National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)

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NSDC (https://www.nsdcindia.org) promotes skill development by catalyzing creation of large, quality and for-profit vocational institutions. Skill certificates provided under various NSDC programmes are made available to citizens in their DigiLocker accounts.

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

POST Executive Skill Enhancement Certificate

API to verify Executive Skill Enhancement Certificate.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nsdcindia/3.0.0/escer/certificate

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

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

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

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

POST Skill Certificate

API to verify Skill Certificate.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/apisetu.gov.in/nsdcindia/3.0.0/skcer/certificate

Hover any highlighted part to learn what it does

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

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

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

Postman Setup Guide

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC)?

National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is a Government API. Developers commonly use government APIs for:

surfacing public datasets in citizen-facing apps
building transparency and civic engagement tools
accessing legislation, court records, and official data
powering research and journalism tools
creating compliance and regulatory monitoring dashboards

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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