Cards

Activate Physical Card

Changed on Nov 3, 2026

Activate a specific, physical credit card. You can chose between two activation methods: activationCode and refNum. To activate physical cards on the sandbox environment, use 999999 or the refNum of the card (available via Card Details) as the activation code. Virtual cards are activated automatically upon creation (if the cardholder is active) and do not require manual activation.

post/cards/{cardId}/activate

Request

Base URL
https://partner-api.getpliant.com/api
Auth
HTTP bearer
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/getpliant/apis/pliant-customer-api/docs/cards/:cardId/activate/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

Path parameters

cardIdstring uuid required

The unique identifier of the card.

Request body

activationCodestring required

The 6-digit activation code or the last 4-digits of the card (called refNum).

Response

Changes

Nov 3, 2026a4fbf7d068b4 Revision changes
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Operation history