BRP API / Welcome to the BRP API

Welcome to the BRP API

Search and consult personal information

API for searching and consulting information from the Basisregistratie Personen. The BRP API has three functions:

Personen: for searching and consulting current persons, partners, parents and children from the BRP, including the Registratie Niet-Ingezetenen (RNI).
Bewoning: for consulting the occupancy history of an address. The API lets you consult the composition of the occupants of a dwelling within a period or on a reference date.
Verblijfplaatshistorie: for retrieving the residence or residences of a person in a period or on a reference date.

In addition to personal data from the BRP, the BRP API also supplies information products:

Adressering: form of address, salutation, a reference to a person in the running text of a letter, and address lines that fit in an envelope window.
Bewoning: who lived together in a dwelling during a period, or on a reference date.
Gezag: authority relationships of all minors and holders of authority, even where there is no entry in the parental authority register.
Leeftijd: in years.
Volledige naam: including titles of nobility and predicates, without using the partner's name.
Voorletters.

Getting started

As a developer you can get started straight away. Read in the Getting Started how to make a first successful API call as quickly as possible.

Want to try the BRP API out first? Use the local testing guide to make your first API call.

Conditions

Connecting is permitted only with:

a BRP autorisatiebesluit. Check whether your organization or your customer (if you are a supplier) has an authorization decision.
a supplementary authorization decision for information products. Municipalities do not need this. Download the authorization application form here.
a signed convenant for participation in the Data Minimization Experiment.
a connection to DigiNetwerk.
an API gateway.

Documentation

The documentation is structured as follows:

How-Tos: practical guides that help you implement the BRP API in your application.
Concepts: explanation of important subjects that play a role in using the BRP API.
References: the specifications of the BRP API functions Personen, Verblijfplaatshistorie and Bewoning.

Planning and roadmap

The fourth function of the BRP API is under development: BRP API Gebeurtenissen. After go-live it will initially be available to municipalities only.

A pilot environment is also available over the internet for trying out the BRP API. It is more representative than the mock used for trying the BRP API out locally. Access can be requested via [email protected].

Contact

Reporting an outage? Contact the RvIG service desk: reachable by telephone on working days between 08:30 and 17:00 on 088-9001000. From abroad, call +31 707511000. You can also send an email to [email protected].
Reporting a bug? Create a bug issue
Have a suggestion for improving the BRP API or the documentation on this portal? Create an enhancement issue
Have a question? Contact [email protected], quoting BRP API.