---
title: "Perform account validation checks"
method: POST
path: "/cards/{card_id}/validations"
tags: ["Account Validation"]
---

# Perform account validation checks

`POST /cards/{card_id}/validations`

Performs one or more validation checks for a given card, such as CVC, AVS, and cardholder name, in a synchronous (blocking) request. The presence of validation data in the request body implicitly specifies which checks are performed.

## Path parameters

- `card_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Authorization` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/vnd.api+json', required

## Response `200`

SUCCESS: The validation was performed and results are in the response body.

## Other responses

- `400` — The request was invalid.
- `401` — No credentials were provided, or the provided credentials were expired.
- `403` — Forbidden. The client does not have permission to perform this action, or the vault context could not be determined from the request.
- `404` — Resource not found.
- `422` — The server was unable to process the request because it contains invalid data.
- `500` — Internal Server Error
- `503` — Service Unavailable. The downstream network is temporarily unavailable.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/verygoodsecurity/apis/vgs-card-management-platform-cmp-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/verygoodsecurity/apis/vgs-card-management-platform-cmp-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/verygoodsecurity/vgs-card-management-platform-cmp-api/revisions/71471c6a84af/schema)