Sarathi (Driving Licence) API Integration
Verify a Driving Licence number and retrieve validity and vehicle-class endorsements.
What Sarathi (Driving Licence) API integration does
Sarathi is the national driving licence system, and verification confirms a licence number, its validity, and — critically — the vehicle classes the holder is endorsed to drive.
That last field is the one manual checks routinely miss and incidents later turn on. A licence can be perfectly valid and still not authorise the holder to operate the vehicle you have assigned them: a light-vehicle endorsement does not cover a commercial goods vehicle. For fleets, logistics platforms and mobility marketplaces, checking endorsement class against the assigned vehicle is a small piece of logic that prevents a category of liability that is otherwise very difficult to defend.
What teams build with it
Driver onboarding
Verify the licence, confirm validity and check endorsed classes before a partner accepts their first trip.
Class-matched assignment
Match the driver's endorsed vehicle classes to the vehicle being assigned, rather than assuming any valid licence is sufficient.
Periodic re-verification
Re-check licence validity on a schedule so an expired licence is caught before it becomes an incident.
Insurance and claims
Confirm licence validity and class at policy issuance and at claim assessment.
Endpoints included
GET/sarathi/v2/dlReturns DL holder details and class of vehicle.
Try it in the sandbox
https://sandbox.aeologic.io/sarathi/v2/dl{
"dl_no": "KA0120190001234",
"dob": "1992-04-18"
}What you need before we start
- The driving licence number and holder details to match
- A mapping between your vehicle types and licence endorsement classes
- Consent covering licence verification
How we deliver it
- Vehicle-class to endorsement mapping built for your fleet
- Sandbox integration and response mapping
- Assignment-time validation wired into your dispatch logic
- Production access with scheduled re-verification
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Sarathi (Driving Licence) API integration — FAQs
What does Sarathi verification return?
Confirmation of the licence number along with its validity and the vehicle-class endorsements held.
Why do endorsement classes matter?
Because a valid licence does not necessarily authorise the holder to drive the vehicle you are assigning. Checking the class is what turns a nominal compliance step into a real control.
Can we re-verify drivers automatically?
Yes. Scheduled re-verification across a driver base is supported and is how expiries are caught before dispatch.
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