Kevin Wells has a new application that may be of use to people running small businesses that take payment by card.
Called CardInfo, the program works in a similar fashion to many of the other apps he has available in that it uses Wget to relay information input by the user to a third party website and display the results.
In this case, the website is API Layer – specifically, their BIN (Bank Identification Number) Checker, which can be used to look up information about those pieces of plastic.
The key information is determined from the first six digits of the card number (so that’s all that needs to be input) – they can be looked to find out things like which bank issued the card, the country in which it was issued, the card type, and more.
You will need an API key to be able to use the remote service, which you can get by registering with the API Layer site. You may already have done so if you use Kevin’s Currency application, in which case the key will be the same – but you will still need to register to use the BIN Checker service.
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