Cards
Activate a card
4 min
in this tutorial, you'll learn how to ✅ activate a debit card using the card id if you are new to card issuing we recommend you read the cards concept pages before starting this tutorial the tutorial assumes you have a knowledge of apis and how they work for more information on sending api calls, see structure the tutorial uses this api endpoint true false 382false unhandled content type false unhandled content type false unhandled content type false unhandled content type the tutorial uses this webhook event true falsefalse unhandled content type false unhandled content type false unhandled content type false unhandled content type before you begin make sure you have quickstart card id from when you create a card register relevant webhook events to receive the webhook events for this tutorial both partner accounts need to accounts, cards and payment events each specific webhook event type once you are registered, the event objects are sent to the registered urls the event object contains a list of resource identifiers used to download details on each event activate the card activate the card you created in the create a card tutorial call post /cardmanagement/v1/cards/{id}/activate set the id attribute to the card id in the sample below the id is 8c6a53e0 83ad 4b76 b446 b300006a3e6a sample activate card request curl location globoff request post 'https //sandbox crbcos com/cardmanagement/v1/cards/{id}/activate?id=8c6a53e0 83ad 4b76 b446 b300006a3e6a' \\ \ header 'idempotency key a5b1b129 421e 441b 9661 ec1c0396965e' \\ \ data '' a successful api call returns a json response with the details of the card the card status is now active the orderstatus is completed sample activate card response { "id" "8c6a53e0 83ad 4b76 b446 b300006a3e6a", "productid" "57146944 b145 4326 884d b2f700ecf688", "partnerid" "19222b81 0e1e 452d a842 b2f1011c16f3", "processorcardid" "827277613081398", "accountnumber" "158560897007", "status" "active", "statusreasoncode" "notset", "processorcardstatus" "b", "firstname" "daly", "lastname" "khol", "shippingaddress" { "street1" "1 roshar ave", "city" "roshar", "state" "ny", "postalcode" "10001", "countrycode" "us" }, "billingaddress" { "street1" "1 roshar ave", "city" "roshar", "state" "ny", "postalcode" "10001", "countrycode" "us" }, "phone" { "phonetype" "home", "phonenumber" "7185551234" }, "emailaddress" "dkhol\@gmail com", "nameoncard" "daly khol", "panlastfour" "4558", "ispinset" false, "expirationdate" "2028 06 18", "adminblocked" false, "fraudsuspect" false, "configurationid" "b2251a28 c218 4e2e a787 b2f700ef0ecd", "category" "debit", "paymentinstrument" "physicalcombo", "processor" "i2c", "shippingtype" "normal", "orderstatus" "completed", "replacementstatus" "notapplicable", "customerid" "e2599a17 d1e2 476c 9672 b2ff008fa575", "clientidentifier" "b06ab5cc 553a 4fe4 ad78 751b5ff81f00", "processorcustomerid" "0cif7l2973u98wt4e652", "createdat" "2025 06 18t02 26 49 617 04 00", "initialactivation" "2025 06 18t00 00 00 04 00", "activatedat" "2025 06 18t02 27 58 8133927 04 00", "lastmodifiedat" "2025 06 18t02 27 58 8133927 04 00" } when the card status changes to active , the cards card activated webhook event fires cards card activated webhook event { "id" "95ac33ca 3d7f 49aa bfc2 afce01113310", "eventname" "cards card activated", "status" "pending", "partnerid" "19222b81 0e1e 452d a842 b2f1011c16f3", "createdat" "2023 02 13t04 44 31 282287 05 00", "resources" \[ "cardmanagement/v1/cards/8c6a53e0 83ad 4b76 b446 b300006a3e6a" ], "details" \[ { "cardid" "8c6a53e0 83ad 4b76 b446 b300006a3e6a", "status" "active", "statusreasoncode" "notset" } ] }