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Get started

  • Overview
  • Quickstart
  • Authentication
  • Sandbox and test data

Guides

  • KYC seller onboarding
  • UK business verification (KYB)
  • Sanctions and PEP screening
  • Fraud score: device, IP and bots
  • Trust score
  • Email and phone checks
  • Selfie checks
  • Hosted and mobile capture
  • Reports and evidence bundles
  • Running saved workflows
  • Retrieving check results

Integrations

  • Stripe Connect marketplaces
  • Sharetribe marketplaces
  • Shopify
  • WooCommerce

Webhooks

  • Webhooks

Reference

  • API reference
  • Errors
  • Rate limits and quotas
  • Versioning
  • Changelog
  • OpenAPI and Postman
  • SDKs (coming soon)

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  2. /API reference
  3. /Combine your own signals into a weighted trust score

Combine your own signals into a weighted trust score

POST /api/v1/trust-score

POST https://api.trustverify.co.uk/api/v1/trust-score

Weights the signals you send (each value 0–1) into a 0–100 trust score and tier. Known types and weights: biometric_match 0.25, aml_result 0.20, document_authenticity 0.15, device_fingerprint 0.10, ip_risk 0.10, transaction_history 0.10, account_age 0.05, communication_pattern 0.05; any other type weighs 0.05. With no signals the score is 50.

Request body#

Request body fields
FieldTypeDescription
entityIdrequiredstring
signalsarray of object
signals[].typerequiredstring
signals[].valuerequirednumber
metadataobject

Example request#

curl -sS -X POST 'https://api.trustverify.co.uk/api/v1/trust-score' \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TRUSTVERIFY_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "entityId": "seller_demo_42"
}'

Responses#

200 Trust score

200 response fields
FieldTypeDescription
checkIdrequiredstring
entityIdrequiredstring
trustScorerequiredinteger
tierrequiredstring: "trusted" | "provisional" | "elevated_risk" | "blocked"
breakdownrequiredobject
escrowGaterequiredobject
escrowGate.thresholdrequirednumber
escrowGate.passesrequiredboolean
escrowGate.actionrequiredstring: "release_funds" | "hold_pending_review"
completedAtrequiredstring
metadatarequiredobject

400 validation_failed — entityId is required

400 response fields
FieldTypeDescription
errorrequiredstring: "validation_failed"
messagerequiredstring
requestIdstring

401 Invalid API key

403 insufficient_permissions — the key lacks the scope for this endpoint, or the plan does not include the feature

429 rate_limit_exceeded (per-minute, see X-RateLimit- and Retry-After) or DAILY_CAP_EXCEEDED

Last updated 30 October 2026. Something unclear or wrong? Tell us.