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# Record a gift or pledge.

POST https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts
Content-Type: application/json

Gifts may also carry soft credits, which acknowledge someone other than the giver.
Send `dry_run` to validate the request without saving it, and an
`Idempotency-Key` header so a retry cannot record the same gift twice.

Reference: https://docs.awardspring.com/api-reference/gifts/create

## Authentication

- `X-Spring-API-Key` header (required) — Secret API key issued per institution. Send it on every request.

## Servers

- `https://api.awardspring.com` (UnitedStates, default)
- `https://api.awardspring.ca` (Canada)

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CreateGiftV1Request.

- `donor_id` (string, required, nullable) — The stored ID of the donor (or donor organization) the gift is attributed to. Required.
- `amount` (double, required, nullable) — Monetary amount. Required for both gifts and pledges and must be greater than zero; a zero amount is allowed only when GiftType is `InKind`.
- `subject` (string, required, nullable) — Short human-readable title. Required, non-whitespace.
- `gift_date` (string, required, nullable) — ISO 8601 date the gift/pledge occurred (e.g. `"2026-04-03"` or `"2026-04-03T10:00:00Z"`). Required. Interpreted in the tenant's time zone and persisted in UTC.
- `type` (enum, optional, nullable) — `gift` or `pledge`. Defaults to `gift` when omitted. Soft credits are only honored on gifts.
  - Allowed values: `gift`, `pledge`
- `gift_type` (enum, optional, nullable) — Gift instrument — one of `Cash`, `Check`, `CreditOrDebit`, `BankTransfer`, `StockOrProperty`, `InKind`, `PayrollDeduction`, `Online`, `Other`. Optional; defaults to `None`. Ignored for pledges.
  - Allowed values: `Cash`, `Check`, `CreditOrDebit`, `BankTransfer`, `StockOrProperty`, `InKind`, `PayrollDeduction`, `Online`, `Other`
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `fund_id` (string, optional, nullable) — Fund the gift is directed toward. When the tenant has Funds Management enabled the value must match an existing fund's identifier; otherwise it is stored as a free-form label.
- `campaign_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The stored ID of a campaign at this institution to attribute the gift to. Optional.
- `is_completed` (boolean, optional) — Only meaningful for pledges — marks the pledge fulfilled. Ignored for gifts.
- `assigned_to_user_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The stored ID of the officer the record is assigned to. Must be a person at this institution when supplied.
- `soft_credits` (list of SoftCreditV1Input, optional, nullable) — Up to three soft-credit recipients. Honored on gifts only; ignored for pledges.

## Response

### 201

Created

- `object` (string, optional, nullable) — Stripe-style resource discriminator. Stable, snake_case string naming the resource type. Serialized first so it reads as the leading field of every V1 resource body.
- `id` (string, optional, nullable) — The gift's or pledge's stored ID: 9 characters, sent exactly as stored. A dry-run create returns `null`, because nothing was saved.
- `donor_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The stored ID of the donor the gift or pledge is attributed to.
- `type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `gift_type` (string, optional, nullable)
- `amount` (double, optional, nullable)
- `subject` (string, optional, nullable)
- `description` (string, optional, nullable)
- `fund_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The school's own code for the fund the gift is directed toward, as plain text.
- `campaign_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The stored ID of the campaign the gift or pledge belongs to, or `null`.
- `is_completed` (boolean, optional)
- `gift_acknowledgement_sent` (boolean, optional)
- `date` (integer, optional)
- `soft_credits` (list of SoftCreditV1, optional, nullable)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (V1ErrorBody, optional) — Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (V1ErrorBody, optional) — Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

### 409 Conflict Error

Conflict

- `error` (V1ErrorBody, optional) — Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Content

- `error` (V1ErrorBody, optional) — Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Rate limit exceeded for this API key. Retry after the interval in the `Retry-After` header.

- `error` (V1ErrorBody, optional) — Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

## Types

### SoftCreditV1Input

A single soft-credit recipient on a gift. Supply either UserId (the stored ID of an existing person at this institution) or a free-form Name. When both are given, the user ID wins and the name is dropped — mirroring the internal gift-entry flow.

- `name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `user_id` (string, optional, nullable)

### SoftCreditV1

- `name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `user_id` (string, optional, nullable) — The stored ID of the person credited, or `null` for a name-only credit.

### V1ErrorBody

Stripe-shaped error object for the `/api/v1/*` surface. Serialized snake\_case (via V1SnakeCaseNamingStrategy) and always nested under the `error` key of a V1ErrorEnvelope: `{ "error": { "type": "...", "code": "...", "message": "...", "param": null, "doc_url": null, "recovery": "..." } }`

- `type` (string, optional, nullable) — Coarse error category from V1ErrorType (e.g. `invalid_request_error`).
- `code` (string, optional, nullable) — Stable fine-grained machine code from ErrorCode (e.g. `donor_not_found`).
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — Human-readable summary safe to surface to the caller.
- `param` (string, optional, nullable) — The request parameter the error relates to, when attributable to a single field; otherwise null.
- `doc_url` (string, optional, nullable) — Link to documentation for this error, when one exists; otherwise null.
- `recovery` (string, optional, nullable) — Plain-language guidance on how to recover from this error, suitable for showing to the person who triggered it. Not present on every error.
- `details` (any, optional) — Optional structured payload (e.g. a list of ValidationDetail for validation failures). Omitted from the wire when null so the canonical Stripe shape stays minimal.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "donor_id": "string",
  "amount": 1.1,
  "subject": "string",
  "gift_date": "string"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "object": "string",
  "id": "string",
  "donor_id": "string",
  "type": "string",
  "gift_type": "string",
  "amount": 1.1,
  "subject": "string",
  "description": "string",
  "fund_id": "string",
  "campaign_id": "string",
  "is_completed": true,
  "gift_acknowledgement_sent": true,
  "date": 1,
  "soft_credits": [
    {
      "name": "string",
      "user_id": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts"

payload = {
    "donor_id": "string",
    "amount": 1.1,
    "subject": "string",
    "gift_date": "string"
}
headers = {
    "X-Spring-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'X-Spring-API-Key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"donor_id":"string","amount":1.1,"subject":"string","gift_date":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"donor_id\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": 1.1,\n  \"subject\": \"string\",\n  \"gift_date\": \"string\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("X-Spring-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-Spring-API-Key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"donor_id\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": 1.1,\n  \"subject\": \"string\",\n  \"gift_date\": \"string\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts")
  .header("X-Spring-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"donor_id\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": 1.1,\n  \"subject\": \"string\",\n  \"gift_date\": \"string\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts', [
  'body' => '{
  "donor_id": "string",
  "amount": 1.1,
  "subject": "string",
  "gift_date": "string"
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-Spring-API-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-Spring-API-Key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"donor_id\": \"string\",\n  \"amount\": 1.1,\n  \"subject\": \"string\",\n  \"gift_date\": \"string\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Spring-API-Key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "donor_id": "string",
  "amount": 1.1,
  "subject": "string",
  "gift_date": "string"
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.awardspring.com/api/v1/gifts")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```