South Carolina Driver License & ID Card PDF417 API

Reading South Carolina Card Barcodes in Real Workflows

South Carolina beach rentals and automotive plants process large waves of customers or new hires. Outdoor captures in strong sun commonly wash out 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 South Carolina Licenses and ID Cards

South Carolina cards are issued by the South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles. 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 SC, 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

• Beach and golf-cart rentals: Pre-fill names, dates, and address for beach and golf-cart rentals and keep final confirmation in your application.
• Plant workforce onboarding: Accept both South Carolina licenses and state ID cards, and use document_kind where only a license is acceptable.
• Retail age checks: Send unreadable South Carolina barcodes to a retake or manual review step instead of saving partial identity data.

Decode a South Carolina Card Back

Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP image of the full card back. Tap to focus on the barcode, hold the phone parallel to the card, and avoid digital zoom.

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=@south-carolina-card-back.jpg"

Illustrative South Carolina ID Card Response

This response uses wholly fictional data to show a SC 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": "SC",
    "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
  }
}