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Validating an Account Using a TMS Token: Payment Instrument Identifier

A payment instrument identifier is a type of token created by Token Management Systems (TMS) that refers to specific payment account information. It can be used to validate a customer's routing and bank account information.

This section describes how to validate using a payment instrument identifier type of TMS token submitted through the REST API. Follow these steps to request a bank account validation:

Create a request with the required and any optional REST API fields. Refer to the request and response examples, if needed.

Send the completed request to one of these endpoints:

Production:

POST api.cybersource.com/bavs/v1/account-validations

Test:

POST apitest.cybersource.com/bavs/v1/account-validations

Verify the response messages to make sure that the request succeeded. For more information, see the Transaction response codes.

Required Fields for Validating an Account Using a Payment Instrument Identifier

processingInformation.validationLevel: Set the value to
1
.
paymentInformation.paymentInstrument.id: The unique identifier for the Payment Instrument token. This value is a non-negative string with 12-32 characters.

REST Example: Validating an Account Using a Payment Instrument Identifier

Request

{ 
    "clientReferenceInformation": { 
        "code": "TC50171_3" 
    }, 
    "processingInformation": { 
        "validationLevel": 1 
    }, 
    "paymentInformation": { 
        "paymentInstrument": { 
            "id": "4A1A57E9AF81861BE0633F36CF0A5937" 
        } 
    } 
}

Response to a Successful Request

{
    "clientReferenceInformation": {
        "code": "TC50171_3"
    },
    "requestId": "string",
    "submitTimeUtc": "string",
    "bankAccountValidation": {
        "rawValidationCode": integer,
        "resultCode": integer,
        "resultMessage": "string"
    }
}