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

# Get a person



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json get /partner/v1/kyb/people/{person_id}
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: Ladder Partner API
  version: v1
  description: >-
    Server-to-server API for licensed partner organisations: KYB, NGN/GHS/USD
    wallets, funding rails, investments and NGX market data, buy and sell
    orders, holdings and webhooks. Every request is HMAC-signed; see the
    Authentication guide.
  contact:
    email: partners@myladder.africa
servers:
  - url: https://api.myladder.africa
    description: Production
  - url: https://api-dev.myladder.africa
    description: UAT (integration and acceptance testing)
security:
  - LadderKey: []
    LadderTimestamp: []
    LadderSignature: []
tags:
  - name: Organisation
    description: The calling organisation and what KYB still needs.
  - name: KYB
    description: >-
      Business information, people, documents, settlement accounts and
      submission.
  - name: Wallets
    description: >-
      Balances, funding requests on every rail, direct-debit mandates and the
      ledger statement.
  - name: Investments
    description: What a partner can buy.
  - name: Market data
    description: >-
      Nigerian Exchange instruments, quotes, bars, indices, FX, calendar and
      disclosures.
  - name: Orders
    description: Buy and sell orders and their lifecycle.
  - name: Holdings
    description: Positions created by completed buys.
  - name: Webhooks
    description: Endpoints, deliveries and retries.
  - name: Sandbox
    description: Test-key only helpers.
paths:
  /partner/v1/kyb/people/{person_id}:
    parameters:
      - name: person_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
    get:
      tags:
        - KYB
      summary: Get a person
      operationId: kyb_people_read
      parameters: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: ''
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerKYBPersonResponse'
        '400':
          description: Validation or business-rule error (see `error.code`).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerError'
        '401':
          description: Missing/invalid signature, stale timestamp, unknown or revoked key.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerError'
        '403':
          description: IP not allowlisted, or action not allowed for this key/environment.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerError'
        '404':
          description: Not found (or belongs to another organisation/environment).
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerError'
        '429':
          description: Rate limited (120 requests/min per key). See `Retry-After`.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerError'
components:
  schemas:
    PartnerKYBPersonResponse:
      required:
        - data
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerKYBPerson'
    PartnerError:
      required:
        - error
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PartnerErrorBody'
    PartnerKYBPerson:
      required:
        - roles
        - first_name
        - last_name
        - date_of_birth
        - nationality
        - id_type
        - id_number
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          title: Id
          type: string
          format: uuid
          readOnly: true
        roles:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
            enum:
              - director
              - beneficial_owner
              - signatory
              - admin
        first_name:
          title: First name
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          minLength: 1
        middle_name:
          title: Middle name
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
        last_name:
          title: Last name
          type: string
          maxLength: 100
          minLength: 1
        date_of_birth:
          title: Date of birth
          type: string
          format: date
        nationality:
          title: Nationality
          type: string
          maxLength: 3
          minLength: 1
        email:
          title: Email
          type: string
          format: email
          maxLength: 254
        phone:
          title: Phone
          type: string
          maxLength: 50
        residential_address:
          title: Residential address
          type: string
        ownership_percentage:
          title: Ownership percentage
          type: string
          format: decimal
        id_type:
          title: Id type
          type: string
          enum:
            - passport
            - nin
            - ghana_card
            - drivers_license
            - voters_card
        id_number:
          title: Id number
          type: string
          maxLength: 64
          minLength: 1
        id_number_masked:
          title: Id number masked
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        bvn:
          title: Bvn
          type: string
          pattern: ^\d{11}$
        bvn_masked:
          title: Bvn masked
          type: string
          readOnly: true
          minLength: 1
        is_pep:
          title: Is pep
          type: boolean
        pep_details:
          title: Pep details
          type: string
        review_status:
          title: Review status
          type: string
          enum:
            - pending
            - accepted
            - rejected
          readOnly: true
        created_at:
          title: Created_at
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
    PartnerErrorBody:
      required:
        - code
        - message
        - details
      type: object
      properties:
        code:
          title: Code
          description: Stable machine-readable code, e.g. `insufficient_funds`.
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        message:
          title: Message
          type: string
          minLength: 1
        details:
          title: Details
          description: Code-specific context (validation errors, balances, …).
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
            nullable: true
  securitySchemes:
    LadderKey:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Ladder-Key
      description: 'Your key id: `pk_test_…` (sandbox) or `pk_live_…` (live).'
    LadderTimestamp:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Ladder-Timestamp
      description: Unix seconds, as a string; must be within 5 minutes of server time.
    LadderSignature:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Ladder-Signature
      description: >-
        Lower-case hex HMAC-SHA512 over timestamp, method, path+query and the
        SHA-256 of the body. See Authentication.

````

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