New Jersey Driver License & ID Card PDF417 API

Reading New Jersey Card Barcodes in Real Workflows

New Jersey casinos and corporate campuses register visitors in large numbers, often with lobby tablets. Visitors hold cards at an angle, which skews the barcode. PDF417 error correction recovers some damage, but an application should never invent identity values when the barcode cannot be decoded.

One API for New Jersey Licenses and ID Cards

New Jersey cards are issued by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC). Licenses and identification cards carry the same AAMVA DL/ID PDF417 barcode on the back. Send the back image to the StructOCR PDF417 API: it decodes the barcode deterministically, normalizes the jurisdiction to NJ, and returns document_kind as driver_license or id_card. Test a non-sensitive sample in the free PDF417 scanner. For the printed front of the card, use the Driver License OCR API.

Where This Workflow Fits

• Casino guest registration: Pre-fill names, dates, and address for casino guest registration and keep final confirmation in your application.
• Corporate campus visitors: Accept both New Jersey licenses and state ID cards, and use document_kind where only a license is acceptable.
• Commuter account setup: Send unreadable New Jersey barcodes to a retake or manual review step instead of saving partial identity data.

Decode a New Jersey Card Back

Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP image of the full card back. Ask for the back of the card to fill most of the frame, with a small margin on every side and no fingers over the barcode.

Prerequisite: A server-side StructOCR API key and a clear image of the complete card back

curl -X POST https://api.structocr.com/v1/driver-license-pdf417 \
  -H "x-api-key: $STRUCTOCR_API_KEY" \
  -F "file=@new-jersey-card-back.jpg"

Illustrative New Jersey ID Card Response

This response uses wholly fictional data to show a NJ identification card. A license returns document_kind driver_license and its class fields.

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "type": "drivers_license",
    "document_kind": "id_card",
    "source": "pdf417",
    "country_code": "USA",
    "region": "NJ",
    "document_number": "SAMPLE1234",
    "surname": "SAMPLE",
    "given_names": "ALEX MORGAN",
    "first_name": "ALEX",
    "middle_name": "MORGAN",
    "sex": "X",
    "date_of_birth": "1990-01-15",
    "date_of_issue": "2025-01-15",
    "date_of_expiry": "2030-01-15",
    "address": "100 EXAMPLE AVE",
    "city": "SAMPLE CITY",
    "postal_code": "00000",
    "vehicle_class": null,
    "restrictions": null,
    "endorsements": null,
    "document_discriminator": "SAMPLE-DISCRIMINATOR",
    "issuer_identification_number": null,
    "aamva_version": 10,
    "jurisdiction_version": 0
  }
}