# MD for: https://www.mercadopago.com.co/developers/es/docs/resources-pci-compliant-merchants/receiving-payment-by-card.md

\# Receive payments being PCI Compliant Mercado Pago allows merchants who comply with PCI regulations to \_tokenize\_ cards via \_backend\_. It is necessary to create a \`card\_token\`, which is the secure representation of the card: 

csharp 

csharpjavajavascriptphppythonruby

```
using mercadopago;
using System;
using System.Collections;

MP mp = new MP("ACCESS_TOKEN");

Hashtable card_token = mp.post("/v1/card_tokens", "{"+
    "'card_number': '450995xxxxxx3704',"+
    "'security_code': '123',"+
    "'expiration_month': 6,"+
    "'expiration_year': 2018,"+
    "'cardholder': {"+
        "'name': 'APRO',"+
        "'identification': {"+
            "'number': '12345678',"+
            "'type': 'DNI'"+
        "}"+
    "}"+
"}");
```

```
import com.mercadopago.MP;
import org.codehaus.jettison.json.JSONObject;

MP mp = new MP ("ACCESS_TOKEN");

JSONObject payment = mp.post("/v1/card_tokens", "{"+
    "'card_number': '450995xxxxxx3704',"+
    "'security_code': '123',"+
    "'expiration_month': 6,"+
    "'expiration_year': 2018,"+
    "'cardholder': {"+
        "'name': 'APRO',"+
        "'identification': {"+
            "'number': '12345678',"+
            "'type': 'DNI',"+
        "}"+
    "}"+
"}");
```

```
var MP = require ("mercadopago");
var mp = new MP ("ACCESS_TOKEN");

var doCardToken = mp.post ("/v1/card_tokens",
    "card_number": "450995xxxxxx3704",
    "security_code": "123",
    "expiration_month": 6,
    "expiration_year": 2018,
    "cardholder": {
        "name": "APRO",
        "identification": {
            "number": "12345678",
            "type": "DNI"
        }
    });

doCardToken.then (
    function (payment) {
        console.log (payment);
    },
    function (error){
        console.log (error);
    });
```

```
<?php  
    require ('mercadopago.php');

    $mp = new MP('ACCESS_TOKEN');

    $card_token_data = array(
        "card_number" => "450995xxxxxx3704",
        "security_code" => "123",
        "expiration_month" => 6,
        "expiration_year" => 2018,
        "cardholder" => array(
            "name" => "APRO",
            "identification" => array(
                "number" => "12345678",
                "type" => "DNI"
            )
        )
    );

    $card_token = $mp->post("/v1/card_tokens", $card_token_data);
  ?>
```

```
import mercadopago
sdk = mercadopago.SDK("ACCESS_TOKEN")

data = {
    "card_number": "450995xxxxxx3704",
    "security_code": "123",
    "expiration_month": 6,
    "expiration_year": 2018,
    "cardholder": {
        "name": "APRO",
        "identification": {
            "number": "12345678",
            "type": "DNI"
        }
    }
}

card_token_response = sdk.card_token().create(data)
card_token = card_token_response["response"]

print(json.dumps(card_token, indent=4))
```

```
require 'mercadopago'
sdk = Mercadopago::SDK.new('ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN')

card_token_data = {
  card_number: '450995xxxxxx3704',
  security_code: '123',
  expiration_month: 6,
  expiration_year: 2025,
  cardholder: {
    name: 'APRO',
    identification: {
      number: '12345678',
      type: 'DNI'
    }
  }
}

card_token_response = sdk.card_token.create(card_token_data)
card_token = card_token_response[:response]

puts card_token
```

\*\*Response\*\* \`\`\`json { "id": "ff8080814cbd77a8014cc", "public\_key": null, "card\_id": null, "luhn\_validation": true, "status": "active", "date\_used": null, "card\_number\_length": 16, "date\_created": "2015-04-16T13:06:25.525-04:00", "first\_six\_digits": "450995", "last\_four\_digits": "3704", "security\_code\_length": 3, "expiration\_month": 6, "expiration\_year": 2018, "date\_last\_updated": "2015-04-16T13:06:25.525-04:00", "date\_due": "2015-04-24T13:06:25.531-04:00", "live\_mode": false, "cardholder": { "identification": { "number": "12345678", "type": "type" }, "name": "name" } } \`\`\` Once you have obtained the Card Token of the card, you can \[create the payment\](https://www.mercadopago.com.co/developers/en/docs/checkout-api-payments/integration-configuration/card/web-integration#bookmark\_send\_payment#bookmark\_send\_payment).