Validating an Account Using a Transient Token: JSON Web Token (JWT) {#visa-bank-acc-val-validate-transient-token-jwt}
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This section describes how to validate using a JWT type of transient token submitted through the REST API. Follow these steps to request a bank account validation:

1. Create a request with the required and any optional REST API fields. Refer to the request and response examples, if needed.
2. Send the completed request to one of these endpoints:
   * **Production:** `POST ``api.visaacceptance.com``/bavs/v1/account-validations`
   * **Test:** `POST ``apitest.visaacceptance.com``/bavs/v1/account-validations`
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3. Verify the response messages to make sure that the request succeeded. For more information, see the [Transaction response codes](https://developer.visaacceptance.com/api/reference/response-codes.md "").
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Required Fields for Validating an Account Using a JSON Web Token {#visa-bank-acc-val-req-fields-transient-token-jwt}
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[processingInformation.validationLevel](https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/api-fields/reference/all/rest/api-fields/processing-info-aa/processing-info-val-lev.md "")
:
Set the value to `1`.

[tokenInformation.transientTokenJwt](https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/api-fields/reference/all/rest/api-fields/token-info-aa/token-info-transient-token-jwt.md "")
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The transient token encoded as JWT.

Optional Fields for Validating an Account {#visa-bank-acc-val-optional-conref}
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[clientReferenceInformation.code](https://developer.visaacceptance.com/docs/vas/en-us/api-fields/reference/all/rest/api-fields/client-ref-info-aa/client-ref-info-code.md "")
:
Set the value to any reference code that you choose to associate with the validation request. This code is returned in the response exactly as provided.

REST Example: Validating an Account Using a JSON Web Token {#visa-bank-acc-val-jwt-ex-rest}
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Request

```
{
    "clientReferenceInformation": {
        "code": "TC50171_3"
    },
     "processingInformation": {
        "validationLevel": 1
        },
    "tokenInformation": {
        "transientTokenJwt": "eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJpc3MiOiJPbmxpbmUgSldUIEJ1aWxkZXIiLCJpYXQiOjE3NzA2NTY5OTYsImV4cCI6MTgwMjE5Mjk5NiwiYXVkIjoid3d3LmV4YW1wbGUuY29tIiwic3ViIjoianJvY2tldEBleGFtcGxlLmNvbSIsIkdpdmVuTmFtZSI6IkpvaG5ueSIsIlN1cm5hbWUiOiJSb2NrZXQiLCJFbWFpbCI6Impyb2NrZXRAZXhhbXBsZS5jb20iLCJSb2xlIjpbIk1hbmFnZXIiLCJQcm9qZWN0IEFkbWluaXN0cmF0b3IiXSwianRpIjoiMUQ0TENTOE5SME5LVUJLMzFZRzNBN1oyQjFZQ0ZVM0tDSjgxSlRRTThXVFNBSDI1SkdBRDY5OEEyRkQ2MzcyRCJ9.0cWjVLp1yacVm8ozW4yn2-LQklnQU7Ws44lvr16mpdI"
    }
}
```

Response to a Successful Request

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