# Blank Paper and Document Image Validation API | FastKYC

> Detect whether an uploaded image is blank paper rather than a real document, catching failed captures before processing.

Source: https://www.fastkyc.com/apis/blank-paper-validation/

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# Blank Paper Validation API

Detect whether an uploaded image is blank paper rather than a real document, catching failed captures before processing.

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## What the Blank Paper Validation API does

Blank Paper Validation examines an uploaded image and reports whether it is plain blank paper rather than an actual document.

It sounds trivial and it is quietly valuable. Blank or near-blank uploads are common, whether accidental or deliberate, and catching them at capture is far cheaper than letting them fail deep inside a verification pipeline.

## Where teams use the Blank Paper Validation API

1.  Rejecting empty uploads before OCR processing
    
2.  Giving customers immediate feedback on a bad capture
    
3.  Filtering junk submissions from a document queue
    
4.  Reducing wasted processing on unusable images
    

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why is this needed?

Blank uploads happen constantly, from misfires and from users trying to move past a mandatory step. Catching them at capture avoids confusing downstream failures.

Does it identify the document type?

No. Use the KYC Document Classifier for that. This answers only whether there is a document present at all.

Where should it run?

Immediately on upload, so the customer can retake the photo while they are still in the flow.

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