South Dakota Driver License & ID Card PDF417 API

Reading South Dakota Card Barcodes in Real Workflows

South Dakota hosts major financial-services operations alongside seasonal tourism peaks. Remote applications and crowded event counters both produce low-quality images. PDF417 error correction recovers some damage, but an application should never invent identity values when the barcode cannot be decoded.

One API for South Dakota Licenses and ID Cards

South Dakota cards are issued by the South Dakota Department of Public Safety Driver Licensing Program. 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 SD, 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

• Remote account applications: Pre-fill names, dates, and address for remote account applications and keep final confirmation in your application.
• Rally-season rentals: Accept both South Dakota licenses and state ID cards, and use document_kind where only a license is acceptable.
• Casino entry in Deadwood: Send unreadable South Dakota barcodes to a retake or manual review step instead of saving partial identity data.

Decode a South Dakota Card Back

Upload a JPG, PNG, or WebP image of the full card back. Move out of direct light or tilt the card slightly to remove glare, then upload the original camera photo.

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-dakota-card-back.jpg"

Illustrative South Dakota ID Card Response

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