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VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners

Introduction to REST
- Secure Communication Requirements
- REST Set-Up Workflow

Signing Up for a Sandbox Account

PKCS12 Certificate
- Creating a PKCS12 File
- Testing the Shared Secret Key Pair
- Extracting the Private Key from the PKCS12 Certificate

Shared Secret Key Pair
- Creating a Shared Secret Key Pair
- Testing the Shared Secret Key Pair

Constructing Messages Using JSON Web Tokens
- Generating a Hash of the Message Body
- Generating a Hash of the Claim Set
- Generating a Hash of the Token Header
- Generating a Token Signature
- Generating a JSON Web Token

Constructing Messages Using HTTP Signature Security
- Generating a Hash of the Message Body
- Generating the Signature Hash
- Updating Header Fields

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Recent Revisions to This Document

23.04

API Security Mandates: Removed parenthesis from
request-target
in the header.
Updated the signature hash to an HMAC SHA-256 hash.; See Constructing Messages Using HTTP Signature Security.
Visa Platform Connect: Added VISA Platform Connect: Specifications and Conditions for Resellers/Partners.

23.03

: This revision contains only editorial changes and no technical updates.

23.02

: This revision contains only editorial changes and no technical updates.

23.01

New Guide: Written to enhance customer understanding and use of the REST API.

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