Developers

SwiftValidate

Important note.

All BankVal web services are available on both the main and backup servers at our primary data centre. This configuration is mirrored at our secondary data centre. The two data centres are geographically independent. Using this configuration, the BankVal web service has been available continuously since launch in 2003.

In general:

  • Call the service at the primary data centre at www.unifiedservices.co.uk
  • In the unlikely event of a failure, call the service at the secondary data centre at www.unifiedsoftware.co.uk

SwiftValidate service


SwiftValidate functionality:

The SWIFTValidate method of BankVal International validates any SWIFT 8 character Bank Identifier Code (BIC).

Parameter Format for SWIFTValidate

ReturnMessage = swiftvalidate(QueryString)

where

QueryString = a " | " delimited string of the format "userID|PIN|SWIFTBIC"

All possible ReturnMessage values are shown below.

ReturnMessage meanings

VALID - SWIFT BIC exists

INVALID - The supplied SWIFT BIC does not exist.

ERROR - Invalid User ID/PIN - The User ID or PIN has not been recognised.

ERROR - UserID Expired - Trial user ID has expired.

ERROR - Insecure connection - An attempt was made to access BankVal's SWIFTValidate method using the insecure HTTP protocol instead of HTTPS.


WSDL files

The WSDL file on the primary data centre is at http://www.unifiedservices.co.uk/BankValinternationalall.wsdl

The WSDL file on the backup data centre is at http://www.unifiedsoftware.co.uk/BankValinternationalall.wsdl


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