Every time you want to send out a reward through Tremendous you need to create an order for it.

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Getting started with your first order

Our step-by-step guide walks you through everything you need
to send your first gift card through the Tremendous API:

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Request body

Property Type Description
id
string

Tremendous ID of the order

external_id
string

Reference for this order, supplied by the customer.

When set, external_id makes order idempotent. All requests that use the same external_id after the initial order creation, will result in a response that returns the data of the initially created order. The response will have a 201 response code. These responses fail to create any further orders.

It also allows for retrieving by external_id instead of id only.

campaign_id
string

ID of the campaign in your account, that defines the available products (different gift cards, charity, etc.) that the recipient can choose from.

created_at
string date-time

Date the order has been created

status
string

Execution status of a given order

Status Description
CART The order has been created, but hasn't yet been processed.
EXECUTED The order has been executed. Payment has been handled and rewards are being delivered (if applicable).
FAILED The order could not be processed due to an error. E.g. due to insufficient funds in the account.
payment
object

Cost breakdown of the order (cost of rewards + fees). Cost and fees are always denominated in USD, independent from the currency of the ordered rewards. Note that this property will only appear for processed orders (status is EXECUTED).

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Property Type Description
subtotal
number double

Total price of the order before fees (in USD)

total
number double

Total price of the order including fees (in USD)

fees
number double

Fees for the order (in USD)

funding_source_id
string

ID of the funding source linked to your account, to draw funds from for this order

refund
object

Breakdown of the order refunds (total amount in USD, independent from the currency of the ordered rewards). Note that this property will only appear for canceled orders or orders with canceled rewards.

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Property Type Description
total
number double

Total amount of the order refunds (in USD)

channel
string

Name of the channel in which the order was created

invoice_id
string

The ID for the invoice associated with this order

reward
object

A single reward, sent to a recipient. A reward is always part of an order.

Either products or campaign_id must be specified.

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Property Type Description
id
string

Tremendous ID of the reward

order_id
string

Tremendous ID of the order this reward is part of.

created_at
string date-time

Date the reward was created

campaign_id
string

ID of the campaign in your account, that defines the available products (different gift cards, charity, etc.) that the recipient can choose from.

products
array string

List of IDs of product (different gift cards, charity, etc.) that will be available to the recipient to choose from.

Providing a products array will override the products made available by the campaign specified using the campaign_id property unless the products array is empty. It will not override other campaign attributes, like the message and customization of the look and feel.

value
object
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Property Type Description
denomination
number double

Amount of the reward

currency_code
string

Currency of the reward

recipient
object

Details of the recipient of the reward

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Property Type Description
name
string

Name of the recipient

email
string email

Email address of the recipient

phone
string

Phone number of the recipient. For non-US phone numbers, specify the country code (prefixed with +).

deliver_at
string date

Timestamp of reward delivery within the next year. Note that if date-time is provided, the time values will be ignored.

custom_fields
array
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Property Type Description
id
string

Tremendous ID of the custom field

value
string

Value of the custom field

delivery
object

Details on how the reward is delivered to the recipient.

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Property Type Description
method
string

How to deliver the reward to the recipient.

Delivery Method Description
EMAIL Deliver the reward to the recipient by email
LINK

Deliver the reward to the recipient via a link.

The link can be retrieved on a successfully ordered reward via the /rewards or /rewards/{id} endpoint. That link must then be delivered to the recipient out-of-band.

PHONE Deliver the reward to the recipient by SMS
status
string

Current status of the delivery of the reward:

  • SCHEDULED - Reward is scheduled for delivery and will be delivered soon.
  • FAILED - Delivery of reward failed (e.g. email bounced).
  • SUCCEEDED - Reward was successfully delivered (email or text message delivered or reward link opened).
  • PENDING - Delivery is pending but not yet scheduled.
language
string

Set this to translate the redemption experience for this reward. Pass a 2-letter ISO-639-1 code for the desired language. Defaults to en.

Funding sources

There are different ways to pay for gift cards and rewards on Tremendous. Every payment mechanism is called a "funding source".

You can retrieve a list of all available funding sources by using the Funding sources API endpoint.

The Tremendous API sandbox environment comes with a single funding source that allows you to spend up to $5,000 in fake money to test the API. Learn more about the sandbox environment.

The HTTP status code 200 on the response will be used to indicate success.

After processing successfully the reward gets queued to be delivered to it's recipient
(for delivery method EMAIL and PHONE). Delivery will happen asynchronously, after the response
has been sent.

Idempotence

Requests issued with the same external_id are idempotent.

Submitting an order with an already existing external_id, will result in a 201 response code.
In this case the response will return a representation of the already existing order in the response body.

Language
Authorization
Bearer
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