Look up a CPF with Dart / Flutter
Look up a CPF (Brazil's individual taxpayer ID) with Dart using the http package. It works in Dart backends and on the server side of Flutter apps.
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Before you start
- Create a free account at app.cpfhub.io: the Free plan includes 50 credits and does not ask for a card.
- Copy your API key from app.cpfhub.io/api-keys.
- Store the key in an environment variable, never in your code:
export CPFHUB_API_KEY="your_api_key"Install the dependency:
dart pub add httpExample
import 'dart:convert';
import 'dart:io';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;
Future<void> main() async {
const cpf = '12345678909';
final res = await http.get(
Uri.parse('https://api.cpfhub.io/cpf/$cpf'),
headers: {'x-api-key': Platform.environment['CPFHUB_API_KEY'] ?? ''},
).timeout(const Duration(seconds: 10));
final body = jsonDecode(res.body) as Map<String, dynamic>;
switch (res.statusCode) {
case 200:
final data = body['data'] as Map<String, dynamic>;
print('${data['name']} ${data['birthDate']}');
case 404:
print('CPF not found (no credit charged)');
default:
// error comes as text ("...") or as an object ({"message": "..."})
final err = body['error'];
final message = err is Map ? err['message'] : err;
throw Exception('Error ${res.statusCode}: $message');
}
}Run it with dart run (Dart 3+). Keep the key on the backend, never inside a distributed Flutter app.
Response
Found CPF (200, uses 1 credit):
{
"success": true,
"data": {
"cpf": "12345678909",
"name": "Fulano de Tal",
"nameUpper": "FULANO DE TAL",
"gender": "M",
"birthDate": "15/06/1990",
"day": 15,
"month": 6,
"year": 1990
}
}CPF not found (404, does not use a credit):
{
"success": false,
"data": null,
"error": { "message": "CPF não encontrado na base de dados" }
}The CPF 12345678909 is fictional, used only in the examples. gender can be null. The error.message text comes from the API in Portuguese ("CPF not found in the database").
Errors
| Status | What it means | What to do |
|---|---|---|
404 | CPF is not in the database | Treat it as "not found". Does not use a credit. |
400 / 422 | CPF does not have 11 digits or has an invalid check digit | Fix the input. Does not use a credit. |
401 | Missing or invalid API key | Check the CPFHUB_API_KEY variable. |
403 | Credits used up or inactive account | Check your balance with GET /quota or top up in the dashboard. |
429 | Per-minute request limit | Wait the number of seconds in the Retry-After header and try again. |
5xx | Temporary failure | Try again after a few seconds. |
The error field can be text ("error": "...") or an object ("error": { "message": "..." }), depending on the status. The examples above handle both formats. Full list in Error Codes.