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webhooks
/
gift_requests
Create a Thnks Redemption URL via Webhook
curl --request POST \
  --url https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests \
  --header 'Authorization: <api-key>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "gift_id": 123,
  "utm_campaign_id": "<string>",
  "recipients": [
    {
      "email": "<string>",
      "first_name": "<string>",
      "last_name": "<string>",
      "message": "<string>"
    }
  ]
}
'
import requests

url = "https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests"

payload = {
    "gift_id": 123,
    "utm_campaign_id": "<string>",
    "recipients": [
        {
            "email": "<string>",
            "first_name": "<string>",
            "last_name": "<string>",
            "message": "<string>"
        }
    ]
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<api-key>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.text)
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    gift_id: 123,
    utm_campaign_id: '<string>',
    recipients: [
      {
        email: '<string>',
        first_name: '<string>',
        last_name: '<string>',
        message: '<string>'
      }
    ]
  })
};

fetch('https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'gift_id' => 123,
    'utm_campaign_id' => '<string>',
    'recipients' => [
        [
                'email' => '<string>',
                'first_name' => '<string>',
                'last_name' => '<string>',
                'message' => '<string>'
        ]
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: <api-key>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"gift_id\": 123,\n  \"utm_campaign_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"<string>\",\n      \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"message\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<api-key>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

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

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

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests")
  .header("Authorization", "<api-key>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"gift_id\": 123,\n  \"utm_campaign_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"<string>\",\n      \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"message\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://admin.thnks.com/api/v1/webhooks/gift_requests")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"gift_id\": 123,\n  \"utm_campaign_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"recipients\": [\n    {\n      \"email\": \"<string>\",\n      \"first_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"last_name\": \"<string>\",\n      \"message\": \"<string>\"\n    }\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "message": "GiftRequest created successfully.",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "recipients": [
      {
        "recipient_transaction_id": 456,
        "email": "some@test.com",
        "phone_number": "",
        "gift_redemption_url": "https://...",
        "gift_donation_url": "https://..."
      }
    ]
  }
}
Use this Thnks webhook to automatically generate a unique Thnks Redemption URL for embedding in non-Thnks managed campaigns.
​
Content-Type
string
default:"application/json"
This should always be application/json
​
gift_id
integer
required
Variable containing Thnks id of the item(s) the Customer wants to send
​
utm_campaign_id
string
Optional campaign identifier for tracking attribution in non-Thnks managed campaigns
​
recipients
array

​
Response

On success, the API returns a 200 response with the following JSON body.
​
message
string
Success message. Returns "GiftRequest created successfully." when the gift request is created.
​
data
object
{
  "message": "GiftRequest created successfully.",
  "data": {
    "id": 123,
    "recipients": [
      {
        "recipient_transaction_id": 456,
        "email": "some@test.com",
        "phone_number": "",
        "gift_redemption_url": "https://...",
        "gift_donation_url": "https://..."
      }
    ]
  }
}