A token is an alias or surrogate value for the actual card number. Whenever the network tokenises a card, the token generated will be a numeric value with the same length as the actual card number.
Card Number | Token |
---|---|
4111 1111 1111 1111 | 4123 4511 1111 1117 |
When a card is tokenised, the first 6 digits or the IIN of the card gets changed. The new IIN for the card is referred to as token IIN.
Use the following API to fetch the properties of the card using token IIN.
GET
/iins/:token_iin
token_iin
mandatory
integer
The token IIN.