> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.paxos.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> The Identity Documents API allows clients to send documents to Paxos to validate identities during the KYC process.

Files can be updated multiple times by re-sending the document type for processing.

## Supported File Formats

We currently accept the following file formats:

* `pdf`
* `jpg`
* `png`

## Upload Process

Steps to upload a document are as follows:

1. Send a `PUT` request to `/identity/identities/{id}/documents` to get
   the upload URL.
2. Send your document to the provided URL via a PUT request. Take the following example using curl:
   ```bash theme={null}
   curl --upload-file Proof_of_residence.jpg $URI
   ```

Uploaded document metadata will be available via `GET` request to `/identity/identities/{id}/documents`