<- Cards API

Cards API

Create card

POST

 /v2/cards

Adds a card on file to an existing merchant.

Permissions:PAYMENTS_WRITE
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Request body

Example code

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idempotency_key

string

Required

A unique string that identifies this CreateCard request. Keys can be any valid string and must be unique for every request.

Max: 45 characters

See Idempotency keys for more information.

Min Length
1
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source_id

string

Required

The ID of the source which represents the card information to be stored. This can be a card nonce or a payment id.

Min Length
1
Max Length
16384
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verification_token

string

An identifying token generated by Payments.verifyBuyer(). Verification tokens encapsulate customer device information and 3-D Secure challenge results to indicate that Square has verified the buyer identity.

See the SCA Overview.

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card

Required

Payment details associated with the card to be stored.

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Response fields

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errors

Errors resulting from the request.

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card

The card created by the request.

Error descriptions