Gift Card Balance
3 min
\<font color="#b6c7cb">\</font> topic type concept purpose gift card balance event overview and guidance on when to send the event audience developers implementing gift card balance lookup or inquiry flows applies to integrations evaluating a gift card balance access attempts does not apply to purchase transactions, refunds, or other financial event types the giftcardbalance call is intended to retrieve an score when a user attempts to view a gift card balance on your website timing the api call should come to the after a user attempts to check their gift card balance after they pass error handling, and you retrieve their account details, ip address, and user agent before you respond to the user flow gift card balance flow diagram user navigates to your website and goes to the gift card balance page user submits their card information client processes front end validation to ensure all fields are filled in properly client processes back end error handling (card expired, invalid number) client retrieves account information, ip, and user agent client's backend server calls consolidates data and returns a score client determines appropriate action for the gift card balance check see also gift card balance fields https //atlas accertify com/public apis/gift card balance fields