The Create Account Updater request lets you request updated information about a batch of credit or debit cards. This service is available for the following card types:
- American Express
- Discover
- Mastercard
- Visa
Endpoint
https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/account-updater
This service takes about seven days to gather the new card information. When the updated card information is available, you can retrieve the details with the Retrieve Account Updater request.
Note
This request does not update credit card information for BlueSnap vaulted shoppers.
The request includes one or more account-update resources and a unique batch ID that you define. In addition, this request has the following restrictions:
- There is a 2,000 record size limit.
- The Account Updater process takes about 5-6 days to complete. About 5 days after you send the request, you can send a Retrieve Account Updater request in order to get details about any changes to the cards you sent.
- Card updates are not available in sandbox.
For more information about this service, see Account Updater.
Request Content
The request body requires a batch-account-update and account-update resource.
batch-account-update
batch-account-update requires the following property:
| Property | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
account-update-batch-id | string | required |
account-update
The account-update container requires the following properties:
| Property | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
merchant-updater-id | string | required |
original-card | container | required (see original-card) |
Response Details
Successful requests return the HTTP response status code 200 OK and a response body that contains a batch-account-update resource.
After you perform a Create Account Updater request, you receive one of the following update responses for each account updater record submitted:
| Response Code | Message |
|---|---|
| 000 | Approved for submission to account updater process. |
| 301 | Invalid account number: check the card number and resubmit. |
| 320 | Invalid Expiration date: check the card expiration date and resubmit. |
| 330 | Invalid payment type. |
| 390 | Card not supported. |
Examples
Request Example
curl -v -X POST https://sandbox.bluesnap.com/services/2/account-updater \
-H 'Content-Type: application/xml' \
-H 'Authorization: Basic dXNlcm5hbWU6cGFzc3dvcmQ=' \
-d '
<batch-account-update xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
<account-update-batch-id>my_unique_au_id_003</account-update-batch-id>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00001</merchant-updater-id>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>4012888888881881</card-number>
<card-type>VISA</card-type>
<expiration-month>03</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>2015</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00002</merchant-updater-id>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>4111111111111111</card-number>
<card-type>VISA</card-type>
<expiration-month>04</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>2016</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00003</merchant-updater-id>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>5555555555554444</card-number>
<card-type>MASTERCARD</card-type>
<expiration-month>05</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>2017</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
</batch-account-update>'
Response Example
HTTP/ 1.1 200 OK
<batch-account-update xmlns="http://ws.plimus.com">
<account-update-batch-id>my_unique_au_id_003</account-update-batch-id>
<response-code>0</response-code>
<response-message>Valid Format</response-message>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00001</merchant-updater-id>
<update-response-code>000</update-response-code>
<update-response-message>Approved</update-response-message>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>4012888888881881</card-number>
<card-type>VISA</card-type>
<card-sub-type>CREDIT</card-sub-type>
<expiration-month>03</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>15</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00002</merchant-updater-id>
<update-response-code>000</update-response-code>
<update-response-message>Approved</update-response-message>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>4111111111111111</card-number>
<card-type>VISA</card-type>
<card-sub-type>DEBIT</card-sub-type>
<expiration-month>04</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>16</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
<account-update>
<merchant-updater-id>00003</merchant-updater-id>
<update-response-code>000</update-response-code>
<update-response-message>Approved</update-response-message>
<original-card>
<credit-card>
<card-number>5555555555554444</card-number>
<card-type>MASTERCARD</card-type>
<card-sub-type>CREDIT</card-sub-type>
<expiration-month>05</expiration-month>
<expiration-year>17</expiration-year>
</credit-card>
</original-card>
</account-update>
</batch-account-update>