Activate Issued Card Using API
Activate a card that was issued via the Rapyd issuing platform.
This method triggers the Issued Card Activated Webhook.
Note
Clients with PCI certification can handle personal identifying information for cards, such as card number.
card
The card token, which is a string starting with 'card_'. If the client is PCI-certified, you can use the actual card number.
Code Samples
.NET
using System; using System.Text.Json; namespace RapydApiRequestSample { class Program { static void Main(string[] args) { try { var requestObj = new { card = "card_0f1adc892adfd1885ab8a5236f8bf4b2", }; string request = JsonSerializer.Serialize(requestObj); string result = RapydApiRequestSample.Utilities.MakeRequest("POST", "/v1/issuing/cards/activate", request); Console.WriteLine(result); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("Error completing request: " + e.Message); } } } }
JavaScript
const makeRequest = require('../../../../Utilities/JS/utilities').makeRequest; async function main() { try { const body = { card: 'card_0f1adc892adfd1885ab8a5236f8bf4b2' }; const result = await makeRequest('POST', '/v1/issuing/cards/activate', body); console.log(result); } catch (error) { console.error('Error completing request', error); } }
PHP
<?php $path = $_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']; $path .= "/code_race_2020/Utilities/PHP/utilities.php"; include($path); $body = [ "card" => "card_0f1adc892adfd1885ab8a5236f8bf4b2" ]; try { $object = make_request('post', '/v1/issuing/cards/activate', $body); var_dump($object); } catch(Exception $e) { echo "Error: $e"; } ?>
Python
from pprint import pprint from utilities import make_request card = { "card": "card_0f1adc892adfd1885ab8a5236f8bf4b2" } results = make_request(method='post', path=f'/v1/issuing/cards/activate', body=card) pprint(results)
/v1/issuing/cards/activate
Activate Issued Card by Card ID
curl -X post 'https://sandboxapi.rapyd.net/v1/issuing/cards/activate' \ -H 'access_key: your-access-key-here' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'idempotency: your-idempotency-parameter-here' \ -H 'salt: your-random-string-here' \ -H 'signature: your-calculated-signature-here' \ -H 'timestamp: your-unix-timestamp-here' \ --data-raw '{ "card": "card_a5429bdb6c529008ed5b409e5929b606" }'{ "status": { "error_code": "", "status": "SUCCESS", "message": "", "response_code": "", "operation_id": "837443d4-98b0-40b8-9870-28bc76e63702" }, "data": { "id": "ci_0b164db21d9c513e2b9d2dac77a3014a", "ewallet_contact": { "id": "cont_cb60ec28c2f0bdfc621cfc21270c20ce", "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Doe", "middle_name": "", "second_last_name": "", "gender": "not_applicable", "marital_status": "not_applicable", "house_type": "", "contact_type": "personal", "phone_number": "+14155551237", "email": "", "identification_type": "", "identification_number": "", "issued_card_data": { "preferred_name": "", "transaction_permissions": "", "role_in_company": "" }, "date_of_birth": "2000-12-15", "country": "NG", "nationality": null, "address": { "id": "address_8dc883799f2fcb5adb92bf77b6bc85b7", "name": "John Doe", "line_1": "123 Main Street", "line_2": "", "line_3": "", "city": "Anytown", "state": "", "country": "", "zip": "", "phone_number": "", "metadata": {}, "canton": "", "district": "", "created_at": 1755679320 }, "ewallet": "ewallet_3801e782955b29955445586a2405a5db", "created_at": 1612104554, "metadata": {}, "business_details": null, "compliance_profile": 0, "verification_status": "not verified", "send_notifications": false, "mothers_name": "" }, "status": "ACT", "card_id": "card_a5429bdb6c529008ed5b409e5929b606", "assigned_at": 1760012427, "activated_at": 1760012450, "metadata": {}, "country_iso_alpha_2": "BR", "created_at": 1760012427, "blocked_reason": "none", "card_tracking_id": null, "card_program": "cardprog_b027c85a66ebebb2e094bca626d5ae97", "public_details": { "bin": "517413", "last4": "3157", "sub_bin": "76", "expiration": "1028" } } }
Activate Issued Card by Card Number
curl -X post 'https://sandboxapi.rapyd.net/v1/issuing/cards/activate' \ -H 'access_key: your-access-key-here' \ -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \ -H 'idempotency: your-idempotency-parameter-here' \ -H 'salt: your-random-string-here' \ -H 'signature: your-calculated-signature-here' \ -H 'timestamp: your-unix-timestamp-here' \ --data-raw '{ "card": "5348330641217634" }'{ "status": { "error_code": "", "status": "SUCCESS", "message": "", "response_code": "", "operation_id": "fd290ce0-f02d-4274-9d20-db8558f14605" }, "data": { "id": "ci_d4fa9d7f43819d92c66125e2a7579fe6", "ewallet_contact": { "id": "cont_cb60ec28c2f0bdfc621cfc21270c20ce", "first_name": "John", "last_name": "Doe", "middle_name": "", "second_last_name": "", "gender": "not_applicable", "marital_status": "not_applicable", "house_type": "", "contact_type": "personal", "phone_number": "+14155551237", "email": "", "identification_type": "", "identification_number": "", "issued_card_data": { "preferred_name": "", "transaction_permissions": "", "role_in_company": "" }, "date_of_birth": "2000-12-15", "country": "NG", "nationality": null, "address": { "id": "address_8dc883799f2fcb5adb92bf77b6bc85b7", "name": "John Doe", "line_1": "123 Main Street", "line_2": "", "line_3": "", "city": "Anytown", "state": "", "country": "", "zip": "", "phone_number": "", "metadata": {}, "canton": "", "district": "", "created_at": 1755679320 }, "ewallet": "ewallet_3801e782955b29955445586a2405a5db", "created_at": 1612104554, "metadata": {}, "business_details": null, "compliance_profile": 0, "verification_status": "not verified", "send_notifications": false, "mothers_name": "" }, "status": "ACT", "card_id": "card_0393b8437d759c5fb491d427b0000322", "assigned_at": 1760011681, "activated_at": 1760012238, "metadata": {}, "country_iso_alpha_2": "BR", "created_at": 1760011681, "blocked_reason": "none", "card_tracking_id": null, "card_program": "cardprog_b027c85a66ebebb2e094bca626d5ae97", "public_details": { "bin": "534833", "last4": "7634", "sub_bin": "64", "expiration": "1028" } } }