---
title: "Activate a card"
method: POST
path: "/v0/cards/{id}/activate"
tags: ["Compliance"]
---

# Activate a card

`POST /v0/cards/{id}/activate`

> **Beta:** This endpoint is in beta and may change before general availability.

Transitions a card from `inactive` or `closed` to `active` status.
Reactivating a closed card clears its `closed_at` and `status_reason`.
A card that has been replaced (i.e., its ID has been referenced in the
`replacement_for` field on a separate card) or has an `expiry_date`
in the past cannot be reactivated.

## Idempotency
The Idempotency-Key header is required.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required — The server-generated ID of the Card object.

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string, required

## Response `200`

Card activated successfully.

- Card — A card object
  - `id` string — The server-generated ID of the Card object.
  - `client_card_id` string — Client-provided identifier for the card. Optional: present only for cards created via file upload, and omitted for cards created through the API, which are identified solely by their server-generated ID.
  - `account_id` string — The ID of the Account object.
  - `entity_id` string — The ID of your entity.
  - `status` 'active' | 'inactive' | 'closed' — Status is system-managed and cannot be set on create; status changes go through the status-transition endpoints.
  - `status_reason` string — The reason for the card's current status. Empty when the card is `active`; otherwise populated. Set via the status-transition endpoints.
  - `created_at` string, date-time — Creation timestamp.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time — Last update timestamp.
  - `details` CardDetails — Physical and product attributes of the card.
    - `card_product_name` string, required — The name of the card product in the partner's system.
    - `is_virtual` boolean, required — True if the card exists as a virtual card; false if a physical representation of the card exists.
    - `card_type` 'hsa' | 'fsa' | 'consumer' | 'commercial', required — The product category the card belongs to.
    - `expiry_date` string, date, required — ISO 8601 calendar date (YYYY-MM-DD) when the card expires. Always the last day of the expiration month (e.g. an expiration of 01/29 is `2029-01-31`).
    - `last_four` string — Last four digits of the card's PAN. Required when creating a card via the API; on responses it is omitted for cards that have no PAN on file (e.g. some file-ingested cards).
    - `replacement_for` string — The server-generated ID of the Card object.
    - `closed_at` string, date-time — Timestamp when the card was closed. Present only when status is `closed`.
  - `metadata` Metadata — A set of key-value pairs that can be used to store additional information related to this object.

## Other responses

- `400` — Malformed request or missing required header.
- `401` — Valid access token was not used to call the API.
- `403` — Valid access token lacks the proper scopes.
- `404` — Card ID passed in is not found.
- `422` — Invalid status transition.
- `429` — Rate limit exceeded.
- `500` — Server error. Please try your request again.

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