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Visa Payment Account Validation API API

The Payment Account Validation API allows applications to run validations of the payment account before processing a transaction ensuring greater probability of success and allowing for a more seamless transaction flow.

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Visa Payment Account Validation API API is one of 84 APIs that Visa publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Payment Account Validation API. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, a getting-started guide, authentication docs, and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 11 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.1, at version 1.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://sandbox.api.visa.com.

1 operations 1 paths 11 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.1
API Version
1
Server
https://sandbox.api.visa.com
Resource Areas
1

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Payment Account Validation API 1

The Payment Account Validation API allows applications to run validations of the payment account before processing a transaction ensuring greater probability of success and allowi…

POST
/pav/v1/cardvalidation
Card Validation
Card Validation body → 200

Schemas 11

The contract defines 11 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CardValidationRequest (18 properties), CardValidationResponse (13 properties), CardAcceptorAddress (5 properties), PointOfServiceDataRequest (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

AddressVerificationResults
object
Contains the address of the cardholder to be verified with the card issuer.
2 properties 1 required
CardHolderNameVerificationResponse
object
Optional Service enabling verification of the cardholder name.API calls have to be MLE enabled to be able to send in this data.
5 properties
IdentityVerificationRequest
object
This is an optional field. This is used to validate the cardholder identity of the primaryAccountNumber in the request.Supported only in the LAC region. API ca…
1 property
CardAcceptor
object
The cardAcceptor is the merchant, funds transfer originator or Visa internal application submitting the Payment Account Validation request. All users must prov…
4 properties 2 required
IdentityVerificationResponse
object
Cardholder identity validation results for the primaryAccountNumber in the request.Supported only in the LAC region.
1 property
CardValidationRequest
object
18 properties 3 required
CardHolderNameVerificationRequest
object
API calls have to be MLE enabled to be able to send in this data.
4 properties 1 required
PointOfServiceDataRequest
object
Contains a code identifying transaction conditions at the point-of-sale or point of service. For messages that follow an original request, this code identifies…
5 properties 3 required
CardValidationResponse
object
13 properties 3 required
CardAcceptorAddress
object
Contains the physical address, URL or telephone number for the merchant or funds transfer originator/operator requesting the Account Validation.
5 properties
PointOfServiceCapability
object
Note: For a CardPresent Transactions, this field is required. If this object is not present API will default following values "pointOfServiceCapability": {"pos…
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

visa-payment-account-validation-api-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
visa:visa-payment-account-validation-api-api
Server
https://sandbox.api.visa.com
Docs
https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/visa-government-insights-hub
Provider
Visa
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