Get Card Balance (Verify Account)

Introduction

This API Operation is used to verify a card number and return an Account in eGifts that require a PIN.

Method	Service Name	Service Type
GET	accountProcessing/v1/verifyAccount	Synchronous

Post-Production URI: https://api.certification.blackhawknetwork.com/accountProcessing/v1/verifyAccount?accountNumber=<Account Number>&productLineId=<productLineIdValue>&accountType=<Account Type>&cvv2=<cvv2>&expirationDate=<Expiration Date>
Production URI: https://api.blackhawknetwork.com/accountProcessing/v1/verifyAccount?accountNumber=<Account Number>&productLineId=<productLineIdValue>&accountType=<Account Type>&cvv2=<cvv2>&expirationDate=<Expiration Date>

Request Header Attributes

All three of these header attributes are optional, however, if a client wants idempotency support then they should specify all three on every request.

Name	Type	Required	Description
requestorId	String	N	A value defined by the client application that can be used to uniquely identify that client application. If the client application does not specify a value, a globally unique identifier will be filled in automatically.
requestId	String	N	A value defined by the client application that can be used to uniquely identify that specific request from the client. This value should be set if the client application wants to take advantage of an idempotent operation on a service.
previousAttempts	Integer	N	The number of times this same request has been attempted unsuccessfully before. A value that is greater than zero will cause the service to view this request as a retry attempt and it will be treated idempotently.

Request Elements

Name	Type	Required	Description
accountNumber	String	Y	Account Number of the account (Card Number/Phone Number)
productLineId	String	Y	Internal identifier of the product line
pin	String	C	Security pin of the account
accountType	AccountType	Y	Type of the account
cvv2	Integer	C	cvv2 code (For Open Loop / VPLN products)
expirationDate	Date	C	Expiration Date in MMYYYY format (For Open Loop / VPLN products)

C - Conditional. Product type will dictate if conditional values are needed.

AccountType

Enumeration values: CREDIT_CARD, GIFT_CARD, LOYALTY_CARD, PHONE_CARD

Response Elements

Name	Type	Description
account	AccountInformation	The requested account information

AccountInformation

Name	Type	Length	Description
entityId	URI	255	A reference to the URI for the account information
creatorId	URI	255	A reference to the URI for the person that created the entity
updaterId	URI	255	A reference to the URI for the person that last updated the entity
notes	String	255	Any notes associated with the last update of the entity
createdTimestamp	Date		The date and time (UTC) that the entity was created
updatedTimestamp	Date		The date and time (UTC) that the entity was last updated
type	AccountType	50	Type of Account
accountNumber	String	255	Account Number of the account (Card Number / Phone Number)
securityCode	String	255	Security Pin of an Account
productLineId	URI	26	Reference to the URI of the Product Line
productId	URI	255	Reference to the URI of the Product
balance	BigDecimal	(19,2)	Current Balance on the account
balanceAsOf	Date		Date and time for last successful balance inquiry.
isBalanceStale	Boolean		The flag to indicate whether the balance is stale (cached). If balance inquiry failed, will be true; if it succeeded, false.
currency	String	3	Account currency
activationAccountNumber	String	255	Number used to activate the account (card number or phone number)
activationAmount	BigDecimal	(19,2)	Amount on account while activating
activationTimestamp	Date		The date and time (UTC) when the account was activated
activationLocation	String	255	Location of activation
expirationDay	Integer	1 - 31	Expiration day of the account
expirationMonth	Integer	1 - 12	Expiration month of the account
expirationYear	Integer		Expiration year of the account
additionalRedemptionData	String	15	Additional redemption data for the account
status	AccountStatus	12	Status of the account
barCodeValue	String	255	BarCode value of the card

AccountStatus

NEW, ACTIVATED, CLOSED

Error Codes

HTTP Status Code	Error Code	Description
400	bhn.com.service.request.missing.parameter	Parameter missing in request
409	transaction.cannot.process, invalid.merchant, invalid.transaction, invalid.expiration.date, card.not.found, invalid.phone.number, invalid.pin, card.expired, exceeds.transaction.count.limit, transaction.timeout, cannot.route.transaction	Transaction status not in approved state
409	productline.not.found	Product line not found in the system
409	productLine.setup.not.complete	Internal BI systems are not configured for balance inquiry
409	cvv2.is.required	cvv2 is required for balance inquiry (Reserved for Future Release for Open Loop / VPLN products)
409	expirationDate.is.required	expirationDate is required for balance inquiry (Reserved for Future Release for Open Loop / VPLN products)
504	provider.transaction.timeout	Underlying systems not responding while refreshing the balance

Sample Request and Response

GET https://api.blackhawknetwork.com/accountProcessing/v1/verifyAccount?accountNumber=11213456789014&productLineId=GH72LJBSJVP8BG4YXX652P4KYC&accountType=GIFT_CARD&cvv2=123&expirationDate=012020
HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Accept: application/json; charset=UTF-8
Host: api.blackhawknetwork.com
Connection: Keep-Alive
User-Agent: Apache-HttpClient/4.2 (java 1.5)

HTTP/1.1 200 OK Server: Apache-Coyote/1.1
Date: Tue, 24 Sep 2013 20:20:56 GMT
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 293
{
    "entityId": "ZGJ8P01VXL19D848K4TG79QKHC",
    "updatedTimestamp": "2013-09-24T19:22:13.753+0000",
    "type": "GIFT_CARD",
    "accountNumber": "11213456789014",
    "securityCode": "1234",
    "productLineId": "GH72LJBSJVP8BG4YXX652P4KYC",
    "balance": 25,
    "balanceAsOf": "2014-05-14",
    "isBalanceStale": false,
    "currency": "USD",
    "status": "ACTIVATED",
    "barCodeValue" : "6270672650222277"
}

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