Identity verification that sees every profile.

import Argus from '@argus/sdk';

const argus = new Argus({ apiKey: process.env.ARGUS_KEY });

const applicant = await argus.applicants.create({
  externalId: 'user_8812',
  flow: 'fintech-v12',
  email: 'maya.chen@gmail.com',
  phone: '+14155550134',
  declared: { employer: 'Northwind Bank' },
  checks: ['document', 'liveness', 'footprint', 'screening'],
});

// hand the token to the Web SDK on the client
res.json({ token: applicant.sdkToken });

// later: read the resolved footprint
const fp = await argus.applicants.footprint(applicant.id);
console.log(fp.consistency, fp.profiles.map(p => p.network));

from argus import Argus

client = Argus(api_key=os.environ["ARGUS_KEY"])

applicant = client.applicants.create(
    external_id="user_8812",
    flow="fintech-v12",
    email="maya.chen@gmail.com",
    phone="+14155550134",
    declared={"employer": "Northwind Bank"},
    checks=["document", "liveness", "footprint", "screening"],
)

# Decide programmatically, or let rules do it
decision = client.applicants.decision(applicant.id)
if decision.risk < 30 and not decision.open_alerts:
    client.applicants.approve(applicant.id)

// POST https://api.northwind.bank/argus/events
{
  "event": "applicant.approved",
  "applicant_id": "ap_10421",
  "risk": { "score": 12, "level": "low", "decided_in_ms": 4100 },
  "document": { "type": "passport", "country": "US", "authenticity": 98.7, "nfc": true },
  "biometrics": { "face_match": 97.4, "liveness": 99.2, "deepfake": 0.3 },
  "footprint": {
    "consistency": 98,
    "profiles": [
      { "network": "instagram", "handle": "maya.chen.sf", "age_days": 2301, "photo_match": 96, "flags": [] },
      { "network": "linkedin", "employer": "Northwind Bank", "employer_match": true },
      { "network": "tiktok", "found": false }
    ]
  },
  "screening": { "sanctions": 0, "pep": 0, "adverse_media": 0, "lists": 214 },
  "alerts": []
}