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# IssueCard

To issue a card that has been linked to an account, you can send a `POST` request to the following endpoint:

<mark style="color:yellow;">`POST`</mark> `/api/Card/v{{version}}/Interswitch/IssueCard`

The request body should contain the `cardId` of the card record to be issued.

This endpoint streamlines the process of activating a card, offering the final step that makes a linked card usable by its card holder.

{% hint style="info" %}
A card must go through this issuance step before it can be used, linking a card to an account alone is not enough to activate it.
{% endhint %}

**Headers**

| Name                                           | Value              |
| ---------------------------------------------- | ------------------ |
| Content-Type<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | `application/json` |
| Request-Reference                              | `unique_string`    |

**Body**

<table><thead><tr><th>Name</th><th>Data Type</th><th data-type="checkbox">Required</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>cardId</code></td><td>string</td><td>true</td><td>Id of the card record.</td></tr></tbody></table>

Here is an example request and response with a sample payload sent to the endpoint in Curl format.

<details>

<summary>Sample Request</summary>

```json
curl --location -g '{{baseUrl}}/api/Card/v{{version}}/Interswitch/IssueCard' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'request-reference: unique_string' \
--data '{
  "cardId": "5099f14c-b963-4919-95a4-104a42eeedd8"
}'
```

</details>

<details>

<summary>Response: <code>200</code></summary>

```json
{
  "status": true,
  "message": "Operation Successful"
}
```

</details>