ID Scanning

Verify age and identity from a driver license

Read the PDF417 barcode on the back of North American driver licenses and ID cards, and get names, dates, address and an age check, all on the device.

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JANE Q SAMPLE21+ verifiedNot expired

Born: 1990-01-31 (age 36)
Expires: 2028-01-31
License: D1234567 · CA

AAMVA versions 1–10

Handles current and legacy name fields, US and Canadian date formats and ZIP+4.

Age checks built in

age, isUnder21, isUnder18 and isExpired are computed for you, with an injectable clock for tests.

Never leaves the phone

Parsing is pure code on the device, with no network calls and no image uploads.

Tuned viewfinder

A wide, line-style viewfinder fits the long PDF417 on the back of the card.

Every raw field

Jurisdiction-specific elements are kept in fields, for example fields.ZCA.

Same parser everywhere

parseAAMVA in JS, Swift, Kotlin, Python and C#.

For developers

A few lines of code

Drop in the pre-built component or build your own UI on the same engine.

Parsed fields

Identity: firstName, middleName, lastName, suffix, fullName, sex, documentNumber
Dates: dateOfBirth, issueDate, expiryDate (ISO), age, isExpired, isUnder21, isUnder18
Address: street, street2, city, state, postalCode, country
Physical & license: eyeColor, hairColor, height, weight, vehicleClass, restrictions, endorsements

import "qrgen-sdk/elements";
import { parseAAMVA } from "qrgen-sdk/parsers";

scanner.addEventListener("scan", (e) => {
  const id = parseAAMVA(e.detail.barcode.data);
  if (!id) return show("Not a driver license");
  if (id.isExpired) return show("License expired");
  show(id.isUnder21 ? "Under 21" : `21+ verified (age ${id.age})`);
});

QRGenScannerView(options: .init(symbologies: ["pdf417"], mode: .single)) { barcodes in
    if let id = QRGen.parseAAMVA(barcodes[0].data) {
        print(id.fullName, id.isUnder21 ?? true)
    }
}

Use cases

Where teams use id scanning

Age verification for alcohol, tobacco and cannabis
Hotel and car rental check-in
Visitor management
KYC form prefill
Event entry with ID checks
Pharmacy pickups

Try id scanning now

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