Card Verification
Overview
The card verification command allows you to check the validity of a given card without billing the customer. You can use this in cases where you want to tokenize a card without making a financial request. The resulting token can then be used to set up future recurring payments without needing the card to be present. To learn more about tokenization, visit Tokenization.
NOTE
Card verification is not supported for Interac, JCB and UnionPay cards.
Request Structure
| Element | Type | Description | Size | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apiVersion | String | API version number | V20 | Required |
| istConfigCode | String | Moneris provided integration configuration code | V25 | Required |
| dataId | String | Merchant defined unique identifier for the data object | V50 | Required |
| dataTimestamp | String | Date and time of the request (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) | F19 | Required |
| data | Object | Object that contains all transaction requests | — | — |
| request | Array | Contains data applicable to transaction request | — | — |
| orderId | String | Order ID from Purchase | V50 | Required |
| idempotencyKey | String | Unique transaction identifier to avoid duplicate request | V50 | Required |
| linkId | String | Id used to group related transactions | V50 | Optional |
| terminalId | String | Destination Terminal ID | F8 | Optional |
| userName | String | Unique identifier for clerk / user | V30 | Optional |
| customIdData | String | Custom field | V50 | Optional |
| action | String | "cardVerification" | V50 | Required |
| progressStatus | String | If value is set to "True", terminal will return progress to ECR. Note: This feature is only available on Direct Integration. | V5 | Optional |
| modifier | String | Modifier value “scan”, CNP” | V24 | Optional |
| getHash | String | If “true” the transaction will return the Hash | V5 | Optional |
Request example
{
"apiVersion": "3.0",
"istConfigCode": "example_istConfigCode",
"dataId": "example_dataId",
"dataTimestamp": "1969-12-31 23:59:59",
"data": {
"request": [
{
"orderId": "example_orderId",
"idempotencyKey": "example_idempotencyKey",
"action": "cardVerification"
}
]
}
}Response Structure
| Element | Type | Description | Size | Required |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| apiVersion | String | API version number | V20 | Required |
| statusCode | String | Status code for the overall transaction request | V4 | Required |
| status | String | Description of the statusCode | V4 | Required |
| dataId | String | Merchant defined unique identifier for the data object | V50 | Required |
| dataTimestamp | String | Date and time of the request (YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS) | F19 | Required |
| data | Object | Object that contains all transaction requests | — | — |
| response | Array | Contains data applicable to transaction request | — | — |
| orderId | String | A unique identifier for this request | V50 | Required |
| transactionId | String | Unique identifier for this request | V50 | Required |
| idempotencyKey | String | Unique transaction identifier to avoid duplicate request | V50 | Required |
| linkId | String | Id used to group related transactions | V50 | Optional |
| action | String | "cardverification" | V50 | Required |
| statusCode | String | Status code for individual request | V4 | Required |
| status | String | Description of the individual statusCode | V50 | Required |
| tenderType | String | Payment Type: Credit, Debit, Gift etc | V50 | Required |
| cardType | String | Card Type: V, M, P, AX etc | V2 | Conditional |
| cardName | String | Card Name: Visa, MasterCard, Interac, Amex etc | V25 | Conditional |
| sequenceNum | String | Sequence Number | V18 | Conditional |
| realTimeUniqueId | String | Real Time Moneris Transaction Unique Identifier | F15 | Conditional |
| responseCode | String | Moneris Host Response Code | V3 | Conditional |
| iso | String | ISO response Code | V2 | Conditional |
| authCode | String | Authorization code returned from the issuing institution. | V8 | Conditional |
| formFactor | String | EMV Specific Data | F2 | Conditional |
| maskedPan | String | Masked Primary Account Number (PAN) | V21 | Conditional |
| cvdResults | String | This field indicates whether the cardholder verification digit (CVD) is present, and if so, the result of the CVD check | F2 | Conditional |
| hashValue | String | Hash of the card data | F64 | Conditional |
| completed | String | "true" or "false" | V5 | Required |
| terminalId | String | Destination Terminal ID | F8 | Required |
Response example
{
"apiVersion": "3.0",
"statusCode": "example_statusCode",
"status": "example_status",
"dataId": "example_dataId",
"dataTimestamp": "1969-12-31 23:59:59",
"data": {
"response": [
{
"orderId": "example_orderId",
"transactionId": "example_transactionId",
"statusCode": "example_statusCode",
"status": "example_status",
"idempotencyKey": "example_idempotencyKey",
"completed": "true",
"responseCode": "example_responseCode",
"iso": "example_iso",
"approvedAmount": "example_approvedAmount",
"tenderType": "example_tenderType",
"cardType": "example_cardType",
"sequenceNum": "example_sequenceNum",
"realTimeUniqueId": "example_realTimeUniqueId",
"authCode": "example_authCode",
"formFactor": "example_formFactor",
"maskedPan": "example_maskedPan",
"action": "cardVerification",
"terminalId": "example_terminalId"
}
]
}
}Errors
If your response contains errors, visit the Errors page for a detailed description of each one.

