For developers

Open data & verification API

Banks, job platforms and developers can verify Federal Government of Nigeria agencies and consume the official directory programmatically. JSON and CSV, no API key required.

Base URL: https://verify.iduxsolutions.com/api/v1
Rate limit: 60 requests per minute, per IP
Auth: None (open data)
Formats: JSON, CSV

GET /api/v1/verify?q={query}

Verify an agency by name, identifier or .gov.ng domain. Returns a verdict and, on a match, the institution.

{
  "query": "FGN-MDA-000001C",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "label": "Verified government institution",
  "coverage_certified": false,
  "institution": {
    "identifier": "FGN-MDA-000001C",
    "legal_name": "Federal Ministry of Finance",
    "status": "active",
    "canonical_domain": "finance.gov.ng"
  }
}

Verdicts: verified, verified_caution, not_listed_provisional, not_listed, known_fraudulent.

GET /api/v1/institutions

A paginated list of every listed institution (identifier, name, acronym, status, official domain).

GET /api/v1/institutions/{identifier}

The full pre-rendered record for one institution, or 404 if the identifier is not found.

GET /api/v1/domains.csv

The official .gov.ng domains registry as a downloadable CSV — use it to check whether a domain belongs to a real agency.

identifier,legal_name,canonical_domain
FGN-MDA-000001C,Federal Ministry of Finance,finance.gov.ng
FGN-MDA-000006C,Central Bank of Nigeria,cbn.gov.ng

GET /api/v1/alerts

The fraud-alert feed: agencies, domains and websites confirmed as fraudulent by Nigerian enforcement authorities.

Try it now: verify, institutions, domains.csv.