If you order and update cards using our web services (Mastercard Web Services (MCWS)), you can still enroll cardholders into Alerts and Notifications. For comprehensive documentation on web service offerings, see APIs and Web Services or contact your Comdata Account Manager or Relationship Manager.

Add MasterCard Operation

The Add Mastercard function is a request record used to order a Mastercard via MCWS. If you want to enroll the card in Alerts and Notifications, complete the cardholderEmail, mobilePhoneNumber, and alertServiceFlag fields.

Function: Add Mastercard cards to an account
Web Service Method: addMasterCards
Applicable Card Type: Comdata MasterCards (physical & ghost), Corpay MasterCards (physical & ghost)
Other Notes: Authentication requires a different user ID and password compared to the COWS 2.0 and COWS 2.1 operations due to a change in the security model.

Request Record – Add MasterCard

Element Name Data Type Max Len Req Comment / Example Value
<cardDetails>
accountCode xsd:string 5 Y Comdata/Corpay-assigned Account code
custId xsd:string 5 Y Comdata/Corpay-assigned Customer ID (4-digit customer IDs will include a leading zero)
cardStatus xsd:string 1 N A (active), B (blocked)
profileFlag xsd:string 1 N Y (yes) or N (no)
profileValue xsd:string 3 Y 3-digit number identifying the profile group for the cardholder, if applicable
cardFirstName xsd:string 15 Y Value assigned to the First Name field
cardLastName xsd:string 20 Y Value assigned to the Last Name field
driverLicenseNumber xsd:string 20 N Driver’s License Number (US or Canadian)
driverLicenseState xsd:string 2 N Use 2-letter state abbreviation (US) or province abbreviation (Canada)
tripNumber xsd:string 10 N This number identifies a trip
vehicleNumber xsd:string 6 N Vehicle Number, also known as Unit Number
employeeNumber xsd:string 16 Y Employee number assigned to this card
vehicleVINNumber xsd:string 30 N VIN (vehicle identification number)
vehicleDescription xsd:string 30 N Brief, free form description of a vehicle
vehicleLicensePlateNumber xsd:string 15 N Vehicle license plate number
registrationExpiration xsd:string 4 N MMYY
miscellaneous1 xsd:string 15 N Miscellaneous storage field one
miscellaneous2 xsd:string 15 N Miscellaneous storage field one
miscellaneous3 xsd:string 15 N Miscellaneous storage field one
cardExpiration xsd:string 4 N Card expiration date provided by customer (MMYY)
cardholderEmail xsd:string 100 N Cardholder’s email address. Example: [email protected]
mobilePhoneNumber xsd:string 10 N ########## example: 5555555555
alertServiceFlag xsd:boolean 5 N true or false: Default is false
vehicleTankCapacity xsd:string 10 N 9999999999
cardParams xsd:list N Future fields
<mailingDetails>
mailingMethod  xsd:string 1 N Numbers 0-9, no 2 option
0 – UPS Worldwide
1 – UPS Next Day Air
3 – UPS 2nd Day
4 – FedEx Priority
5 – UPS Ground
6 – FedEx Two Day Expedited
7 – FedEx Ground
8 – USPS International
9 – FedEx International
mailName  xsd:string 30 N Company Name
mailAttentionTo  xsd:string 3o N Attention to Person
mailAddress1  xsd:string 3o N Mailing Address Line 1
mailAddress2  xsd:string 3o N Mailing Address Line 2
mailCity  xsd:string 20 N Mailing City
mailState  xsd:string 2 N 2-letter abbreviation for the state (US) or
province (Canada)
mailZip  xsd:string 10 N Mailing zip code, Example – US: 12345 or 12345-6789, Canada: A1A 1A1
mailCountry  xsd:string 3 N Mailing Country Code, example: USA, MEX, CAN
mailingParams xsd:list N Future fields
</mailingDetails>
</cardDetails>
<options>
maskCard xsd:boolean 5 N true – mask cardNumber
false – unmask cardNumber
default is to mask cardNumber in the response
optionParams xsd:list N Placeholder for future fields
<cardAddParams>
cardAddParamName xsd:string N These are where future fields will go when
needed.
cardAddParamName xsd:string N These fields are where future fields will go when
needed.
</cardAddParams>

Response Record – Add MasterCard

Element Name Data Type Max Len Comment/Example Value
<>
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status xsd:string 20 Success or Failure
errorMessage xsd:string 80 Displays only if status is a failure. See Error Table.
errorCode xsd:string 10 Displays only if status is a failure. See Error Table.
requestUID xsd:string 40 Unique identifier to inquire the status of the cardAdd
request
accountCode xsd:string 5 Comdata-assigned Account code
custID xsd:string 5 Comdata-assigned Customer ID (4-digit customer IDs will
include a leading zero)
cardNumber xsd:string 16 New card number if created (number masked if maskCard
is flagged “true” in the request)
employeeNumber xsd:string 16 Employee number assigned to this card
cardToken xsd:string 10 Card token assigned to this card
cardAddResponseParams xsd:list Future fields