createExternalAccount

This method is used to add information to an Account (createAccount) for an external bank account which an ACH transfer can be initiated from. Only one external account can be created for an account. External accounts can have funds debited from them (externalFundMove).

Request Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Description
clientID	yes	string	TransactAPI Client ID
developerAPIKey	yes	string	TransactAPI Developer Key
types	yes	string	External Bank Account Type: Account
accountId	yes	string	Account ID that is generated by the API when an Account is created (createAccount)
ExtAccountfullname	yes	string	Account Holder Full Name or Issuer Account Holder Full Name
Extnickname	yes	string	Nickname for the External Account (Special characters are not accepted in this field)
ExtRoutingnumber	yes	integer	External Bank Account - Routing Number
ExtAccountnumber	yes	integer	External Bank Account - Account Number
ExtBankname	no	string	External Bank Account - Bank Name
updatedIpAddress	yes	string	IP Address associated with the createExternalAccount method call
accountType	no	string	Account type Checking / Savings. By default Checking

Sample Request

cURL

curl -k -X POST https://api-sandboxdash.norcapsecurities.com/tapiv3/index.php/v3/createExternalAccount
-d developerAPIKey=somedeveloperkey 
-d clientID=someclientid 
-d types=Account 
-d accountId=A20168 
-d ExtAccountfullname=John Abraham 
-d Extnickname=John Nick 
-d ExtBankname=Union Bank
-d ExtRoutingnumber=34543534 
-d ExtAccountnumber=1234567890 
-d updatedIpAddress=10.0.0.115 

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
statusCode	string	API Status Code
statusDesc	string	API Status Description
accountId	string	Account ID
ExtAccountfullname	string	External account full name
Extnickname	string	External account nickname
ExtRoutingnumber	integer	External account bank routing number
ExtAccountnumber	integer	External account bank account number
types	string	Type Account/Issuer
accountType	string	Account type: Checking / Savings. (Default - Checking)

Sample Response

{
    "statusCode": "101",
    "statusDesc": "Ok",
    "External Account Details": [
        true,
        [
            {
                "accountId": "A78129645",
                "ExtAccountfullname": "Lauren Test",
                "Extnickname": "Testing",
                "ExtRoutingnumber": "MDUzMDAwMTk2",
                "ExtAccountnumber": "MTAwMDAwMDA=",
                "types": "Account",
                "accountType": "Checking"
            }
        ]
    ]
}

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