Virtual cards

A virtual charge card is a unique 16-digit card number that is digitally generated and linked to your Spend & Expense account.

You can create member cards and set limits based on different needs, such as budgets, users, and expiration date. In addition, you can create vendor cards and associate these cards with specific vendors.

Use POST /v3/spend/cards to create a virtual card. You can then use GET /v3/spend/cards/{cardId}/pan-jwt to get a JWT token for the virtual card Primary Account Number (PAN). The JWT token contains all the information required for retrieving details about a virtual card (16-digit PAN, CVV, and expiration date). The JWT token lifespan is 5 minutes.

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IMPORTANT

Decoding the JWT token is available only in the production environment.

Creating a virtual card

In this section, we create a member card and assign it to an existing budget and existing user. See Budgets and Users to learn about creating budgets and users.

In your POST /v3/spend/cards request, set the required fields.

See the /v3/spend/cards API for more information about the other card fields you can set.

Sample request

In this cURL example, a virtual card is created with the specified details. The userId and budgetId values are set to assign the card to the budget and user. A spend limit of $10 is assigned to the card.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://gateway.stage.bill.com/connect/v3/spend/cards' \
--header 'apiToken: {api_token}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--data '{
  "budgetId": "{budget_id}",
  "limit": "10",
  "name": "Happy Music Supplies card for Clark Spenderson",
  "userId": "{user_id}"
}'

Response

In the response, a BILL-generated card id is available. The currentPeriod object provides information about the current budget assigned to the card.

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NOTE

In the sandbox environment, the status for all created cards is FROZEN.

{
    "id": "{card_id}",
    "name": "Happy Music Supplies card for Clark Spenderson",
    "userId": "{user_id}",
    "budgetId": "{budget_id}",
    "lastFour": "4242",
    "validThru": "12/25",
    "status": "FROZEN",
    "type": "VIRTUAL_VENDOR",
    "shareBudgetFunds": false,
    "recurring": false,
    "currentPeriod": {
        "limit": 10.00,
        "spent": 0.00
    },
    "createdTime": "2024-12-16T20:24:35.000+00:00",
    "updatedTime": "2024-12-16T20:24:35.000+00:00"
}

Getting a PAN token

The JWT token for a card contains all the information required for retrieving details about the card (16-digit PAN, CVV, and expiration date).

In your GET /v3/spend/cards/{cardId}/pan-jwt request, set the required fields.

Sample request

In this cURL example, a JWT token is requested for the specified card id.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://gateway.stage.bill.com/connect/v3/spend/cards/{card_id}/pan-jwt' \
--header 'apiToken: {api_token}' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'

Response

In the response, a JWT token is available for the specified card. You can use this token to get PAN details about the card.

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IMPORTANT

Decoding the JWT token is available only in the production environment.

curl --request POST \
--url 'https://api.divvy.co/de/rest/pan' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{"token":"{JWT_token}"}'

See the /v3/spend/cards API for more information about the Spend & Expense card operations.