Merchant-Funded Credit .: Grant

API Reference / v15

Give Merchant-Funded Credit to a User

This endpoint allows you to give a user credit on behalf of a merchant. To give out credit on behalf of a merchant, you must have a merchant access token with the give_merchant_funded_credit permission.

By default, this credit will expire after 1 year but a custom time window can be set via the duration_in_seconds parameter. This credit can also be either merchant-specific or global. If undefined, the default is merchant-specific.

Request Endpoint

POST /v15/merchant_funded_credits

Authorization Required – Merchant Token in Header

Authorization: token merchant="982-9a4218e4b6714b7b6b47890d0bf2f46544c99ff7a5957f72ef5637eaafdc73"

Request Body

{
  "merchant_funded_credit": {
    "email": "user@example.com",
    "duration_in_seconds": 31536000,
    "merchant_id": 1,
    "message": "Credit unlocked for completing the hashbrown challenge!",
    "value_amount": 100,
    "global": false
  }
}

Request Parameters

Parameters Type Required Description
email String Yes The email of the recipient of the credit.
duration_in_seconds Integer No Time before credit expires (in seconds) default is 7 years.
merchant_id Integer Yes ID of merchant funding the credit.
message String No Message indicating why or how the user earned the reward.
value_amount Integer Yes Total amount of the credit (in cents).
global Boolean No Allow credit to be used at any merchant. Default is false.

cURL Example

curl -v https://sandbox.thelevelup.com/v15/merchant_funded_credits \
  -H Accept:application/json \
  -H Content-Type:application/json \
  -H 'Authorization:token merchant="982-9a4218e4b6714b7b6b47890d0bf2f46544c99ff7a5957f72ef5637eaafdc73"' \
  -d '{
    "merchant_funded_credit": {
      "email": "testcreds+consumer@thelevelup.com",
      "duration_in_seconds": 31536000,
      "merchant_id": 34,
      "message": "Credit unlocked for completing the hashbrown challenge!",
      "value_amount": 100,
      "global": false
    }
  }'

Example Response

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content