# Credit Card Validation

You can use the Operator Validation API to check if a credit card is valid and safe to use. This helps prevent fraud and ensures smooth transactions.

## Execute the Validation

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `/in/validation`

**Headers**

| Name         | Value              |
| ------------ | ------------------ |
| Content-Type | `application/json` |
| Accept       | `application/json` |
| x-auth-token | `<token>`          |

**Body**

| Name            | Type   | Description                                                     |
| --------------- | ------ | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `operator_id`   | number | The ID of the operator for the operator plans.                  |
| `connection_no` | number | The connection number for which the recharge is to be executed. |
| `circle_id`     | number | The ID of the circle, can be obtained from Circle Lookup API    |
| `amount`        | number | Amount for which recharge has to be done                        |

**Response**

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "status": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The status of the recharge execution."
    },
    "message": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "A message providing additional information about the recharge execution."
    },
     "data": {
      "type": "error",
      "description": "Transaction ID of the recharge"
    }
  }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="4XX/5XX" %}

```json
{
    "error": true,
    "message": "Description for the error",
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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