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Create a PCI token

Obtain a tokenId for a card’s PAN and expiry date.

Use this tokenId for Card-on-file (COF) storage and later detokenization.

Flow

PCI token creation flow
Step
Description

1

Collect the PAN and expiry date from the end user in your checkout flow.

2

Encrypt the PAN and expiry date, then send a tokenization request to Thales backend. Include your merchantId and a unique x-correlation-id per tokenization session.

3

Store the returned tokenId in your COF storage. Use it later to detokenize during payments. Thales backend stores the PAN and expiry date.

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