# Barclays Card Control API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/barclays/card-control-api/  
**Provider:** Barclays — https://apis.io/providers/barclays/  
**Documentation:** https://developer.barclays.com/apis/card-control/fb39ed1a-d10a-47f7-92bb-7ecbb6bbe39e.bdn/documentation

Barclays Card Control API is one of 30 APIs that [Barclays](https://apis.io/providers/barclays/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Card Controls, Credit Cards, and Security. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation, an API reference, and an OpenAPI specification.

Read and change the controls a cardholder has on a Barclaycard — freeze and unfreeze the card and manage the transaction-type and channel restrictions applied to it.

## Operations (3)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/cards/accounts/{accountId}/unlock-card` | Unlock a card for an account |
| POST | `/cards/accounts/{accountId}/lock-card` | Lock a card for an account |
| GET | `/cards/accounts/{accountId}/card-lock-status` | Retrieve lock/unlock status for all cards in the account |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **Documentation** — https://developer.barclays.com/apis/card-control/fb39ed1a-d10a-47f7-92bb-7ecbb6bbe39e.bdn/documentation
- **APIReference** — https://developer.barclays.com/apis/card-control/fb39ed1a-d10a-47f7-92bb-7ecbb6bbe39e.bdn/documentation
- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/barclays/refs/heads/main/openapi/barclays-card-control-openapi.yml
- **Overlay** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/barclays/refs/heads/main/overlays/barclays-card-control-overlay.yaml

## Other Barclays APIs (12)

- [Barclays Smartpay Web Payment API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/barclaycard-smartpay-web-payment-api/)
- [Barclays Bank Ireland Confirmation of Funds API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/barclays-bank-ireland-confirmation-of-funds-api/)
- [Barclays Account and Transactions API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/account-and-transactions-api/)
- [Barclays Bank Ireland Account Information API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/barclays-bank-ireland-account-information-api/)
- [Barclays Bank Ireland Payment Initiation API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/barclays-bank-ireland-payment-initiation-api/)
- [Barclays Confirmation of Funds API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/confirmation-of-funds-api/)
- [Barclays Dynamic Client Registration API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/dynamic-client-registration-api/)
- [Barclays Event Notification API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/event-notification-api/)
- [Barclays Payment Initiation API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/payment-initiation-api/)
- [Barclays ATM Locator API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/atm-locator-api/)
- [Barclays Branch Locator API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/branch-locator-api/)
- [Barclays FCA Service Metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/barclays/fca-service-metrics-api/)

## Tags

Card Controls, Credit Cards, Security

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