/v1/parse
Parse a BIC into parts
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Get an API keyCode snippets
curl "https://api.oanor.com/bic-api/v1/parse" \ -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/bic-api/v1/parse", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/bic-api/v1/parse");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/bic-api/v1/parse",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"note": "BIC breakdown. The second location character flags status: '0' test/non-SWIFT, '1' passive, '2' reverse-billing. Branch 'XXX' or none means the head office.",
"inputs": {
"bic": "DEUTDEFF500"
},
"office": "branch",
"passive": false,
"connected": true,
"normalized": "DEUTDEFF500",
"branch_code": "500",
"is_test_bic": false,
"country_code": "DE",
"location_code": "FF",
"reverse_billing": false,
"institution_code": "DEUT"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-06-05T19:50:13.625Z",
"request_id": "4439642d-2c06-4724-a536-f055213b0187"
},
"status": "ok",
"message": "Parse BIC",
"success": true
}