Credit Cards .: Create

API Reference / v14

Create a Credit Card

This endpoint adds a new credit card for a user.

To add a credit card, you must have a user access token.

All credit cards must be turned into braintreepaymentnonces with a tokenization key by using one of the applicable Braintree tokenization libraries.

Note: If you are using the LevelUp Sandbox for development, please see our list of test credit cards.

Request Endpoint

POST /v14/credit_cards

Authorization Required – User Token in Header

Authorization: token user="123897-99SCvr3kSe3TqqQid3DyPXfo2Kq98MyhF6CaNPqoDeMhJ18Uopq19uddcznu6R"

Request Body

{
  "credit_card": {
    "braintree_payment_nonce": "fake-valid-visa-nonce"
  }
}

Request Parameters

Param Type Required Description
braintree_payment_
nonce
String Yes The nonce returned from Braintree using the applicable client side tokenization library.

cURL Example

curl -X POST https://sandbox.thelevelup.com/v14/credit_cards \
  -H Accept:application/json \
  -H Content-Type:application/json \
  -H 'Authorization:token 123897-99SCvr3kSe3TqqQid3DyPXfo2Kq98MyhF6CaNPqoDeMhJ18Uopq19uddcznu6R' \
  -d '{
    "credit_card": {
      "braintree_payment_nonce": "fake-valid-visa-nonce"
    }
  }'

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK

{
  "credit_card": {
    "bin": "123456",
    "description": "Visa ending in 1234",
    "expiration_month": 7,
    "expiration_year": 2015,
    "id": 305999,
    "last_4": "1234",
    "nickname": "Main Account",
    "promoted": true,
    "state": "active",
    "type": "Visa"
  }
}

Response Parameters

Key Type Description
bin String The first six digits of the card number.
description String A human-readable description of the credit card.
expiration_month Integer The month in which the card expires.
expiration_year Integer The year in which the card expires.
id Integer The credit card’s ID.
last_4 String The last four characters of the card number.
nickname String The account’s nickname.
promoted Boolean Whether the card is the user’s promoted payment instrument.
state String The card’s state. Possible values: “active” — the card is available to be charged, “inactive” — the card may not be charged.
type String The type of card, e.g. Visa, Mastercard

Errors

The credit card details were invalid

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity

[
  {
    "error": {
      "object": "credit_card",
      "property": "expiration_year",
      "message": "Expiration year is invalid."
    }
  }
]

The credit card is already used by another LevelUp user

HTTP/1.1 422 Unprocessable Entity

[
  {
    "error": {
      "object": "credit_card",
      "property": "number",
      "message": "This card has already been associated with another LevelUp account..."
    }
  }
]