Donorbox API
Getting Started
You’ll need an API KEY to connect to Donorbox. To create a key, you’ll need to sign up at https://donorbox.org. After you register with Donorbox, click Account in the top navigation, click API & Zapier Integration on the left, and select Enable API & Zapier Integration. After you confirm and add your billing information, select Set new API Key.
Please be aware that the API & Zapier integration costs $17/month.
If you are looking to integrate with Zapier, please follow the guide at https://github.com/donorbox/donorbox-api/wiki/Getting-started-with-Zapier.
Copy the generated API key to a safe place as this key will only be shown once for security reasons.
Make API calls to Donorbox
Donorbox API uses basic authentication as our authorization method. Use your organization login email as your authorization username and the API Key as your password.
Here is the general format using cURL:
curl -X METHOD --user login@email.com:YOUR_API_KEY https://donorbox.org/{endpoint}
To test our API endpoints directly in a web browser, use the following format:
https://login@email.com:API_KEY_XXX@donorbox.org/{endpoint}
If your browser does not support this basic authentication URL pattern, use the endpoint URL https://donorbox.org/{endpoint} without email & password and provide these credentials on popup.
This is the Donorbox API endpoints URL with appropriate HTTP method:
{METHOD} https://donorbox.org{endpoint}
Throughout the documentation we will omit the host name, mentioning only the HTTP METHOD and the endpoint e.g. {GET} /api/v1/campaigns.
Donorbox API endpoints
Campaigns
Get information for all your campaigns.
{GET} /api/v1/campaigns
Output:
[
{
"id":1,
"name":"Donorbox New Campaign",
"slug":"donorbox-new-campaign",
"currency":"usd",
"created_at":"2017-10-20T22:30:55.620Z",
"updated_at":"2017-10-20T22:30:55.620Z",
"goal_amt":"10000.0",
"formatted_goal_amount":"$1,0000",
"total_raised":"2000.0",
"formatted_total_raised":"$2000",
"donations_count":66
}
]Donations
Get all your organization's donations.
{GET} /api/v1/donations
Output (Stripe):
[
{
"campaign": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Donorbox Campaign"
},
"donor": {
"id": 59,
"name": "John Doe",
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Doe",
"email": "johndoeemail@hotmail.com",
"address":"123 6th St.",
"city":"Melbourne",
"state":"FL",
"zip_code": "32904",
"country":"USA",
"employer":null,
"occupation":null
},
"amount": "100.0",
"formatted_amount": "$100",
"converted_amount": "100.0",
"formatted_converted_amount": "$100",
"recurring": false,
"first_recurring_donation": false,
"amount_refunded": "0.0",
"formatted_amount_refunded": "$0",
"stripe_charge_id": "ch_1BF94aBku99FiTp3uJM5mSKw",
"id": 1,
"status": "paid",
"donation_type": "stripe",
"donation_date": "2017-12-21T17:54:13.432Z",
"anonymous_donation": false,
"gift_aid": false,
"designation": "Designed Cause",
"join_mailing_list": false,
"comment": "thanks",
"donating_company": null,
"currency": "USD",
"converted_currency": "USD",
"utm_campaign": "google_ads",
"utm_source": "Adwords",
"utm_medium": "cpc",
"utm_term": "nonprofit fundraising",
"utm_content": "np1",
"processing_fee": 0.59,
"formatted_processing_fee": "$0.59",
"questions": [
{
"question_type": "radiobutton",
"question": "Would you like to volunteer?",
"answer": "Yes"
},
{
"question_type": "text",
"question": "Why are you donating",
"answer": "I would like to help"
},
{
"question_type": "check",
"question": "First/Last Name is correct?",
"answer": true
},
{
"question_type": "dropdown",
"question": "Would you like to showcase your donation",
"answer": "Yes"
}
]
}
]Output (PayPal):
[
{
"campaign": {
"id": 1,
"name": "Donorbox Campaign"
},
"donor": {
"id": 59,
"name": "John Doe",
"first_name": "John",
"last_name": "Doe",
"email": "johndoeemail@hotmail.com",
"address":"123 6th St.",
"city":"Melbourne",
"state":"FL",
"zip_code": "32904",
"country":"USA",
"employer":null,
"occupation":null
},
"amount": "100.0",
"formatted_amount": "$100",
"converted_amount": "100.0",
"formatted_converted_amount": "$100",
"recurring": false,
"first_recurring_donation": false,
"amount_refunded": "0.0",
"formatted_amount_refunded": "$0",
"paypal_transaction_id": "RANDOMPAYPALID",
"id": 1,
"status": "paid",
"donation_type": "paypal",
"donation_date": "2017-12-21T17:54:13.432Z",
"anonymous_donation": false,
"gift_aid": false,
"comment": "thanks",
"donating_company": null,
"currency": "USD",
"converted_currency": "USD",
"utm_campaign": "google_ads",
"utm_source": "Adwords",
"utm_medium": "cpc",
"utm_term": "nonprofit fundraising",
"utm_content": "np1",
"processing_fee": 0.59,
"formatted_processing_fee": "$0.59",
"questions": [
{
"question_type": "radiobutton",
"question": "Would you like to volunteer?",
"answer": "Yes"
},
{
"question_type": "text",
"question": "Why are you donating",
"answer": "I would like to help"
},
{
"question_type": "check",
"question": "First/Last Name is correct?",
"answer": true
},
{
"question_type": "dropdown",
"question": "Would you like to showcase your donation",
"answer": "Yes"
}
]
}
]Plans
Get information for all your plans.
{GET} /api/v1/plans
Output:
[
{
"id": 168,
"campaign": {
"id": 61,
"name": "Save the jungle campaign"
},
"donor": {
"id": 384,
"name": "Bruce Waine",
"first_name": "Bruce",
"last_name": "Waine",
"email": "bruce@email.com",
"phone": "8038984624",
"address": "123 6th St.",
"city":"Melbourne",
"state":"FL",
"zip_code":"32904",
"country": "USA",
"employer": "Waine Industries",
"occupation": "CEO"
},
"type": "monthly",
"amount": "10.0",
"formatted_amount": "$10",
"payment_method": "Stripe",
"started_at": "2018-07-25",
"last_donation_date": "2018-07-25T05:00:00.000Z",
"next_donation_date": "2018-08-25",
"status": "active"
}
]
Donors
Get information for all your donors.
{GET} /api/v1/donors
Output:
[
{
"id":35,
"created_at":"2017-11-20T14:01:35.597Z",
"updated_at":"2017-11-28T21:49:25.127Z",
"first_name":"John",
"last_name":"Doe",
"email":"johndoe@email.com",
"phone":"123456789",
"address":"123 6th St.",
"city":"Melbourne",
"state":"FL",
"zip_code":"32904",
"country":"USA",
"employer":null,
"occupation":null,
"comment":null,
"donations_count":2,
"last_donation_at":"2017-11-28T21:48:51.260Z",
"total":[
{
"currency":"usd",
"value":100.0
}
]
}
]Filters
Filter by campaign
Use campaign_id parameter to narrow down the result by a specific campaign. This filter is valid for Donations and Plans endpoints.
e.g. {GET} /api/v1/donation?campaign_id=XX
Filter by email
Use email parameter to filter the result by a given email address. This filter is valid only for Plans endpoint.
e.g. {GET} /api/v1/plans?email=XXXX
Ordering
All Donorbox API endpoints support ordering. Use order parameter with asc|desc possible values. The default is desc.
e.g {GET} /api/v1/donations?order=asc
Pagination
All Donorbox API endpoints support pagination. Provide page and per_page parameters to split the result accordingly. The default page size (per_page parameter's value) is 50, maximum 100 allowed. If it exceeds the maximum, it will fallback to default.
e.g. {GET} /api/v1/donors?page=2&per_page=18
Combine filters
Of course, you can combine any of the filters described above, taking into account supported endpoints for a specific filter.
e.g. {GET} /api/v1/donations?order=asc&page=3&per_page=20&campaign_id=XX
