403 : Forbidden Operation to requested resource

[Ranjith]

Hi Friends

I am trying to get started with Visa Developer. In  my project I have added "Visa Transaction Controls" API, and I can see "Alert History and Customer Profiles API" under it.

However when I try to access below URI (as per API specifications https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/vctc/reference#vctc__customer_rules_alerts) ,  I get error 403 in response.

Can you help me to understand how to proceed further?

2018-07-31 14:20:41 INFO  VisaAPIClient:198 - URI: https://sandbox.api.visa.com/vctc/customerrules/v1/consumertransactioncontrols/customer
2018-07-31 14:20:41 INFO  VisaAPIClient:199 - Register A Card
2018-07-31 14:20:41 INFO  VisaAPIClient:203 - RequestBody: {
  "countryCode" : "USA",
  "defaultAlertsPreferences" : [ {
    "contactType" : "Email",
    "contactValue" : "ranjith@abc.com",
    "isVerified" : true,
    "status" : "Active"
  } ],
  "firstName" : "Ranjith",
  "lastName" : "Test",
  "preferredLanguage" : "en-us",
  "userIdentifier" : "CIF001",
  "primaryAccountNumber" : "4514170000000001"
}
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:171 - Response status : HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden

2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:173 - Response Headers:

2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Server:Apache
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-SERVED-BY:l55c002
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-CORRELATION-ID:1533018044_958_78_l55c002_VDP_ARM
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-Backside-Transport:FAIL FAIL,FAIL FAIL
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-OPNET-Transaction-Trace:a2_f79bb85f-81a4-4faf-8db1-1b7de29841fe
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Strict-Transport-Security:max-age=31536000; includeSubDomains ,max-age=2592000;includeSubdomains
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Cache-Control:no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Pragma:no-cache
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Expires:-1
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-Global-Transaction-ID:636717573
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-APP-STATUS:403
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-Frame-Options:SAMEORIGIN
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-XSS-Protection:1; mode=block
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - X-Content-Type-Options:nosniff
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Content-Type:application/json;charset=UTF-8
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Content-Language:en-US
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Content-Length:103
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Date:Tue, 31 Jul 2018 06:20:45 GMT
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:176 - Connection:close
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:177 -
 Response Body:
2018-07-31 14:20:43 INFO  VisaAPIClient:184 - ResponseBody: {
  "metainfo" : {
    "Description" : "Forbidden",
    "Code" : 403
  },
  "error" : "Forbidden Operation to requested resource"
}
Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0, Time elapsed: 4.098 sec <<< FAILURE!
testRegisterACard(com.visa.vdp.vctc.TestAlert)  Time elapsed: 3.132 sec  <<< FAILURE!
java.lang.AssertionError: expected [true] but found [false]
        at org.testng.Assert.fail(Assert.java:94)
        at org.testng.Assert.failNotEquals(Assert.java:513)
        at org.testng.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:42)
        at org.testng.Assert.assertTrue(Assert.java:52)
        at com.visa.vdp.vctc.TestAlert.testRegisterACard(TestAlert.java:52)

Results :

Failed tests:   testRegisterACard(com.visa.vdp.vctc.TestAlert): expected [true] but found [false]

Tests run: 1, Failures: 1, Errors: 0, Skipped: 0

[vkamboj]

Hello @Ranjith, 

I am working on your inquiry, I will get back to you soon. 

Thank you, 

Vaibhav 

[vkamboj]

Hi @Ranjith, 

Have you registered the card before trying to add the Customer Alerts Profile ?  

Kindly register the card using the below API and try again.

https://developer.visa.com/capabilities/vctc/reference#vctc__customer_rules__v1__vtc_registration

Thank you, 

Vaibhav

[Ranjith]

Thank you Vaibhav

Registering the card, resolved this issue. Thanks a lot

[Ranjith]

Apparently, the issue seems to be because of the test data. (improper card number)

When I tried "primaryAccountNumber": "4514170000000001", I get 403 "error" : "Forbidden Operation to requested resource"

However when I tried "primaryAccountNumber" : "4965152911511236", I get 422 "error" : [ "Unable to process due to invalid data." ]

When I tried "primaryAccountNumber" : "4865152911511237", Its success (even if i had not done the card registration)

Is there is any documentation on test data usage for card number?

[vkamboj]

Hi @Ranjith, 

Out of the below card numbers which card numbers are from the TEST data tab ? Can you please let us know so we can debug further on the cards that are part of TEST data tab and are failing for you ?

Thank you, 

Vaibhav 

[Ranjith · Accepted solution]

Hi Vaibhav,

The test data tab shows "486515291151XXXX" and any number starting in "486515291151" is working for me.

The error was when I tested using other numbers that are not conforming to test data.

For now I dont have an issue, as I am testing using proper test data.

Thanks for your support.