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Validate a UK bank account for Direct Debit

Validates UK bank account details (sort code + account number) for Direct Debit eligibility with the bureau.

POST/dd/validate

Validates UK bank account details (sort code + account number) for Direct Debit eligibility with the bureau.

Related endpoints

  • GET /dd/mandate-requests/{token} — Look up a pending signed mandate request
  • POST /dd/preview — Preview the Direct Debit collection date chain

Common errors

  • 400 invalid_request — malformed payload or failed validation.
  • 401 authentication_error — missing, invalid, expired, or revoked credential. Codes: authentication_failed, invalid_api_key, expired_api_key, api_key_revoked, session_invalid, merchant_required. Carries a WWW-Authenticate: Bearer challenge.

Idempotency

Pass an Idempotency-Key header (UUID v4 recommended) to make retries safe. Keys are valid for 24 hours; see the idempotency guide.

Authorization

apiKey
x-api-key<token>

Your RevKeen merchant API key. Create and manage keys in Dashboard → Settings → Developer. Use rk_sandbox_* for staging/test and rk_live_* for production. The same key may be sent as Authorization: Bearer <key> if that suits your HTTP client better. A missing, invalid, expired, or revoked key returns 401 with a WWW-Authenticate: Bearer challenge; a valid key without the required scope returns 403.

In: header

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Parameters for validating a UK bank account for Direct Debit eligibility.

Response Body

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

application/json

Stuck on an error response? Ask the RevKeen assistant to explain it.
curl -X POST "https://api.revkeen.com/v2/dd/validate" \
  -H "x-api-key: $REVKEEN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "sortCode": "20-00-00",
    "accountNumber": "55779911"
  }'

Synthetic documentation data, validated against the response schema; not a live API result.

{  "valid": true,  "bank_name": "Barclays",  "dd_enabled": true,  "errors": [    "string"  ]}

Put this endpoint to work

Operate Direct Debit