Documents AI by Veryfi

Real-time OCR and data extraction API — extract structured data from receipts, invoices, bank statements, W-9s, purchase orders, and more, with document classification, fraud detection, and raw OCR text output.

Get your API key: https://app.veryfi.com/api/settings/keys/ Learn more: https://veryfi.com

Quick Start

For Receipts and Invoices:

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf"

Response:

{
  "id": 62047612,
  "created_date": "2026-02-19",
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "date": "2026-02-18 14:22:00",
  "document_type": "receipt",
  "category": "Meals & Entertainment",
  "is_duplicate": false,
  "vendor": {
    "name": "Starbucks",
    "address": "123 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105"
  },
  "line_items": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "order": 0,
      "description": "Caffe Latte Grande",
      "quantity": 1,
      "price": 5.95,
      "total": 5.95,
      "type": "food"
    }
  ],
  "subtotal": 5.95,
  "tax": 0.52,
  "total": 6.47,
  "payment": {
    "type": "visa",
    "card_number": "1234"
  },
  "ocr_text": "STARBUCKS\n123 Main St...",
  "img_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/documents/...",
  "pdf_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/documents/..."
}

For Bank Statements:

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/bank-statements/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@bank-statement.pdf"

Response:

{
  "id": 4820193,
  "created_date": "2026-02-19T12:45:00.000000Z",
  "bank_name": "Chase",
  "bank_address": "270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017",
  "account_holder_name": "Jane Doe",
  "account_holder_address": "456 Oak Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110",
  "account_number": "****7890",
  "account_type": "Checking",
  "routing_number": "021000021",
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "statement_date": "2026-01-31",
  "period_start_date": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end_date": "2026-01-31",
  "beginning_balance": 12500.00,
  "ending_balance": 11835.47,
  "accounts": [
    {
      "number": "****7890",
      "beginning_balance": 12500.00,
      "ending_balance": 11835.47,
      "summaries": [
        { "name": "Total Deposits", "total": 3200.00 },
        { "name": "Total Withdrawals", "total": 3864.53 }
      ],
      "transactions": [
        {
          "order": 0,
          "date": "2026-01-05",
          "description": "Direct Deposit - ACME Corp Payroll",
          "credit_amount": 3200.00,
          "debit_amount": null,
          "balance": 15700.00,
          "category": "Income"
        },
        {
          "order": 1,
          "date": "2026-01-12",
          "description": "Rent Payment - 456 Oak Ave",
          "credit_amount": null,
          "debit_amount": 2800.00,
          "balance": 12900.00,
          "category": "Housing"
        },
        {
          "order": 2,
          "date": "2026-01-20",
          "description": "PG&E Utility Bill",
          "credit_amount": null,
          "debit_amount": 1064.53,
          "balance": 11835.47,
          "category": "Utilities"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "pdf_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/bank-statements/...",
  "img_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/bank-statements/..."
}

Setup

1. Get Your API Key

# Visit API Auth Credentials page
https://app.veryfi.com/api/settings/keys/

Save your API keys:

export VERYFI_CLIENT_ID="your_client_id_here"
export VERYFI_USERNAME="your_username_here"
export VERYFI_API_KEY="your_api_key_here"

2. OpenClaw Configuration (Optional)

Recommended: Use environment variables (most secure):

{
  skills: {
    entries: {
      "veryfi-documents-ai": {
        enabled: true,
        // Keys loaded from environment variables:
        // VERYFI_CLIENT_ID, VERYFI_USERNAME, VERYFI_API_KEY
      },
    },
  },
}

Alternative: Store in config file (use with caution):

{
  skills: {
    entries: {
      "veryfi-documents-ai": {
        enabled: true,
        env: {
          VERYFI_CLIENT_ID: "your_client_id_here",
          VERYFI_USERNAME: "your_username_here",
          VERYFI_API_KEY: "your_api_key_here",
        },
      },
    },
  },
}

Security Note: If storing API keys in ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json:

• Set file permissions: chmod 600 ~/.openclaw/openclaw.json
• Never commit this file to version control
• Prefer environment variables or your agent's secret store when possible
• Rotate keys regularly and limit API key permissions if supported

Common Tasks

Extract data from a Receipt or Invoice (file upload)

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@invoice.pdf"

Extract data from a Receipt or Invoice (base64)

When your agent already has the document as base64-encoded content (e.g., received via API, email attachment, or tool output), use file_data instead of uploading a file:

# Encode the file first
BASE64_DATA=$(base64 -i invoice.pdf)

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -d "{
    \"file_name\": \"invoice.pdf\",
    \"file_data\": \"$BASE64_DATA\"
  }"

Extract data from a URL

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "file_url": "https://example.com/invoice.pdf"
  }'

Extract data from a Passport

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/any-documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@passport.jpg" \
  -F "blueprint_name=passport"

Extract data from Checks

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/checks/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@check.jpg"

Extract data from W-9s

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/w9s/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@w9.pdf"

Extract data from W-2s and W-8s

W-2 and W-8 forms do not have dedicated endpoints. Use the any-documents endpoint with the appropriate blueprint:

# W-2
curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/any-documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@w2.pdf" \
  -F "blueprint_name=w2"

# W-8
curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/any-documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@w8.pdf" \
  -F "blueprint_name=w8"

Note: W-2 and W-8 appear as classification types (via /classify/) but their extraction is handled through the Any Document endpoint. Do not POST to /api/v8/partner/w2s/ or /api/v8/partner/w8s/ — those endpoints do not exist.

Get Raw OCR Text from a Document

All extraction endpoints return an ocr_text field in the response containing the raw text content of the document as a plain string. This is useful when you want to process the text yourself or pass it to an LLM.

# Extract and pull ocr_text with jq
curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/documents/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  | jq '.ocr_text'

Note: ocr_text is plain text, not markdown. If you need markdown-formatted output, pass ocr_text to an LLM for reformatting after extraction.

Classify a Document

Identify the document type without full data extraction. Useful for routing documents to the correct processing endpoint, pre-filtering uploads, or bulk sorting.

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/classify/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf"

Note: By default, the API classifies against 15 built-in types. You can also pass a document_types array with custom classes (see example below).

Response:

{
  "id": 81023456,
  "document_type": {
    "score": 0.97,
    "value": "invoice"
  }
}

Default document types: receipt, invoice, purchase_order, bank_statement, check, w2, w8, w9, statement, contract, credit_note, remittance_advice, business_card, packing_slip, other.

To classify against custom types, pass a document_types array:

curl -X POST "https://api.veryfi.com/api/v8/partner/classify/" \
  -H "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
  -H "Client-Id: $VERYFI_CLIENT_ID" \
  -H "Authorization: apikey $VERYFI_USERNAME:$VERYFI_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@document.pdf" \
  -F 'document_types=["lease_agreement", "utility_bill", "pay_stub"]'

Advanced Features

Bounding Boxes for Receipts, Invoices, Checks and Bank Statements APIs

Get element coordinates for layout analysis:

-F "bounding_boxes=true" 
-F "confidence_details=true"

When to Use

Use Veryfi Documents AI For:

• Invoice and receipt data extraction
• Processing Bank Statements
• Extracting data from Checks
• Document classification and routing
• Extracting data from any other document
• Getting raw OCR text from a document

Don't Use For:

• Video or audio transcription
• Web search or real-time data lookup
• Image generation or editing
• Non-document binary files (spreadsheets, code, executables)
• Documents you haven't confirmed are cleared for third-party processing (see Security section)

Best Practices

List of available blueprints:

Missing document type? If document type (blueprint) you need to extract data from is missing, create one here: https://app.veryfi.com/inboxes/anydocs?tab=blueprints

Bounding Boxes & Confidence:

• Add -F "bounding_boxes=true" for element coordinates
• Add -F "confidence_details=true" for per-field confidence scores

Supported Inputs:

• file — multipart file upload
• file_url — publicly accessible URL
• file_data — base64-encoded content (send as JSON body with file_name + file_data fields)

Response Schemas

Receipt / Invoice (/api/v8/partner/documents/)

{
  "id": 62047612,
  "created_date": "2026-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "updated_date": "2026-02-19T00:00:05.000000Z",
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "date": "2026-02-18 14:22:00",
  "due_date": "2026-03-18",
  "document_type": "receipt",
  "category": "Meals & Entertainment",
  "is_duplicate": false,
  "is_document": true,
  "invoice_number": "INV-2026-001",
  "account_number": "ACCT-12345",
  "order_date": "2026-02-18",
  "delivery_date": null,
  "vendor": {
    "name": "Starbucks",
    "address": "123 Main St, San Francisco, CA 94105",
    "phone_number": "+1 415-555-0100",
    "email": null,
    "vat_number": null,
    "reg_number": null
  },
  "bill_to": {
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "address": "456 Oak Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110"
  },
  "ship_to": {
    "name": null,
    "address": null
  },
  "line_items": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "order": 0,
      "description": "Caffe Latte Grande",
      "quantity": 1,
      "price": 5.95,
      "total": 5.95,
      "tax": 0.52,
      "tax_rate": 8.75,
      "discount": null,
      "type": "food",
      "sku": null,
      "upc": null,
      "category": "Meals & Entertainment",
      "section": null,
      "date": null,
      "start_date": null,
      "end_date": null
    }
  ],
  "tax_lines": [
    {
      "order": 0,
      "name": "Sales Tax",
      "rate": 8.75,
      "total": 0.52,
      "base": 5.95
    }
  ],
  "subtotal": 5.95,
  "tax": 0.52,
  "tip": 0.00,
  "discount": 0.00,
  "total": 6.47,
  "payment": {
    "type": "visa",
    "card_number": "1234"
  },
  "reference_number": null,
  "notes": null,
  "img_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/documents/...",
  "pdf_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/documents/...",
  "ocr_text": "STARBUCKS\n123 Main St...",
  "meta": {
    "total_pages": 1,
    "processed_pages": 1,
    "fraud": {
      "score": 0.01,
      "color": "green",
      "decision": "Not Fraud",
      "types": []
    }
  }
}

Check (/api/v8/partner/checks/)

{
  "id": 9301847,
  "created_date": "2026-02-19T00:00:00.000000Z",
  "updated_date": "2026-02-19T00:00:03.000000Z",
  "amount": 1500.00,
  "amount_text": "One Thousand Five Hundred and 00/100",
  "check_number": "4021",
  "date": "2026-02-15",
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "check_type": "personal_check",
  "payer_name": "John Smith",
  "payer_address": "789 Elm St, Austin, TX 78701",
  "receiver_name": "Acme Plumbing LLC",
  "receiver_address": null,
  "bank_name": "Wells Fargo",
  "bank_address": "420 Montgomery St, San Francisco, CA 94104",
  "memo": "Invoice #2026-038",
  "is_signed": true,
  "micr": {
    "routing_number": "121000248",
    "account_number": "****5678",
    "serial_number": "4021",
    "raw": "⑆121000248⑆ ****5678⑈ 4021",
    "branch": null,
    "institution": null
  },
  "fractional_routing_number": "12-1/1200",
  "routing_from_fractional": "121000248",
  "endorsement": {
    "is_endorsed": true,
    "is_signed": true,
    "mobile_or_remote_deposit": {
      "checkbox": false,
      "instructions": false
    }
  },
  "handwritten_fields": ["amount", "amount_text", "date", "receiver_name", "memo"],
  "fraud": {
    "score": 0.02,
    "color": "green",
    "types": [],
    "pages": [
      {
        "is_lcd": { "score": 0.98, "value": false },
        "ai_generated": { "score": 0.99, "value": false },
        "four_corners_detected": true
      }
    ]
  },
  "img_thumbnail_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/checks/...",
  "pdf_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/checks/..."
}

Bank Statement (/api/v8/partner/bank-statements/)

{
  "id": 4820193,
  "created_date": "2026-02-19T12:45:00.000000Z",
  "updated_date": "2026-02-19T12:45:10.000000Z",
  "bank_name": "Chase",
  "bank_address": "270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017",
  "account_holder_name": "Jane Doe",
  "account_holder_address": "456 Oak Ave, San Francisco, CA 94110",
  "account_number": "****7890",
  "account_type": "Checking",
  "routing_number": "021000021",
  "currency_code": "USD",
  "statement_date": "2026-01-31",
  "period_start_date": "2026-01-01",
  "period_end_date": "2026-01-31",
  "beginning_balance": 12500.00,
  "ending_balance": 11835.47,
  "minimum_due": null,
  "due_date": null,
  "accounts": [
    {
      "number": "****7890",
      "beginning_balance": 12500.00,
      "ending_balance": 11835.47,
      "summaries": [
        { "name": "Total Deposits", "total": 3200.00 },
        { "name": "Total Withdrawals", "total": 3864.53 }
      ],
      "transactions": [
        {
          "order": 0,
          "date": "2026-01-05",
          "posted_date": "2026-01-05",
          "description": "Direct Deposit - ACME Corp Payroll",
          "credit_amount": 3200.00,
          "debit_amount": null,
          "balance": 15700.00,
          "category": "Income",
          "vendor": "ACME Corp"
        },
        {
          "order": 1,
          "date": "2026-01-12",
          "posted_date": "2026-01-12",
          "description": "Rent Payment - 456 Oak Ave",
          "credit_amount": null,
          "debit_amount": 2800.00,
          "balance": 12900.00,
          "category": "Housing",
          "vendor": null
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "fraud": {
    "score": 0.01,
    "color": "green",
    "types": []
  },
  "pdf_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/bank-statements/...",
  "img_thumbnail_url": "https://scdn.veryfi.com/bank-statements/..."
}

Security & Privacy

Data Handling

Important: Documents uploaded to Veryfi are transmitted to https://api.veryfi.com and processed on AWS servers.

Before uploading sensitive documents:

• Review Veryfi's privacy policy and data retention policies: https://www.veryfi.com/terms/
• Confirm data deletion/retention timelines
• Test with non-sensitive sample documents first
• If you have questions reach out to support@veryfi.com

Best practices:

• Do not upload highly sensitive PII (SSNs, medical records, financial account numbers) until you've confirmed the service's security and compliance posture
• Use API keys with limited permissions/scopes if available
• Monitor API usage logs for unauthorized access
• Never log or commit API keys to repositories or examples

File Size Limits

• Max file size: 20 MB per document
• Number of pages: default is <=15 pages for receipts/invoices, <=50 pages for bank statements. Contact support to increase limits.

Operational Safeguards

• Always use environment variables or secure secret stores for API keys
• Never include real API keys in code examples or documentation
• Use placeholder values like "your_api_key_here" in examples
• Set appropriate file permissions on configuration files (600 for JSON configs)
• Enable API key rotation and monitor usage through the dashboard

Rate Limits

Veryfi enforces per-account rate limits. Exact limits depend on your plan tier.

General guidance:

• Free/Starter plans: lower concurrency limits; avoid parallel bursts
• Business/Enterprise plans: higher throughput; contact support for specifics
• If you hit a rate limit, the API returns HTTP 429 Too Many Requests
• Implement exponential backoff: wait 1s → 2s → 4s → 8s before retrying
• For high-volume workloads, contact support@veryfi.com or visit https://veryfi.com to discuss an enterprise plan

Troubleshooting

400 Bad Request:

• Provide exactly one input: file, file_url, or file_data (for base64)
• When using file_data, send as a JSON body (not multipart) with file_name and file_data fields
• Verify Username, API Key and Client ID are valid
• Check the message field in the JSON response for the specific error detail

401 Unauthorized:

• Your Client-Id, VERYFI_USERNAME, or VERYFI_API_KEY is incorrect or expired
• Verify credentials at https://app.veryfi.com/api/settings/keys/
• Check that the Authorization header format is exactly apikey USERNAME:API_KEY (no extra spaces)
• Rotate your key if you suspect it was compromised

413 Payload Too Large:

• File exceeds the 20 MB limit
• Compress the file or reduce image resolution before uploading
• Split multi-page PDFs if the page count exceeds the plan limit (15 pages for invoices, 50 for bank statements)

429 Too Many Requests:

• You've exceeded your plan's rate limit
• Implement exponential backoff and retry
• For sustained high volume, contact support@veryfi.com to upgrade your plan

500 / 5xx Server Error:

• Transient server-side issue — retry after a short delay
• If the error persists, check the Veryfi status page or contact support@veryfi.com

Missing Confidence Scores:

• Add confidence_details=true to the request to include score and ocr_score fields in the response
• Add bounding_boxes=true to also get bounding_box and bounding_region coordinates

W-2 / W-8 endpoint 404:

• There are no /w2s/ or /w8s/ endpoints — use /any-documents/ with blueprint_name=w2 or blueprint_name=w8

Tips

• Store VERYFI_CLIENT_ID, VERYFI_USERNAME, and VERYFI_API_KEY in environment variables rather than hardcoding them
• Use confidence_details=true and bounding_boxes=true when you need per-field accuracy scores or element coordinates
• For large volumes, classify documents first with /classify/ and route to the appropriate extraction endpoint
• Keep file sizes under 20 MB and stay within page limits (15 for invoices, 50 for bank statements)
• Test with sample documents before processing sensitive data in production
• If a blueprint you need is missing, create a custom one at https://app.veryfi.com/inboxes/anydocs?tab=blueprints
• ocr_text in the response gives you raw extracted text — pass it to an LLM if you need markdown or further processing
• For base64 input, always include file_name so Veryfi can infer the file type correctly

References

• API Docs: https://docs.veryfi.com/
• Veryfi: https://veryfi.com
• Veryfi SDKs: https://github.com/veryfi
• Get API Key: https://app.veryfi.com/api/settings/keys/
• Privacy Policy: https://www.veryfi.com/terms/
• Support: support@veryfi.com