mercadopago.cards.save-card

Saves a tokenized card to a customer profile for future payments. The token must be created client-side via MercadoPago.js. Raw card data must never pass through your server. PCI scope: Handling this endpoint brings your integration into PCI DSS scope.

Save a card to a customer

Overview

Property	Value
Workflow type	Atomic
Library	App-mercadopago
Version	1.0

Input Schema

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
base_url	string	Yes	—	Mercadopago API root, e.g. https://<host>/api
api_token	string	No	—	Bearer token; omit to use the workflow's token env var
customer_id	string	Yes	—	—
token	string	Yes	—	Single-use card token from MercadoPago.js

Output Schema

Field	Type	Required	Default	Description
base_url	string	Yes	—	Mercadopago API root, e.g. https://<host>/api
api_token	string	No	—	Bearer token; omit to use the workflow's token env var
customer_id	string	Yes	—	—
token	string	Yes	—	Single-use card token from MercadoPago.js
status_code	integer	No	—	HTTP status code of the completed call
response	json	No	—	Parsed JSON response body
failure_reason	string	No	—	—
failure_type	string	No	—	—
failed_at	string	No	—	—
failed_step	string	No	—	—
failed_layer	string	No	—	—
failed_at_state	string	No	—	—
error	string	No	—	—
error_type	string	No	—	—

States

State	Initial	Terminal	Success	Auto-advance	Description
pending	Yes	No	—	execute	Waiting to call POST /v1/customers/{customer_id}/cards
completed	No	Yes	Yes	—	HTTP call succeeded
failed	No	Yes	No	—	HTTP call failed

State Diagram

Transitions

From	Action	To	Description
pending	execute	completed	Perform POST /v1/customers/{customer_id}/cards
* (any state)	fail	failed	Record the failure reason

API Usage

POST /api/workflows/start
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "workflow_type": "mercadopago.cards.save-card",
  "initial_data": {
    "base_url": "value",
    "customer_id": "value",
    "token": "value"
  }
}