---
title: "Request a card"
method: POST
path: "/v2/card-requests"
---

# Request a card

`POST /v2/card-requests`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.slash.com`
- URL: `https://api.slash.com/v2/card-requests`
- Auth: API key in header `X-API-Key`

Ask for a card for yourself. An approver decides in Slash.

## Headers

- `X-Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Request body

- union
  - CardRequestCreateVirtual
    - `type` 'virtual', required
    - `name` string, required
    - `accountId` string: The account to request the card on. Required when the legal entity has more than one card account.
    - `virtualAccountId` string: Defaults to the account's primary virtual account.
    - `cardGroupId` string
    - `requestedLimit` CardRequestLimit
      - `amount` UsdMoney, required: A positive USD amount expressed in cents.
        - `amount` integer, required: Amount in cents. For example, `1250` represents USD 12.50.
        - `currency` 'USD', required
      - `period` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly' | 'yearly' | 'lifetime', required
    - `memo` string
  - CardRequestCreatePhysical: Requests order plastic cards embossed with the requester's name.
    - `type` 'physical', required
    - `name` string, required
    - `accountId` string: The account to request the card on. Required when the legal entity has more than one card account.
    - `virtualAccountId` string: Defaults to the account's primary virtual account.
    - `cardGroupId` string
    - `requestedLimit` CardRequestLimit
      - `amount` UsdMoney, required: A positive USD amount expressed in cents.
        - `amount` integer, required: Amount in cents. For example, `1250` represents USD 12.50.
        - `currency` 'USD', required
      - `period` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly' | 'yearly' | 'lifetime', required
    - `memo` string
    - `physical` object, required
      - `secondLine` string: The line embossed under the requester's name.
      - `shipping` object, required
        - `address` Address, required
          - `line1` string, required
          - `line2` string
          - `city` string, required
          - `state` string
          - `postalCode` string
          - `countryCode` string: ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code.
        - `service` 'standard' | 'express' | 'priority': `priority` ships to US addresses only.

## Response `200`

The card request.

- CardRequest: A request for a card that an approver decides on in Slash.
  - `id` string, required: Card request id with the `card_request_` prefix.
  - `status` 'pending' | 'approved' | 'rejected' | 'canceled' | 'expired', required: `approved` requests issue their card shortly after; `cardId` is set once it exists.
  - `type` 'virtual' | 'physical', required
  - `name` string, required
  - `accountId` string, required
  - `virtualAccountId` string
  - `cardGroupId` string
  - `requesterUserId` string, required
  - `requestedLimit` CardRequestLimit
    - `amount` UsdMoney, required: A positive USD amount expressed in cents.
      - `amount` integer, required: Amount in cents. For example, `1250` represents USD 12.50.
      - `currency` 'USD', required
    - `period` 'daily' | 'weekly' | 'monthly' | 'yearly' | 'lifetime', required
  - `memo` string
  - `cardId` string: The card issued for the request.
  - `createdAt` string, date-time, required
  - `resolvedAt` string, date-time

## Other responses

- `400`: - `account_required` — The legal entity issues cards from more than one account, so the request must name one with `accountId`. List them with `GET /v2/accounts`. - `card_group_in_other_account` — The card group holds the cards of another account or virtual account. Pick a group of the card’s virtual account. - `physical_cards_not_available` — The account’s card program has no physical card stock. Issue a virtual card, or a physical card from another account. - `shipping_country_restricted` — Shipping restrictions rule out the destination country. Ship to an address in another country. - `invalid_request (request shape)` — The body, query, or headers failed validation, or a required header is missing. `details` has one entry per failing location, keyed by JSON pointer or header name.
- `401`: - `unauthorized` — API key authentication is missing or invalid.
- `403`: - `feature_not_enabled` — The feature this request uses is not enabled for the legal entity. Contact Slash support to enable it. - `forbidden` — The credential is not permitted to perform this action on the resource. When the resource is a field of the request, `details` names that `field` and the `id` it received. - `international_shipping_not_enabled` — Physical cards ship to US addresses unless international shipping is enabled for the legal entity. Contact Slash support. - `forbidden (legal entity)` — The credential is not permitted to act for the selected legal entity. - `not_available` — Public API v2 is not yet available. Use [Public API v1](https://docs.slash.com/introduction) in the meantime. - `user_api_key_required` — The API key is scoped to a legal entity rather than a user. Every v2 request needs a user API key, created under Settings → API keys in the Slash dashboard, together with the `x-legal-entity` header.
- `404`: - `not_found` — No resource matches the identifier. When the identifier is a field of the request, `details` names that `field` and the `id` it received.
- `409`: - `account_locked` — Slash has locked the account, during a review or while it closes, so cards cannot be issued on it or changed. Contact Slash support. - `card_group_archived` — Archived card groups cannot change or take new cards. - `card_requester_not_issuable` — Cards on this account need the requester to have an approved profile with the card issuer. Request the card again once it is approved. - `conflict (idempotency key reused)` — A consumed `X-Idempotency-Key` was reused; the original response is not replayed.
- `429`: The request exceeded the applicable rate limit. The response body is plain text, not the error object; clients must not depend on its wording.
- `500`: - `internal` — Slash could not complete the request. Quote `referenceId` when contacting Slash support.

## Changes

- **2026-10-16** `8b5d371ffeea`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/slashfi/apis/slash-public-api/changes/v2/card-requests/post.md)

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