DIN Lookup
One director, every board seat.
POST/v1/mca/din
What it does
Resolves a Director Identification Number to the director's name, DIN status and every company they are or were associated with.
- Input
- DIN
- Output
- Director name + associated companies
Use cases
- Director network mapping
- Conflict-of-interest checks
- Shell company detection
Request
POST /v1/mca/din
curl https://api.apiserver.in/v1/mca/din \
-H "Authorization: Bearer as_test_YOUR_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"din":"07419266"}'const res = await fetch("https://api.apiserver.in/v1/mca/din", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.APISERVER_KEY ?? "as_test_YOUR_KEY"}`,
"Content-Type": "application/json",
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"din": "07419266"
}),
});
const { success, data, meta, error } = await res.json();
console.log(meta.charged, meta.amount_inr); // failed calls are never chargedimport os, requests
res = requests.post(
"https://api.apiserver.in/v1/mca/din",
headers={
"Authorization": f"Bearer {os.getenv('APISERVER_KEY', 'as_test_YOUR_KEY')}",
},
json={
"din": "07419266",
},
timeout=10,
)
body = res.json()
print(body["meta"]["charged"], body["meta"]["amount_inr"])<?php
$ch = curl_init('https://api.apiserver.in/v1/mca/din');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
CURLOPT_POST => true,
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
'Authorization: Bearer ' . (getenv('APISERVER_KEY') ?: 'as_test_YOUR_KEY'),
'Content-Type: application/json',
],
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'din' => '07419266',
]),
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
echo $body['meta']['charged'] ? 'charged' : 'not charged';| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| dinrequired | string | 8-digit Director Identification Number. |
Response
Sample response for a fictional sandbox entity. Click any key to copy its JSON path.
{ : true, : "as_req_01J9X2K7R8M4V6T2Q9W3E5Y1ZB", : "mca.din", : "2026-10-01", : { : "07419266", : "Anand Raghavan", : "Approved", : [ { : "U17120KA2016PTC094312", : null, : "KAVERI TEXTILES PRIVATE LIMITED", : "Managing Director", : "2016-05-12", : null }, { : "L29130MH1998PLC115602", : null, : "TAPTI ENGINEERING LIMITED", : "Independent Director", : "2022-01-10", : null } ] }, : { : true, : 4, : 333, : "live", : 1, : "2026-10-03T09:12:00+05:30", : "live" }}Field dictionary — data
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| din | string | — |
| name | string | — |
| din_status | "Approved" | "Disqualified" | — |
| companies | object[] | — |
| ↳cin | string | null | — |
| ↳llpin | string | null | — |
| ↳name | string | — |
| ↳designation | string | — |
| ↳appointed_on | string | — |
| ↳ceased_on | string | null | — |
Errors
Every error uses the same envelope and is billed ₹0 — `meta.charged` is always false.
| HTTP | Code | What it means | Retry | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 400 | VALIDATION_FAILED | Something in the request isn't in the right shape — usually an ID with a typo or a missing field. | no | ₹0 |
| 401 | AUTH_INVALID_KEY | We couldn't find a valid API key on this request. | no | ₹0 |
| 402 | WALLET_INSUFFICIENT_BALANCE | Your wallet doesn't have enough for this call, so we didn't run it. | no | ₹0 |
| 404 | RECORD_NOT_FOUND | The source has no record for this ID. | no | ₹0 |
| 429 | RATE_LIMITED | You sent requests faster than your key's limit. | yes | ₹0 |
| 503 | PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE | All upstream sources for this check were down, even after fallback. | yes | ₹0 |
| 504 | PROVIDER_TIMEOUT | The upstream source took too long to answer. | yes | ₹0 |
₹4.00
DIN Lookup · incl. GST · failed calls ₹0