BankDetails


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ValidateAccount

This function is used to Validate a UK Bank Sortcode and Account Number against the EISCD dataset and against the Irish ISPO database, if the optional license has been purchased.

Test

To test the operation using the HTTP POST protocol, click the 'Invoke' button.
Parameter Value
sSortcode:
sAccountNumber:
sUserName:
sGUID:
sIPAddress:

SOAP 1.1

The following is a sample SOAP 1.1 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /bankdetails.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esortcode.com
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length
SOAPAction: "https://ws.esortcode.com/ValidateAccount"

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <ValidateAccount xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
      <sSortcode>string</sSortcode>
      <sAccountNumber>string</sAccountNumber>
      <sUserName>string</sUserName>
      <sGUID>string</sGUID>
      <sIPAddress>string</sIPAddress>
    </ValidateAccount>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
  <soap:Body>
    <ValidateAccountResponse xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
      <ValidateAccountResult>
        <ValidationMessage>string</ValidationMessage>
        <IsError>boolean</IsError>
        <ErrorMessage>string</ErrorMessage>
      </ValidateAccountResult>
    </ValidateAccountResponse>
  </soap:Body>
</soap:Envelope>

SOAP 1.2

The following is a sample SOAP 1.2 request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /bankdetails.asmx HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esortcode.com
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <ValidateAccount xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
      <sSortcode>string</sSortcode>
      <sAccountNumber>string</sAccountNumber>
      <sUserName>string</sUserName>
      <sGUID>string</sGUID>
      <sIPAddress>string</sIPAddress>
    </ValidateAccount>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/soap+xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<soap12:Envelope xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:soap12="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope">
  <soap12:Body>
    <ValidateAccountResponse xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
      <ValidateAccountResult>
        <ValidationMessage>string</ValidationMessage>
        <IsError>boolean</IsError>
        <ErrorMessage>string</ErrorMessage>
      </ValidateAccountResult>
    </ValidateAccountResponse>
  </soap12:Body>
</soap12:Envelope>

HTTP GET

The following is a sample HTTP GET request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

GET /bankdetails.asmx/ValidateAccount?sSortcode=string&sAccountNumber=string&sUserName=string&sGUID=string&sIPAddress=string HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esortcode.com

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Validation xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
  <ValidationMessage>string</ValidationMessage>
  <IsError>boolean</IsError>
  <ErrorMessage>string</ErrorMessage>
</Validation>

HTTP POST

The following is a sample HTTP POST request and response. The placeholders shown need to be replaced with actual values.

POST /bankdetails.asmx/ValidateAccount HTTP/1.1
Host: ws.esortcode.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: length

sSortcode=string&sAccountNumber=string&sUserName=string&sGUID=string&sIPAddress=string
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Content-Length: length

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<Validation xmlns="https://ws.esortcode.com">
  <ValidationMessage>string</ValidationMessage>
  <IsError>boolean</IsError>
  <ErrorMessage>string</ErrorMessage>
</Validation>