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Want API reference information for Identity Envelope Decryption?

See Decrypt Identity Envelopes for more information.

Due to the opaque nature of identity envelopes, they need to be decrypted into usable identifier data for the parties who receive them. The RampID API provides the decryption capability using the envelope decryption endpoint. This endpoint is used to decode and decrypt an envelope to extract the identifier in the envelope. The RampID API then encrypts the value with a partner-specific encryption key and partner ID. The result is a RampID in the partner ID space that is usable for transactions.

There is a limitation to the type of data the API can decrypt from. The data represented in the envelopes must correspond to a valid RampID. Data types such as cookie and mobile ID are not currently supported.

Envelope Decryption Call

The API supports envelope lookups on Person-based identifiers. As the name implies, the input envelope must represent an individual in the underlying data, namely, with granularity of "X" (meaning INDIVIDUAL).

This endpoint supports POST operations with an envelope string passed in as a query parameter. The standard API parameters for the lookup endpoint are also applicable.

The URI path is:

/people/envelope?key=_\<envelope_string_representing_individual>_

The API returns status code 200 to indicate a successful execution. The resulting decrypted RampID is made available in the anonymousConsumerLink attribute in the "anonymousAbilitec" bundle.

Unsuccessful responses from the endpoint may return status codes of 400 (bad request), 404 (not found) or 500 (server error). See Errors and Troubleshooting section for details.

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Before Using the Identity Envelope Decryption Endpoint

In order to use this endpoint, a user must be set up with proper credentials and access permissions. A client representative can help with this setup. For making API calls, a user needs to have a client ID and a client secret. For more details, see "Request an Access Token".

Sample Requests and Responses

The following sample requests assume a valid access token is obtained and passed in the Authorization header.

Batch Calls

Due to privacy restrictions, you will need to transcode multiple envelopes at a time using batch calls. The API supports passing up to 1000 envelopes in the same batch call. This can be done by making a POST call to https://us.identity.api.liveramp.com/batch/lookup and passing in JSON that looks like:

[
  "/people/envelope/?key=AUGGsYEKVWxnDsHU6b65TfdHEmC0vY51YrJhxTTRtB54A5dTzdrLIQ", 
  "/people/envelope/?key=AUGFOIZ5kDgv1weSzQ7NXo8sOMraa4ORJJONSoutNa3jb65Rgmj7aE", 
 . . .
]

The response should look like:

{
  "person": {
    "anonymousAbilitec": {
      "anonymousConsumerLink": "XiT001sgRRky74xZ6NrpSsF6z2ucg6TeV8rISolIhOMe-R94lh47QP2xuVITxFm6otlyrB"
    }
  }
}{
  "person": {
    "anonymousAbilitec": {
      "anonymousConsumerLink": "XiT001xuVITx94lh47QP2xuVITxFmyrBF6z2ucg6TeV8rIe-R94lh47Qh47QP2xrIhz2u"
    }
  }
}

Decrypting a Singular Envelope to a RampID

Sample request (example only, not valid for real-world use cases):

curl --header "Authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>" 'https://us.identity.api.liveramp.com/people/envelope?key=AUGGsYEKVWxnDsHU6b65TfdHEmC0vY51YrJhxTTRtB54A5dTzdrLIQ'

Sample response with derived RampID output:

{
  "person": {
    "anonymousAbilitec": {
      "anonymousConsumerLink": "XiT001sgRRky74xZ6NrpSsF6z2ucg6TeV8rISolIhOMe-R94lh47QP2xuVITxFm6otlyrB"
    }
  }
}

Errors and Troubleshooting

In addition to error codes listed in Error documents, the envelope decryption endpoint may return the following errors: