Activate physical card

POST

https://api.staging.vrtx.sa/cards/{card_id}/activate

Last modified:2025-12-03 10:51:05

Initiates physical card activation for an issued card. The customer must provide the CVV
printed on the card to prove possession. On success, an OTP session is created and a session ID is returned for OTP verification.

Request:

cvv: 3 digit CVV located on the card

Response:

session_id: Use this identifier to verify the OTP and finalise activation via the ActivatePhysicalCardOTP RPC equivalent.

Error Responses:

404 CARD_NOT_FOUND/CARD_ISSUANCE_NOT_FOUND: Card or its issuance cannot be located

412 CARD_EXPIRED/ACTIVATION_NOT_ALLOWED: Card is expired or not eligible for activation

400 ACTIVATION_FAILED: CVV validation failed or request data invalid

503 SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE: Backend temporarily unavailable

Request

Path Params

Body Params application/jsonRequired

Example

{
    "cvv": "123"
}

Request Code Samples

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

Dart

curl --location --request POST 'https://api.staging.vrtx.sa/cards//activate' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "cvv": "123"
}'

Responses

🟢200OK

application/json

Default Response

Body

Example

{
    "session_id": "f1e2d3c4-b5a6-7890-c1d2-e3f4a5b6c7d8"
}

🟠400Bad Request

🟠401Unauthorized

🟠403Forbidden

🟠404Not Found

🟠405Method Not Allowed

🟠409Conflict

🟠410Gone

🟠412Precondition Failed

🟠422Unprocessable Entity

🟠429Too Many Requests

🔴500Internal Server Error

🔴501Not Implemented

🔴503Service Unavailable

🔴504Gateway Timeout

🔴505HTTP Version Not Supported

Modified at 2025-12-03 10:51:05

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