---
title: "Get a gift card by ID"
method: GET
path: "/giftcards/{giftCardId}"
tags: ["Gift Card"]
---

# Get a gift card by ID

`GET /giftcards/{giftCardId}`

Returns information for a specific gift card.

## Permissions

Any user or [API key](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/authentication-overview#api-keys) must have at least one of the appropriate [License Manager resources](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/license-manager-resources--3q6ztrC8YynQf6rdc6euk3) to be able to successfully run this request. Otherwise they will receive a status code `403` error. These are the applicable resources for this endpoint:

| **Product** | **Category** | **Resource** |
| --------------- | ----------------- | ----------------- |
| GiftCard | GiftCard | **Gift card full access** |

There are no applicable [predefined roles](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/predefined-roles--jGDurZKJHvHJS13LnO7Dy) for this resource list. You must [create a custom role](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/roles--7HKK5Uau2H6wxE1rH5oRbc#creating-a-role) and add at least one of the resources above in order to use this endpoint. To learn more about authentication at VTEX, see [Authentication overview](https://developers.vtex.com/docs/guides/authentication).

>❗ To prevent integrations from having excessive permissions, consider the [best practices for managing API keys](https://help.vtex.com/en/tutorial/best-practices-api-keys--7b6nD1VMHa49aI5brlOvJm) when assigning License Manager roles to integrations.

## Path parameters

- `giftCardId` string, required

## Headers

- `Content-Type` string, required
- `Accept` string, required

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `id` string, required — Gift card identification.
  - `redemptionToken` string, required — Gift card redemption token.
  - `redemptionCode` string, required — Gift card identification code used at checkout. Minimum of 6 characters.
  - `balance` number, required — Gift card current balance. For newly created gift cards, the balance will be 0.0.
  - `emissionDate` string, required — Gift card creation date.
  - `expiringDate` string, required — Gift card expiration date.
  - `currencyCode` string — Currency code in ISO 4217.
  - `transactions` Transactions, required — Transactions information.
    - `href` string, required — Gift card resource URL. The number described in the URL refers to the gift card identification.

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/vtex/apis/giftcard-api.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/vtex/apis/giftcard-api/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/vtex/giftcard-api/revisions/9df748187523/schema)