What are these APIs not suitable for?

They do not handle exam registration, application submission, rank-list publication, or admission tickets. Each covers only the retrieval of an already-issued certificate for a qualified candidate, and each is limited to the specific document type its issuer exposes.

How does an agent choose between the ASRB and Kerala PSC endpoints?

Use the ASRB endpoint when the workflow needs central-government agricultural recruitment proof, and use the Kerala PSC endpoint when it needs Kerala state public-service eligibility proof. An agent can search by intent and Jentic returns the matching operation with its input schema, so it calls the right issuer for the candidate at hand.

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Q: Are the returned certificates actually verifiable, or just raw data?

They are verifiable. Both endpoints return a certificate payload digitally signed at the issuing authority, so downstream systems can present it as a trusted government document rather than as unverified JSON. This removes the need to independently re-check the qualification claim.

EducationAssessmentIdentity VerificationThird-Party SpecsAPI keyAgent Ready

apisetu.gov.in·Developer portal → apisetu.gov.in

API Setu API Catalog

2 APIs across 2 product groups. All share one credential.

Education1

Agricultural Scientists Recruitment BoardFetch ASRB NET merit certificates for a candidate as a verified digital document via API Setu and DigiLocker.~1 endpoint

Identity Auth1

KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, KeralaIssue Kerala PSC One Time Verification certificates to candidates as DigiLocker-compatible verified documents.~1 endpoint

Which API Setu API should I use?

I want to...	Use	Why
Fetch an ASRB NET merit certificate for an agricultural scientist recruitment candidate	Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board	The ASRB endpoint issues central-government NET-I and NET-II 2019 merit certificates via POST /mrcer/certificate.
Fetch a Kerala PSC eligibility certificate for a state government appointment	KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Kerala	The Kerala PSC endpoint issues One Time Verification certificates via POST /otcer/certificate for state public-service candidates.

Install Jentic One Beta

Connect the API Setu APIs to your agent

Jentic One is a self-hosted execution layer for AI agents. It lets your agent call the API Setu APIs, or any other public or private API you need. You set the rules, the agent never sees your credentials, and every call is logged.

Two steps, two machines. Install the instance in a safe environment, then register your agent from wherever it runs.

Step 1: Jentic One Host machine

# On the machine that will host your Jentic One instance:
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fapisetu.gov.in" | sh

Step 2: Agent machine

# On the machine where your agent runs (keep this separate from the instance):
curl -fsSL "https://jentic.com/install.sh?src=apis&api=%2Fapis%2Fapisetu.gov.in" | sh
jentic register       # connects your agent to your Jentic One instance

Jentic One is in public beta. The setup above keeps your agent separate from the instance, which is what you want before using real credentials: an agent running as the same OS user as Jentic One can read its stored keys directly. Just evaluating? A single local install is fine to start. See the secure deployment guide for the tiers.

Once connected, ask your agent something like: “fetch an Indian government verification certificate for a candidate”.

Why Jentic?

What agents get from Jentic-routed access to this vendor.

Setup

Wiring API Setu by hand means provisioning each issuer's key pair, packaging each certificate request, and parsing each signed response yourself. Through Jentic you install once, add the ASRB and Kerala PSC APIs from the Jentic directory, store the credentials once, and your agent calls either issuer.

Permission scoping

Each API exposes a single certificate-retrieval operation, and because you run Jentic One yourself your own rules decide which operations the agent may use. You can allowlist just the ASRB fetch, just the Kerala PSC fetch, or both, so the agent can only call the issuers you have added.

Credential isolation

Your API Setu key and client id for each issuer are stored once, encrypted, by your own Jentic One instance and injected at execution time. They never enter the agent's prompt, logs, or context.

FAQs

Specific to using API Setu APIs through Jentic.

What is API Setu and how does it relate to DigiLocker?

API Setu is the Government of India's gateway for citizen-facing document services. Its issuer endpoints return records that are compatible with DigiLocker, India's national platform for storing verified government documents. When you fetch a certificate through an API Setu endpoint, you receive a signed payload that can be stored in or presented from a DigiLocker wallet.

Which document types can I retrieve across these APIs?

Two document types are exposed here. The ASRB endpoint issues NET-I and NET-II 2019 merit certificates for agricultural scientist recruitment, and the Kerala PSC endpoint issues One Time Verification certificates for state public-service candidates. Each API exposes a single certificate-issuing operation.

Do the ASRB and Kerala PSC APIs share credentials?

They share the same credential model, the X-APISETU-APIKEY and X-APISETU-CLIENTID header pair issued by API Setu at onboarding. The keys themselves are scoped per issuer, so you provision ASRB and Kerala PSC credentials separately rather than reusing one set across both.

Are the returned certificates actually verifiable, or just raw data?

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APIs2 in catalogue

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AuthAPI key — 1 credential for all 2 APIs

ProvenanceThird-party specs

An agent can fetch government-issued verification documents from API Setu, retrieving ASRB NET merit certificates and Kerala PSC One Time Verification certificates as DigiLocker-compatible signed records for a given candidate. Each API returns a tamper-evident payload the agent can attach to a recruitment, appointment, or background-check workflow.

API Setu is India's official gateway to citizen document issuers, so every certificate it returns is signed at the source authority and verifiable through DigiLocker rather than self-reported. This vendor's endpoints cover recruitment and public-service verification from both central-government (ASRB) and state (Kerala PSC) issuers behind one shared credential model.

Use for: Fetching DigiLocker-compatible ASRB NET merit certificates and Kerala PSC One Time Verification certificates as signed government documents

Not supported: exam registration, application submission, rank-list publication, admission tickets, real-time streaming

Credentials: Both APIs use the same API Setu credential model, the X-APISETU-APIKEY and X-APISETU-CLIENTID header pair issued during integrator onboarding, but keys are scoped per issuer so ASRB and Kerala PSC credentials are provisioned separately.

What AI Agents Can Do with API Setu

Each workflow spans multiple API Setu APIs. Jentic routes each operation to the right API automatically.

Unified candidate credential verification

A recruitment or verification platform operating across Indian government hiring can pull both a candidate's ASRB NET merit certificate and their Kerala PSC One Time Verification certificate through one integration. Because both come back as DigiLocker-compatible signed documents, the platform can compile a verified qualification bundle without collecting scanned uploads.

Example prompt:

For a candidate, fetch the ASRB NET merit certificate and the Kerala PSC OTV certificate, then return both signed records as a combined credential bundle.

APIs used

Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board + KERALA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, Kerala

DigiLocker document aggregation

A DigiLocker partner application that surfaces a citizen's verified government records can list both agricultural recruitment and Kerala public-service certificates from the same API Setu integration. Each certificate is issued once and reused across the citizen's future job and departmental submissions.