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BankCardValidate

Takes credit or debit card details and returns a result indicating if the details are valid.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
strSerialNumber:
strPassword:
strUserID:
strCardNumber:
strExpiryMonth:
strExpiryYear:
strIssuenumber:

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /PCE_WebService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.afd.co.uk
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "http://ws.afd.co.uk/BankCardValidate"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <BankCardValidate xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
      <strSerialNumber>string</strSerialNumber>
      <strPassword>string</strPassword>
      <strUserID>string</strUserID>
      <strCardNumber>string</strCardNumber>
      <strExpiryMonth>string</strExpiryMonth>
      <strExpiryYear>string</strExpiryYear>
      <strIssuenumber>string</strIssuenumber>
    </BankCardValidate>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <BankCardValidateResponse xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
      <BankCardValidateResult>
        <BankCardResult>string</BankCardResult>
      </BankCardValidateResult>
    </BankCardValidateResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /PCE_WebService.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.afd.co.uk
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <BankCardValidate xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
      <strSerialNumber>string</strSerialNumber>
      <strPassword>string</strPassword>
      <strUserID>string</strUserID>
      <strCardNumber>string</strCardNumber>
      <strExpiryMonth>string</strExpiryMonth>
      <strExpiryYear>string</strExpiryYear>
      <strIssuenumber>string</strIssuenumber>
    </BankCardValidate>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <BankCardValidateResponse xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
      <BankCardValidateResult>
        <BankCardResult>string</BankCardResult>
      </BankCardValidateResult>
    </BankCardValidateResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /PCE_WebService.asmx/BankCardValidate?strSerialNumber=string&strPassword=string&strUserID=string&strCardNumber=string&strExpiryMonth=string&strExpiryYear=string&strIssuenumber=string HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.afd.co.uk

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<BankValCard xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
  <BankCardResult>string</BankCardResult>
</BankValCard>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /PCE_WebService.asmx/BankCardValidate HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.afd.co.uk
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

strSerialNumber=string&strPassword=string&strUserID=string&strCardNumber=string&strExpiryMonth=string&strExpiryYear=string&strIssuenumber=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<BankValCard xmlns="http://ws.afd.co.uk/">
  <BankCardResult>string</BankCardResult>
</BankValCard>