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Article Summary

Template process of getting VISA's currency rates.

Description of API Foreign ExchangeRates on the VISA website.

Select the "Set parameter" logic and fill the fields userID and password with username and password values from the VISA administrator panel
set_password

The next step is to select the API logic and expand the "Additionally" block,
api_add

You have to insert the private key and test certificate provided to you by VISA to the "Sign the request by certificate" module.
api_cert

The key and certificate should be inserted in the following order:

-----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
...
-----END RSA PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
...
-----END CERTIFICATE-----

After this you may go to VIEW mode and send a test request by pressing the button "Add task":

test_api

It should contain the following parameters:

  • sourceCurrencyCode - currency code of initial amount
  • destinationCurrencyCode - currency code which we want to convert the amount to
  • sourceAmount - amount

Once the parameters are filled, press "Send task".

Result of API operation:

  • destinationAmount - total amount after conversion
  • conversionRate - conversion rate
The template contains the URL of the sandbox. To get access to the operational environment, you need to refer to developer@visa.com
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