> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.platnova.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get Card > Retrieve a specific card by ID including balance and status. ## Overview Retrieve detailed information about a specific card by its ID. This endpoint returns comprehensive card details including balance, status, card information, and metadata. ## OpenAPI ````yaml GET /v1/cards/{id} openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: API version: 1.0.0 description: >- Platnova's Business API allows businesses to issue virtual accounts and cards to their employees, vendors, or retail customers. It allows businesses to streamline the process of issuing cards, manage spending, and track transactions. The API documentation provides information on how to integrate our virtual card issuing system into a business's existing systems and outlines the features and functionalities of the API, including card and account creation, management, and reporting. It also provides technical specifications, such as API requests, responses, and authentication processes. The API documentation is intended for developers and IT teams to use in order to effectively implement Platnova solutions into their business processes. # Authentication/Authorization To access any of the resources on the `{BaseUrl}/v1/`, the client has to pass pre-defined headers for authentication and authorization. The API is secure and only authorized clients can consume the service. There are API keys assigned to every business and JWT tokens assigned to every account for authentication/authorization. ## Bearer Token Requests may accept jwt tokens as below. ``` json Authorization: Bearer ``` ## API Key Requests may acccept an api key either in the request headers or as a query parameter. Some requests cannot be authorized using an API key. ``` json X-API-KEY: ``` OR ``` json ?api-key= ``` # Base URL [https://sandbox.api.platnova.co](https://sandbox.api.platnova.co) # Errors Unauthorized API key ``` json { "status": false, "data": {}, "error": [], "message": "unauthorized access" } ``` Permission Denied ``` json { "status": false, "data": {}, "error": [], "message": "unauthorized access: permission denied" } ``` servers: - url: https://api.platnova.com description: Production server - url: https://sandbox.api.platnova.co description: Development server security: - apiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: Customer description: Create and manage customers - name: Virtual Account description: Create and manage virtual accounts - name: Card description: Create and manage cards - name: Wallet description: List and manage wallets - name: Payment description: Send and verify payments - name: Transaction description: List transactions and generate receipts - name: Checkout description: Create and retrieve checkout sessions - name: Payment Link description: Create and manage payment links - name: Invoice description: Create and manage invoices paths: /v1/cards/{id}: parameters: - name: id in: path required: true example: 18ee492a-617c-4878-958a-2ee08dc20ff4 schema: type: integer get: tags: - Card summary: Get card description: Retrieve a specific card by ID including balance and status. operationId: getCard parameters: [] responses: '200': headers: Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: schema: type: boolean example: 'true' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: schema: type: string example: >- Content-Type, Content-Length, Accept-Encoding, X-CSRF-Token, Authorization, accept, origin, Cache-Control, X-Requested-With, Api-Version, Platform Access-Control-Allow-Methods: schema: type: string example: POST, OPTIONS, GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE Access-Control-Allow-Origin: schema: type: string example: '*' Content-Type: schema: type: string example: application/json Date: schema: type: string example: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:47:12 GMT Content-Length: schema: type: integer example: '636' description: 200 - Success content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: boolean data: type: object properties: id: type: string amount: type: string created_at: type: string format: date-time currency: type: string info: type: object properties: provider_id: type: string provider: type: integer pan: type: string masked_pan: type: string last4: type: string city: type: string state: type: string address: type: string zip_code: type: string cvv: type: string expiry_month: type: string expiry_year: type: string brand: type: string type: type: string name_on_card: type: string colors: nullable: true label: type: string control: type: object properties: limits: nullable: true channels: nullable: true account_provider_id: type: string status: type: string notes: type: string title: type: string error: type: array items: {} message: type: string example: status: true data: id: 18ee492a-617c-4878-958a-2ee08dc20ff4 amount: '1904' created_at: '2025-07-22T14:23:40.634516+01:00' currency: ngn info: provider_id: '1234567890' provider: 4 pan: '' masked_pan: 489928******2417 last4: '2417' city: New York state: NY address: 123 Main St zip_code: '10001' cvv: '' expiry_month: '01' expiry_year: '2026' brand: mastercard type: virtual name_on_card: John Doe colors: null label: General control: limits: null channels: null account_provider_id: '' status: active notes: '' title: General error: [] message: operation was successful '400': headers: Access-Control-Allow-Credentials: schema: type: boolean example: 'true' Access-Control-Allow-Headers: schema: type: string example: >- Content-Type, Content-Length, Accept-Encoding, X-CSRF-Token, Authorization, accept, origin, Cache-Control, X-Requested-With, Api-Version, Platform Access-Control-Allow-Methods: schema: type: string example: POST, OPTIONS, GET, PUT, PATCH, DELETE Access-Control-Allow-Origin: schema: type: string example: '*' Content-Type: schema: type: string example: application/json Date: schema: type: string example: Mon, 08 Sep 2025 20:47:44 GMT Content-Length: schema: type: integer example: '64' description: 400 - Card not found content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: status: type: boolean data: type: object error: type: array items: {} message: type: string example: status: false data: {} error: [] message: card not found components: securitySchemes: apiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: X-API-KEY description: API key for authentication. ````