National Institute of Open Schooling

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National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) is issuing marksheets, Provisional certificates, migration certificates through DigiLocker. These can be pulled by students into their DigiLocker accounts. Currently available - 2010 - 2020 [Class XII & Class Xth]

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

POST Class XII Marksheet

API to verify Class XII Marksheet.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate"

import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hscer/certificate";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST Class XII Migration Certificate

API to verify Class XII Migration Certificate.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate"

import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hsmgr/certificate";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

POST Class XII Provisional Certificate

API to verify Class XII Provisional Certificate.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

curl -X POST "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate"

import requests
response = requests.post(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate';

const response = await fetch(url, {
  method: 'POST',
}); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nios/3.0.0/hvcer/certificate";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "POST",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

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