create-card-request.md

Create Card Request

Creates a card from the source (payment token or payment id). Accessible via HTTP requests at POST https://connect.squareup.com/v2/cards

Structure

Create Card Request

Fields

Name	Type	Tags	Description
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. Constraints: Minimum Length: 1
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. Constraints: Minimum Length: 1, Maximum Length: 16384
verification_token	String	Optional	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.
card	Card Hash	Required	Represents the payment details of a card to be used for payments. These details are determined by the payment token generated by Web Payments SDK.

Example (as JSON)

{
  "card": {
    "billing_address": {
      "address_line_1": "500 Electric Ave",
      "address_line_2": "Suite 600",
      "administrative_district_level_1": "NY",
      "country": "US",
      "locality": "New York",
      "postal_code": "10003"
    },
    "cardholder_name": "Amelia Earhart",
    "customer_id": "VDKXEEKPJN48QDG3BGGFAK05P8",
    "reference_id": "user-id-1",
    "id": "id6",
    "card_brand": "OTHER_BRAND",
    "last_4": "last_48",
    "exp_month": 228,
    "exp_year": 68
  },
  "idempotency_key": "4935a656-a929-4792-b97c-8848be85c27c",
  "source_id": "cnon:uIbfJXhXETSP197M3GB",
  "verification_token": "verification_token4"
}