Hi,
While testing https://developer.squareup.com/explorer/square/cards-api/create-card API, I’ve noticed that the firstName and lastName field are completely ignored when creating a new card on file.
I want to rely on this data to avoid saving any kind of personal information into our database, but Square ignores it. I can somehow workaround this by using the cardholderName field instead.
This is either a bad documentation or a bug.
Cheers.
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The firstName and lastName fields are indeed not currently supported in the CreateCard endpoint of the Cards API. This is not a bug, but a limitation of the current API design. As a workaround, you can use the cardholderName field to store the full name of the cardholder. However, please remember to always ask customers for permission before saving their card information.
This answer was reviewed by @Bryan-Square.