanent Account Number (PAN) issued by the Indian Income Tax Department.

PAN Verification
POST

PAN Verification API — Verify a 10-character Permanent Account Number (PAN) issued by the Indian Income Tax Department. Essential for financial KYC, income tax compliance, and onboarding workflows in the banking, insurance, and lending sectors. Returns the PAN holder's full name, PAN status (Existing and Valid, Deactivated, etc.), category (Individual, Company, HUF, Trust, etc.), Aadhaar seeding status, and other detailed information. Validates the PAN format and checks it against official government records.

  • Coverage: India
  • Real-time identity lookup
  • Structured JSON response
  • POST request with Bearer auth
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Endpoint
POST
https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify

Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY

Request Parameters
Parameter Type Required Description
pan_number string Yes 10-character PAN — format: [A-Z]{5}[0-9]{4}[A-Z] (e.g. ABCDE1234F)
Request Example
<?php $ch = curl_init(); curl_setopt_array($ch, [ CURLOPT_URL => "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify", CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true, CURLOPT_POST => true, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [ "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type: application/json" ], CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([ "pan_number" => "ABCDE1234F" ]) ]); $response = curl_exec($ch); $httpCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE); curl_close($ch); $data = json_decode($response, true); print_r($data);
const response = await fetch("https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify", { method: "POST", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, body: JSON.stringify({ "pan_number": "ABCDE1234F" }) }); if (!response.ok) { throw new Error(`HTTP error: ${response.status}`); } const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);
curl -X POST https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify \ -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \ -H "Content-Type: application/json" \ -d '{\"pan_number\":\"ABCDE1234F\"}'
$.ajax({ url: "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify", type: "POST", contentType: "application/json", headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" }, data: JSON.stringify({ "pan_number": "ABCDE1234F" }), success: function(data) { console.log(data); }, error: function(xhr) { console.error(xhr.responseJSON); } });
const { data } = await axios.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify", {"pan_number":"ABCDE1234F"}, { headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" } } ); console.log(data);
import requests response = requests.post( "https://app.way2api.com/api/v1/pan/verify", headers={ "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY", "Content-Type": "application/json" }, json={ "pan_number": "ABCDE1234F" } ) print(response.status_code) print(response.json())
Response Example
200 OK Success Response 
{
    "success": true,
    "message": "",
    "data": {
        "order_id": "W2A1739512345abcdef01",
        "result": {
            "pan_number": "ABCDE1234F",
            "full_name": "RAJESH KUMAR",
            "title": "",
            "full_name_split": [
                "",
                "",
                "RAJESH KUMAR"
            ],
            "pan_status": "E",
            "pan_status_desc": "EXISTING AND VALID",
            "aadhaar_seeding_status": "Y",
            "aadhaar_seeding_status_desc": "Seeded",
            "pan_modified_date": null,
            "category": "individual",
            "client_id": "pan_advanced_v2_xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
        }
    }
}
4xx Error Response 
{
    "success": false,
    "message": "Invalid PAN",
    "data": {
        "order_id": "W2A1739512345abcdef01",
        "error_code": "VERIFICATION_FAILED",
        "result": {
            "pan_number": "AABCY04940",
            "full_name": "",
            "title": "",
            "full_name_split": [],
            "pan_status": "",
            "pan_status_desc": "",
            "aadhaar_seeding_status": "",
            "aadhaar_seeding_status_desc": "",
            "pan_modified_date": null,
            "category": "company"
        }
    }
}
Common Response Codes
Code Meaning
200 OK — Request successful
400 Bad Request — Missing or invalid parameters
401 Unauthorized — Invalid or missing API key
429 Too Many Requests — Rate limit exceeded
500 Server Error — Try again later
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