Idswyft

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Age screening

The product compares estimated face age with declared date of birth as an identity-borrowing signal.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

API

The REST API exposes session initialization, document uploads, live capture, status retrieval and webhook-based results.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Architecture

The core API is a Node.js and TypeScript service while OCR, face detection, liveness and deepfake analysis run in a separate engine container.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Barcode and MRZ

PDF417 barcodes and TD1, TD2 and TD3 MRZ formats are parsed and checked against front-side OCR.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Biometrics

Face matching uses face-api.js embeddings and supports passive and head-turn liveness modes.idswyft.app · read 1 Oct 2026

Cloud limits

The API reference lists cloud limits of 1,000 requests per developer key per hour and five verifications per user per hour.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Compliance screening

Idswyft screens names against Politically Exposed Persons databases via OpenSanctions and offers apparent-face-age checks against declared date of birth.idswyft.app · read 1 Oct 2026

Credentials

After verification, the system can issue W3C Verifiable Credentials as JWT-VCs signed with Ed25519 and resolvable through did:web.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Cross-validation

Levenshtein and exact-match scoring compares front OCR with back barcode or MRZ data, sending unreadable barcodes to review instead of automatically passing them.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Decision model

Idswyft says verification decisions are deterministic and do not use an LLM in the pass-or-fail path.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Documentation

The documentation includes API rate limits, status codes, a semantic-versioned changelog, endpoint history and support contact details.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Document support

The service accepts passports, driver’s licenses and national IDs, including MRZ and PDF417 data.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Face matching

A live capture is compared with the document portrait using face-api.js embeddings and a configurable confidence threshold.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Founder

The official site identifies Obed Lorisson as founder and developer.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Fraud prevention

Velocity checks and IP geolocation detect bot submissions, IP reuse, Tor exit nodes, datacenter proxies, and country mismatches.idswyft.app · read 1 Oct 2026

Fraud signals

Velocity checks, IP reuse, Tor or datacenter-proxy detection and document-origin country mismatch are listed as fraud controls.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Hosted flow

A hosted verification page lets developers redirect users without building a front end.idswyft.app · read 15 Oct 2026

Independent praise: privacy

A Reddit discussion praises that the ML engine can run locally so identity images do not leave the operator’s server.reddit.com · read 15 Oct 2026

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