The Get Issuing Bank Status API (getIssuingBankStatus) is used to help you handle the credit card or debit card issuing bank downtime.

Environment	URL
Test Environment	https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice.php?form=2
Production Environment	https://info.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2

Sample request

curl -X POST "https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2
-H "accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" -d
"key=J****g&command=getIssuingBankStatus&var1=512345&hash=190908741314524c922d9587298eb64a076d058c085c66229f5acfeac4fb8a11dcd41f3f566cdb2e14a12f486a598a4e56943a2390c258384add9aeed1885e9d"

Sample response

Success scenario

{
      "issuing_bank": "HDFC",
      "up_status": "1"
}

up_status parameter with the value as 0 signifies that the particular Bank option is down at the moment.
up_status parameter with the value as 1 signifies that the particular Bank Banking option is up at the moment.

Failure scenario

If issuing bank data is not available for the BIN:

{             
 "msg":"No information available",
"status":0
}

Response parameters

The response parameters for a bank code passed in var1, it returns a response for the specified bank alone with the parameters as explained in the following table. If the default value is passed in var1, it returns a array of all the banks in a JSON array format and each JSON has the list of fields similar to the parameter list:

Parameter/JSON Field	Description	Example
ibibo_code	This parameter contains the bank code for which the Net Banking status is displayed.	AXIB
title	This parameter contains the bank name and service.	AXIS Bank NetBanking
up_status	This parameter contains the status of the NetBanking service and can be any of the following: 0 - signifies that the particular Bank option is down at the moment 1 - signifies that the particular Banking option is up at the moment	1
mode	This parameter contains the mode of payment for which the status is displayed.	NB

Request parameters

Reference information

Parameter

Reference

key

For more information on how to generate the Key and Salt, refer to any of the following:

- Production: Generate Merchant Key and Salt

Test: Generate Test Merchant Key and Salt

hash

Hash logic for this API is:\

sha512(key\|command\|var1\|salt) sha512

var1

For JSON fields description, refer to Additional Info for General APIs

Use the following sample values while trying out the API:

Example values:

var1(first 6 digit of the card): First six digits of any card (ex- 512345)

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS