Context types (image, video)

The context parameter in the request and response payload basically describes what the image or video was taken of, for example if the image/video is about the selfie (the end-users face), the document front or back, etc.

Veriff captures multiple images. The image with the -pre suffix is the first one, and the one without is the second image.

Identity and Document Verification process

Context label name	Description
`face`	Returns the selfie picture
`face-pre`	Returns the selfie picture
`face-nfc`	Returns the selfie picture extracted from the document's NFC chip
`face-cropped`	Returns the cropped selfie photo
`document-front`	Returns the picture of the ID document's front
`document-front-pre`	Returns the picture of the ID document's front
`document-front-qrcode`	Returns the picture of the ID document's front, to display the QR-code
`document-front-qrcode-pre`	Returns the picture of the ID document's front, to display the QR-code
`document-front-face-cropped`	Returns a cropped portrait image from a document
`document-back`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back
`document-back-pre`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back
`document-and-face`	Returns the selfie with the the ID document's front
`document-and-face-pre`	Returns the selfie with the the ID document's front
`document-back-barcode`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back, to display the barcode
`document-back-barcode-pre`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back, to display the barcode
`document-back-qrcode`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back, to display the QR-code
`document-back-qrcode-pre`	Returns the picture of the ID document's back, to display the QR-code
`registry-face`	Returns the selfie picture extracted from a third party registry
`face-reference`	Returns the selfie picture that is used as reference image

Proof of Address verification process

Context label name	Description
`address-front`	Returns the image of the address that's displayed on the Proof of Address document's front

Video context types

Context label name	Description	Platform
`selfid_video`	Returns one video of the whole session, comprising the selfie, document front and document back videos	Web flow and Native SDKs
`face-pre-video`	Returns the selfie video	only Native SDKs
`document-front-pre-video`	Returns the video of the document's front	only Native SDKs
`document-back-pre-video`	Returns the video of the document's back	only Native SDKs
`document-and-face-pre-video`	Returns the selfie video with the document's front	only Native SDKs
`document-back-barcode-pre-video`	Returns the selfie video with the document's back to display the document's barcode	only Native SDKs
`document-front-qrcode-pre-video`	Returns the selfie video with the document's front to display the document's QR-code	only Native SDKs
`document-back-qrcode-pre-video`	Returns the selfie video with the document's back to display the document's QR-code	only Native SDKs

Article versioning

Date	Description
May 2, 2025	`face-cropped` image context type added
Mar 12, 2025	Documentation published