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VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners

Introduction to REST
- Secure Communication Requirements
- REST Set-Up Workflow

Signing Up for a Sandbox Account

PKCS12 Certificate
- Creating a PKCS12 File
- Testing the Shared Secret Key Pair
- Extracting the Private Key from the PKCS12 Certificate

Shared Secret Key Pair
- Creating a Shared Secret Key Pair
- Testing the Shared Secret Key Pair

Elements of a JSON Web Token Message

Constructing Messages Using JSON Web Tokens
- Generating a Hash of the Message Body
- Generating a Hash of the Claim Set
- Generating a Hash of the Token Header
- Generating a Token Signature
- Generating a JSON Web Token

Elements of an HTTP Message

Constructing Messages Using HTTP Signature Security
- Generating a Hash of the Message Body
- Generating the Signature Hash
- Updating Header Fields

Going Live
- Creating a Merchant ID
- Activating your Merchant ID

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REST API

Recent Revisions to This Document

24.01

Message Elements: Added the message elements required to send a successful message. See Elements of a JSON Web Token Message

23.04

API Security Mandates: Removed parenthesis from
request-target
in the header.
Updated the signature hash to an HMAC SHA-256 hash.; See Constructing Messages Using HTTP Signature Security.

23.03

: This revision contains only editorial changes and no technical updates.

23.02

: This revision contains only editorial changes and no technical updates.

23.01

New Guide: Written to enhance customer understanding and use of the REST API.

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