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# Get Started

Instant issuance lets you produce a physical card instantly in a branch or kiosk.

Use D1 to orchestrate personalization and return production status to your issuer backend.

### What you build

You integrate:

* Your **issuer backend**, to request card production using the D1 API.
* The **Thales Instant Issuance Agent**, running in your branch or kiosk environment.
* A **personalization station** identifier (`persoStation`), to route production to the right station.

### End-to-end flow (high level)

1. The end user requests a card (for example, from the issuer application or at a kiosk).
2. Your issuer backend requests production using the Physical issuance API with `distributionChannel=INSTANT`.
3. The D1 backend prepares production data.
4. The D1 backend routes production data to the Thales Instant Issuance Agent.
5. D1 sends production status updates to your issuer backend (recommended).

### Before you start

* Complete D1 onboarding.
* Configure card products and personalization templates.
* Install and register the Thales Instant Issuance Agent in your branch or kiosk environment.
* Register at least one personalization station and get its `persoStation` identifier.
* Integrate your issuer backend with the Physical issuance API.
* Set up inbound connectivity and authorization to call D1 APIs.
* Set up outbound connectivity to receive production status notifications.

### Integrate instant issuance

{% stepper %}
{% step %}

### Set up connectivity and authorization

Configure mutual TLS and OAuth 2.0 access tokens for calls from your issuer backend to the D1 backend.

* [Set up TLS mutual authentication](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-api/set-up-tls-mutual-authentication.md)
* [Get OAuth2.0 access token](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-api/get-oauth2.0-access-token.md)
  {% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Encrypt sensitive data

Encrypt card data fields using JWE before sending them to D1.

* [Encrypt sensitive data](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-api/encrypt-sensitive-data.md)
  {% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Request card production

Call the Produce physical card operation.

Set `distributionChannel` to `INSTANT`.

Provide the instant issuance required fields:

* `persoStation`: the personalization station identifier
* `encryptedData`: JWE-encrypted card data fields
* `services`: issuance options configured during D1 onboarding
* `paymentApplication`: EMV configuration reference configured during D1 onboarding

{% hint style="info" %}
`persoStation` is defined during D1 onboarding.

Use it to route production to a specific branch or kiosk station.
{% endhint %}

* [Physical Issuance API](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-api/d1-api-reference/inbound-api-to-d1/physical-issuance-api.md)

Example (key parameters only):

```json
{
  "distributionChannel": "INSTANT",
  "persoStation": "KIOSK-PS-101"
}
```

{% endstep %}

{% step %}

### Receive production status updates

Handle production status updates in your issuer backend.

Configure backend notifications for the physical card issuance status update events (for example, `Produce`).

* [Integrate D1 Notification](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-notification.md)
  {% endstep %}
  {% endstepper %}

### Next steps

* [Implement Instant Issuance](/instant-issuance/implement-instant-issuance.md)
* [Card order](/instant-issuance/implement-instant-issuance/card-order.md)
* [D1 API reference](/instant-issuance/integrate-d1-api/d1-api-reference.md)


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