SWIFT Account Numbers API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: SWIFT SwiftRef Account Numbers API
  description: The SWIFT SwiftRef API provides automated real-time lookup and validation of payments reference data. Supports validation and retrieval of BICs, IBANs, LEIs, National IDs, country codes, currency codes, and account numbers. Enables financial institutions, corporates, and PSPs to achieve greater straight-through processing rates by validating identifiers before payment execution. Data is updated daily from authoritative sources.
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: SWIFT Developer Support
    email: developer-support@swift.com
    url: https://developer.swift.com
  termsOfService: https://developer.swift.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.swift.com/swiftrefdata
  description: SWIFT SwiftRef Production API
- url: https://sandbox.swift.com/swiftrefdata
  description: SWIFT SwiftRef Sandbox
security:
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Account Numbers
  description: Account number format validation
paths:
  /v2/account_numbers/{account_number}/validity:
    get:
      operationId: validateAccountNumber
      summary: Validate Account Number
      description: Checks the validity of various account number formats including IBANs, checking account number format compliance.
      tags:
      - Account Numbers
      parameters:
      - name: account_number
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
        description: Account number to validate
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Account number validity result
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ValidityResult'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
components:
  schemas:
    ValidityResult:
      type: object
      properties:
        valid:
          type: boolean
          description: Whether the identifier is valid
        errorCode:
          type: string
          description: Error code if invalid
        errorDescription:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable description of validation failure
  responses:
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid identifier format
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              code:
                type: string
              message:
                type: string
  securitySchemes:
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      flows:
        password:
          tokenUrl: https://api.swift.com/oauth2/v1/token
          scopes:
            urn:swiftref:external: External customer access to SwiftRef data
            urn:swiftref:internal: Internal payment validation access
externalDocs:
  description: SWIFT SwiftRef API Documentation
  url: https://developer.swift.com/apis/swiftref-api