Issue card
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-contro-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz",
"idempotencyKey": "issue_card_user42_2026"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards"
payload = {
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz",
"idempotencyKey": "issue_card_user42_2026"
}
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({
cardholderId: 'ch_abc123',
programId: 'prog_xyz',
idempotencyKey: 'issue_card_user42_2026'
})
};
fetch('https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards', 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/cards",
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([
'cardholderId' => 'ch_abc123',
'programId' => 'prog_xyz',
'idempotencyKey' => 'issue_card_user42_2026'
]),
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/cards"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\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/cards")
.header("x-contro-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards")
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 \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "card_def456",
"status": "created",
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz"
}Cards
Issue card
Issue a new card for a cardholder
POST
/
partner
/
cards
Issue card
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-contro-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz",
"idempotencyKey": "issue_card_user42_2026"
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards"
payload = {
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz",
"idempotencyKey": "issue_card_user42_2026"
}
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({
cardholderId: 'ch_abc123',
programId: 'prog_xyz',
idempotencyKey: 'issue_card_user42_2026'
})
};
fetch('https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards', 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/cards",
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([
'cardholderId' => 'ch_abc123',
'programId' => 'prog_xyz',
'idempotencyKey' => 'issue_card_user42_2026'
]),
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/cards"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\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/cards")
.header("x-contro-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.contro.me/v1/partner/cards")
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 \"cardholderId\": \"ch_abc123\",\n \"programId\": \"prog_xyz\",\n \"idempotencyKey\": \"issue_card_user42_2026\"\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": "card_def456",
"status": "created",
"cardholderId": "ch_abc123",
"programId": "prog_xyz"
}Authorizations
Partner API key (sk_live_* for production, sk_test_* for sandbox)
Body
application/json
ID of the cardholder to issue the card to
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"ch_abc123"
Card program to issue from
Minimum string length:
1Example:
"prog_xyz"
Unique key to prevent duplicate card issuance
Example:
"issue_card_user42_2026"