smileid/usesmileid

Official Smile ID server-side SDK for PHP.

v12.0.0 2026-08-20 13:28 UTC

Requires

• php: >=8.1
• ext-json: *
• ext-mbstring: *
• guzzlehttp/guzzle: ^7.5

Requires (Dev)

• friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer: ^3.0
• phpstan/phpstan: ^1.10
• phpunit/phpunit: ^10.0

MIT

Published on Packagist.org on 2026-08-20 14:54 UTC

README

Official Smile ID server-side SDK for PHP — V3 APIs.

This project is under active development. It's not yet published to Packagist, and the API surface may change without notice. Don't use it in production yet.

Requirements

• PHP 8.1 or later
• Composer

Install

composer require smileid/usesmileid

Create a client

Construct one client with your partner ID and API key. The SDK fetches and refreshes its own access token — you never handle tokens yourself.

use SmileIdentity\Client;

$smile = new Client(
    partnerId: '1234',
    apiKey: getenv('SMILE_API_KEY'),
    environment: 'sandbox',                              // default
    defaultCallbackUrl: 'https://app.example.com/cb',    // optional
);

Constructor options:

Option	Required	Default	Notes
partnerId	yes	—	numeric string; partner ids are displayed zero-padded (for example 002) but must be passed without leading zeros (2)
apiKey	yes	—	your partner API key
environment	no	sandbox	sandbox or production
defaultCallbackUrl	no	unset	used when a call omits callbackUrl; must be https
baseUrl	no	derived	explicit override; wins over environment; must be an absolute https URL with no query or fragment
timeout	no	30.0	per-request total timeout in seconds
maxRetries	no	2	retries for idempotent operations only
httpClient	no	Guzzle	any GuzzleHttp\ClientInterface, injectable for testing

Environments

environment names two hosts:

• sandbox (default) → https://testapi.smileidentity.com
• production → https://api.smileidentity.com

Any other host needs baseUrl, which wins over environment:

$smile = new Client(
    partnerId: '2',
    apiKey: getenv('SMILE_API_KEY'),
    baseUrl: 'https://your-environment.example.com',
);

Outside production, Smile ID matches test identities on given names + last name + email. An identity it does not recognise resolves to block.

All URLs you give the SDK must be https. The base URL must be absolute with no query or fragment, and callback URLs (defaultCallbackUrl and per-request callbackUrl) must be absolute https URLs. Anything else raises ValidationError before a request is made.

Binary inputs

Methods that upload images accept a file path, an open stream resource, or a string of raw bytes. When a plain string is ambiguous, use the explicit factories:

use SmileIdentity\Helpers\BinaryInput;

BinaryInput::fromPath('/tmp/selfie.jpg');
BinaryInput::fromString($bytes, 'selfie.jpg');
BinaryInput::fromResource(fopen('/tmp/selfie.jpg', 'r'), 'selfie.jpg');

Consent and user details

All verification submissions need a consent block and the user's details. Build consent with Consent::granted(...), which always records consent as given. userDetails is an associative array with wire field names; at least one of email or phone_number is required.

use SmileIdentity\Consent;

$consent = Consent::granted(
    grantedAt: new DateTimeImmutable(),
    noticeLanguage: 'EN',
    noticePrivacyPolicyUrl: 'https://example.com/privacy',
);

$userDetails = ['given_names' => 'John', 'last_name' => 'Doe', 'email' => '[e-mail]'];

The examples below assume $smile, $consent and $userDetails from above.

Methods

Enhanced KYC

Verify an ID number against the issuing authority.

$accepted = $smile->enhancedKyc->verify(
    country: 'NG',
    idType: 'NIN',
    idNumber: '12345678901',
    userDetails: $userDetails,
    consent: $consent,
);

$accepted->jobId;        // "job_..."
$accepted->isAccepted;   // true

Document verification

Verify a selfie and liveness images against a photo ID document. livenessImages takes 6 to 8 images.

$accepted = $smile->documents->verify(
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    livenessImages: glob('/tmp/liveness/*.jpg'),
    document: '/tmp/passport.jpg',
    consent: $consent,
    country: 'NG',
    userDetails: $userDetails,
);

Enhanced document verification

The same as document verification, but idType is required and the document is also checked against the issuing authority.

$accepted = $smile->documents->verifyEnhanced(
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    livenessImages: glob('/tmp/liveness/*.jpg'),
    document: '/tmp/passport.jpg',
    consent: $consent,
    country: 'NG',
    idType: 'PASSPORT',
    userDetails: $userDetails,
);

Biometric KYC

Verify a selfie against the photo on file with an ID authority.

$accepted = $smile->biometricKyc->verify(
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    livenessImages: glob('/tmp/liveness/*.jpg'),
    consent: $consent,
    country: 'NG',
    idType: 'BVN',
    idNumber: '12345678901',
    userDetails: $userDetails,
);

Biometric enrollment

Register a user's selfie for later authentication.

$accepted = $smile->biometric->enroll(
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    livenessImages: glob('/tmp/liveness/*.jpg'),
    consent: $consent,
    userDetails: $userDetails,
    userId: 'user-123',
);

Biometric authentication

Authenticate a returning user against their enrolled selfie. userId must match an enrollee. Pass useEnrolledImage: true to skip new images.

$accepted = $smile->biometric->authenticate(
    userId: 'user-123',
    consent: $consent,
    userDetails: $userDetails,
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    livenessImages: glob('/tmp/liveness/*.jpg'),
);

Selfie compare

Compare a selfie with another image: a document photo, an ID photo, or a portrait.

$accepted = $smile->biometric->compare(
    selfieImage: '/tmp/selfie.jpg',
    comparisonImage: '/tmp/id_photo.jpg',
    comparisonImageType: 'ID_PHOTO',    // DOCUMENT | ID_PHOTO | PORTRAIT (validated by the server)
    consent: $consent,
    userDetails: $userDetails,
);

Check a verification

$status = $smile->verifications->retrieve($accepted->jobId);

$status->status;      // "processing", "not_found", or the decision: "clear", "block", "attention", "error"
$status->isComplete;  // true when terminal, i.e. neither processing nor not_found
$status->message;     // e.g. "Job completed"

A job that is not found returns a JobStatus with status of not_found rather than throwing, so you can poll a job that has not landed yet.

Wait for a verification to complete

$status = $smile->verifications->waitUntilComplete(
    $accepted->jobId,
    interval: 2.0,     // seconds between polls
    timeout: 60.0,     // seconds before TimeoutError
    treatNotFoundAsPending: true,
);

Polls while the status is processing (and, by default, while it is not_found), and returns as soon as the job reports a decision. Throws SmileIdentity\Errors\TimeoutError if the job does not complete in time.

Replay a callback

Ask Smile ID to resend the callback for a completed verification. Replaying a job that is still processing throws ConflictError.

$replay = $smile->verifications->replay($accepted->jobId, callbackUrl: 'https://app.example.com/cb');

Report user fraud

reason is required when reporting fraud; notes is required when clearing a report or when the reason is OTHER.

$report = $smile->users->reportFraud(
    'user-123',
    isFraud: true,
    reportedBy: '[e-mail]',
    reason: 'ACCOUNT_TAKEOVER',
);

// Convenience wrappers:
$smile->users->flagFraud('user-123', reason: 'MULE_ACCOUNT', reportedBy: '[e-mail]');
$smile->users->clearFraud('user-123', notes: 'False positive', reportedBy: '[e-mail]');

Bank codes

No authentication needed.

$banks = $smile->services->bankCodes(country: 'NG');
$banks->bankCodes[0]->code;   // "044"

Supported ID types

No authentication needed.

$idTypes = $smile->services->supportedIdTypes(country: 'NG');
$idTypes->idTypes[0]->type;   // "BVN"

Supported documents

No authentication needed.

$documents = $smile->services->supportedDocuments(countryCode: 'NG');
$documents->validDocuments[0]->idTypes[0]->code;   // "DRIVERS_LICENSE"

ID authority status

Check whether an ID authority is currently reachable.

$idStatus = $smile->services->idStatus(country: 'NG', idType: 'NIN');
$idStatus->lastKnownStatus;   // "online"

Error handling

Every error the SDK throws extends SmileIdentity\Errors\SmileIDError, which extends \Exception. Catch the base class to handle everything, or a subclass to handle one case:

use SmileIdentity\Errors\PaymentRequiredError;
use SmileIdentity\Errors\SmileIDError;

try {
    $smile->enhancedKyc->verify(/* ... */);
} catch (PaymentRequiredError $e) {
    // top up the wallet
} catch (SmileIDError $e) {
    $e->getMessage();   // human-readable message
    $e->statusCode;     // HTTP status, null for local/connection errors
    $e->status;         // status text from the body, when present
    $e->code;           // API error code, e.g. "2413" (services endpoints only)
    $e->rawBody;        // the unparsed response body
}

Class	Raised on
InvalidRequestError	HTTP 400 or 415
ValidationError	client-side validation, before anything is sent
AuthenticationError	HTTP 401 after one token refresh attempt
PaymentRequiredError	HTTP 402, insufficient wallet balance
PermissionError	HTTP 403
NotFoundError	HTTP 404 (except verifications->retrieve)
ConflictError	HTTP 409, replay of a job still processing
PayloadTooLargeError	HTTP 413
RateLimitError	HTTP 429
UnexpectedResponseError	a 2xx response whose body is not a JSON object
APIError	HTTP 5xx
ConnectionError	network failure, no HTTP response
TimeoutError	waitUntilComplete deadline passed

Retries

The SDK retries idempotent operations only: status and services reads, and its internal token fetch. It retries on connection errors, 408, 429 and 5xx, honours the Retry-After header, and never retries a 409. Verification submissions are never retried automatically — a connection failure surfaces as ConnectionError and you decide whether to resubmit.

Telemetry

Every request carries three headers identifying the SDK: SmileID-Source-SDK: php, SmileID-Source-SDK-Version, and a User-Agent of the form smileid-sdk-php/<version> (php/<php-version>). They are observability metadata, never authentication, and carry no personal data.

Security

See SECURITY.md for how to report a vulnerability.

License

MIT. See LICENSE.