Koa
Validate documents in Koa with @koa/multer and the Constaia SDK, map errors to HTTP and verify the webhook by reading the raw body.
You will build a Koa server with @koa/router:
POST /api/verify-dni: receives the file with@koa/multer(in memory), analyses it with Constaia and returns the verdict.POST /webhooks/constaia: reads the raw body withraw-body, verifies the signature and drops duplicates.
The key lives only on the server. The browser or the widget send the file to your route.
Install
npm i koa @koa/router @koa/multer multer raw-body @constaia/sdk
npm i -D typescript tsx @types/koa @types/koa__router @types/koa__multerWorks with Koa 2 and Koa 3 on Node.js 20 or later.
Environment variables
CONSTAIA_API_KEY=ck_test_...
CONSTAIA_WEBHOOK_SECRET=whsec_...Create the key in the dashboard → API keys. The webhook secret is shown only once, when you create the endpoint (Webhooks).
Shared client and helpers
import {
AuthenticationError,
Constaia,
ConstaiaError,
InsufficientCreditsError,
InvalidRequestError,
PermissionError,
RateLimitError,
type Analysis,
type WebhookEvent,
} from "@constaia/sdk";
// Reads CONSTAIA_API_KEY from the environment.
export const constaia = new Constaia();
// What you send back to the browser (and what the widget renders): no extracted fields.
export function publicResult(analysis: Analysis) {
const { id, object, status, document, verdict, warnings } = analysis;
return { id, object, status, document, verdict, warnings };
}
export type HttpError = {
status: number;
body: { error: { code: string; message: string } };
retryAfter?: number;
};
const httpError = (status: number, code: string, message: string, retryAfter?: number): HttpError => ({
status,
body: { error: { code, message } },
retryAfter,
});
export function toHttpError(error: unknown): HttpError {
if (error instanceof InvalidRequestError) {
// Unreadable file, unsupported format, too many pages…: the user can fix it.
return httpError(error.status === 413 ? 413 : 422, error.code ?? "invalid_request", error.message);
}
if (error instanceof RateLimitError) {
const wait = Math.ceil(error.retryAfter ?? 1);
return httpError(429, "rate_limited", "Too many requests. Try again in a few seconds.", wait);
}
if (error instanceof InsufficientCreditsError) {
console.error("[constaia] Out of credits. Top up at https://app.constaia.com", error.requestId);
return httpError(503, "unavailable", "Document validation is temporarily unavailable.");
}
if (error instanceof AuthenticationError || error instanceof PermissionError) {
console.error("[constaia] Check CONSTAIA_API_KEY", error.code, error.requestId);
return httpError(500, "misconfigured", "Server configuration error.");
}
if (error instanceof ConstaiaError) {
// APIError (5xx), APIConnectionError, APITimeoutError
console.error("[constaia]", error.name, error.code, error.requestId);
return httpError(502, "upstream_error", "The document could not be analysed. Please try again.");
}
console.error(error);
return httpError(500, "internal_error", "Internal error.");
}
// Dedupe by webhook-id. In production, use a table with a unique key.
const processed = new Set<string>();
export const alreadyProcessed = (webhookId: string) => processed.has(webhookId);
export const markProcessed = (webhookId: string) => void processed.add(webhookId);
export async function handleEvent(event: WebhookEvent) {
switch (event.type) {
case "analysis.completed":
// event.data is the full analysis (with fields). Store it by event.data.id.
console.log("analysis.completed", event.data.id, event.data.verdict?.status);
break;
case "analysis.review_required":
console.log("Needs manual review", event.data.id);
break;
case "analysis.failed":
console.warn("analysis.failed", event.data.id, event.data.error?.code);
break;
case "credits.low":
console.warn("Credits running low: top up at https://app.constaia.com");
break;
}
}Server
import Koa from "koa";
import Router from "@koa/router";
import multer from "@koa/multer";
import getRawBody from "raw-body";
import { WebhookVerificationError } from "@constaia/sdk";
import {
alreadyProcessed,
constaia,
handleEvent,
markProcessed,
publicResult,
toHttpError,
} from "./constaia.js";
const app = new Koa();
const router = new Router();
const upload = multer({
storage: multer.memoryStorage(),
limits: { fileSize: 20 * 1024 * 1024, files: 1 },
});
app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
try {
await next();
} catch (error) {
if ((error as { code?: string }).code === "LIMIT_FILE_SIZE") {
ctx.status = 413;
ctx.body = { error: { code: "file_too_large", message: "20 MB maximum." } };
return;
}
throw error;
}
});
// Put your authentication here: only signed-in users should spend credits.
router.post("/api/verify-dni", upload.single("file"), async (ctx) => {
const file = ctx.file;
if (!file) {
ctx.status = 400;
ctx.body = { error: { code: "missing_file", message: "No file received." } };
return;
}
// Even better: the authenticated user's name, not the form's.
const fields = (ctx.request.body ?? {}) as Record<string, unknown>;
const fullName = String(fields.full_name ?? "").trim();
try {
const analysis = await constaia.analyze(file.buffer, {
filename: file.originalname,
expect: "es_dni",
checks: { notExpired: true, ...(fullName ? { holder: { fullName } } : {}) },
storage: "none",
language: "en",
});
// Store analysis.id and analysis.verdict in your database.
ctx.status = analysis.status === "completed" ? 200 : 202;
ctx.body = publicResult(analysis);
} catch (error) {
const { status, body, retryAfter } = toHttpError(error);
if (retryAfter) ctx.set("Retry-After", String(retryAfter));
ctx.status = status;
ctx.body = body;
}
});
router.post("/webhooks/constaia", async (ctx) => {
const rawBody = await getRawBody(ctx.req, { limit: "1mb", encoding: "utf8" });
let event;
try {
event = await constaia.webhooks.verify(rawBody, ctx.headers, process.env.CONSTAIA_WEBHOOK_SECRET!);
} catch (error) {
if (!(error instanceof WebhookVerificationError)) throw error;
ctx.status = 400;
ctx.body = "Invalid signature";
return;
}
const webhookId = ctx.get("webhook-id");
if (!alreadyProcessed(webhookId)) {
await handleEvent(event);
markProcessed(webhookId);
}
ctx.status = 204;
});
app.use(router.routes()).use(router.allowedMethods());
const server = app.listen(Number(process.env.PORT ?? 3000));
server.requestTimeout = 120_000;npx tsx --env-file=.env src/server.tsKey points:
- No global body parser in front of the webhook.
raw-bodyreads thectx.reqstream; if@koa/bodyparserorkoa-bodyconsumed it first, there is nothing left to read. If you use them, mount them only on the routes that need them. - The server decides
expectandchecks, never the client. filenamewith the original name: when you pass aBuffer, it is what decides the response in test mode.- 202 if the analysis is still
queuedorprocessingafter 30 s; the result arrives by webhook. koa-body: if you already use it withmultipart: true, the file lands inctx.request.files, saved to disk. Pass it to the SDK withfromPath(file.filepath, file.originalFilename)from@constaia/sdk/node.
What the browser receives
{
"id": "an_01J…",
"object": "analysis",
"status": "completed",
"document": { "type": "es_dni", "label": "Spanish ID card (DNI)", "confidence": 0.97, "side": "both", "country": "ESP" },
"verdict": {
"expected": ["es_dni"],
"match": true,
"status": "valid",
"reasons": [
{ "code": "type_match", "severity": "info", "message": "The document is Spanish ID card (DNI)." },
{ "code": "not_expired", "severity": "info", "message": "Valid until 12/03/2031." },
{ "code": "holder", "severity": "info", "message": "…" }
]
},
"warnings": []
}It is the shape the widget renders with endpoint="/api/verify-dni".
Errors
| SDK error | When | What your route returns |
|---|---|---|
InvalidRequestError | Empty, unreadable or unsupported file, over 20 MB, too many pages or malformed options (400/409/413/415/422) | 422 (or 413) with the message, so the user can upload another file |
RateLimitError | You exceed your key's requests per second (429). The SDK already retries twice honouring Retry-After | 429 with Retry-After |
InsufficientCreditsError | No credits left (402) | 503 to the user and an alert for you: top up in the dashboard |
AuthenticationError, PermissionError | Missing, revoked or wrong key (401/403) | 500: it is your configuration problem, not the user's |
APIError, APIConnectionError, APITimeoutError | Constaia 5xx or network error, after retries are exhausted | 502 and a "try again" message |
All of them extend ConstaiaError and expose status, code and requestId. Always log the requestId: support will ask for it. Every code is described in Errors.
Test in test mode
curl -F "file=@dni_valid.jpg" -F "full_name=María García López" http://localhost:3000/api/verify-dni| File | full_name | Result |
|---|---|---|
dni_valid.jpg | María García López | valid |
dni_valid.jpg | Juan Pérez | invalid: reason holder with severity error |
dni_expired.jpg | (empty) | invalid: reason not_expired with severity error (expired on 15/06/2020) |
blurry.jpg | (empty) | review: reason low_quality and warnings: ["blurry", "low_quality"] |
invoice.jpg | (empty) | invalid: type_mismatch, it is not a DNI |
In test mode the response depends on the file name, and the file must be a real JPEG, PNG, WEBP, HEIC or PDF (any renamed image works). It costs no credits and livemode is false. All names are listed in Test mode.
For the webhook, sign a body with signWebhook and post it to the route:
import { signWebhook } from "@constaia/sdk";
const body = JSON.stringify({
type: "analysis.completed",
created_at: new Date().toISOString(),
data: { id: "an_test", object: "analysis", status: "completed", verdict: { status: "valid", reasons: [] } },
});
const headers = await signWebhook(body, process.env.CONSTAIA_WEBHOOK_SECRET!);
const res = await fetch("http://localhost:3000/webhooks/constaia", {
method: "POST",
headers: { ...headers, "content-type": "application/json" },
body,
});
console.log(res.status); // 204Production checklist
- Authentication and per-user rate limiting on
/api/verify-dni: every call spends credits. - 20 MB limit in multer and slightly more (21 MB) in the proxy.
- Timeouts of 60 s or more in proxy and server; a synchronous analysis can take up to 30 s.
- PDFs over 30 pages or high volume:
async: true+ webhook, or batches. - Persistent webhook dedupe (unique constraint on
webhook-id). -
ck_live_key only in the server environment. - Alert on
InsufficientCreditsErrorand thecredits.lowevent.