curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --header 'x-contro-api-key: <api-key>' \
  --data '
{
  "externalUserId": "user_42",
  "email": "jane@example.com",
  "phoneNumber": "+14155552671",
  "kycSource": "web",
  "kycSessionId": "<string>"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders"

payload = {
    "externalUserId": "user_42",
    "email": "jane@example.com",
    "phoneNumber": "+14155552671",
    "kycSource": "web",
    "kycSessionId": "<string>"
}
headers = {
    "x-contro-api-key": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-contro-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    externalUserId: 'user_42',
    email: 'jane@example.com',
    phoneNumber: '+14155552671',
    kycSource: 'web',
    kycSessionId: '<string>'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'externalUserId' => 'user_42',
    'email' => 'jane@example.com',
    'phoneNumber' => '+14155552671',
    'kycSource' => 'web',
    'kycSessionId' => '<string>'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "x-contro-api-key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"externalUserId\": \"user_42\",\n  \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"+14155552671\",\n  \"kycSource\": \"web\",\n  \"kycSessionId\": \"<string>\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-contro-api-key", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders")
  .header("x-contro-api-key", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"externalUserId\": \"user_42\",\n  \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"+14155552671\",\n  \"kycSource\": \"web\",\n  \"kycSessionId\": \"<string>\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cardholders")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-contro-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"externalUserId\": \"user_42\",\n  \"email\": \"jane@example.com\",\n  \"phoneNumber\": \"+14155552671\",\n  \"kycSource\": \"web\",\n  \"kycSessionId\": \"<string>\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "ch_abc123",
  "externalUserId": "user_42",
  "firstName": "Jane",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "email": "jane@example.com",
  "phoneNumber": "+14155552671",
  "kycSource": "api",
  "kycStatus": "approved",
  "status": "active",
  "createdAt": "2026-03-20T14:30:00Z"
}

{
  "id": "ch_abc123",
  "externalUserId": "user_42",
  "firstName": "Jane",
  "lastName": "Doe",
  "email": "jane@example.com",
  "phoneNumber": "+14155552671",
  "kycSource": "api",
  "kycStatus": "approved",
  "status": "active",
  "createdAt": "2026-03-20T14:30:00Z"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "EMAIL_ALREADY_REGISTERED",
    "message": "<string>",
    "existingCardholderId": "ch_abc123"
  }
}