How to configure the Simple Donation Integration service

The SDI allows you to set the following querystring parameters (which must be UrlEncoded) into a given donation url. This url is then presented to the donor and when clicked the donor will be taken to JustGiving's checkout with the following parameters pre-set to the form.

 

What type of pages does the SDI support donations for?

  • Fundraising

    • /v1/fundraisingpage/donate/pageid/{PageId}

  • Campaign Direct

    • /v1/campaign/donate/campaignGuid/{CampaignGuid}
  • Charity Direct

    • /v1/charity/donate/charityId/{charityId}

    • /v1/charity/donate/ein/{EIN}

  • Crowdfunding

    • /v1/crowdfundingpage/donate/pageid/{PageId}

All links start with https://link.justgiving.com

What customisations can I add?

Combine variations of the below by adding a single ? and then separating each following parameter with &

Name Description Supports Fundraising & Direct donations Query String Parameter Notes
CharityId The unique id of the charity on JustGiving Both charityid= Not to be confused with the charity's registration number. 
Amount A decimal number (optionally including two decimal places.) to pre-fill the donation amount. Both amount= See list of minimum amounts supported
DonationValue A decimal number (optionally including two decimal places.) to pre-set the donation value and bypass the amount step. Both donationValue= See list of minimum amounts supported
Reference 50 characters of free text for your reference. This is returned on the JustGiving API as "thirdPartyReference" and returned in charity donation reports. Both reference= 8 character limit
Frequency

If true, the user will land on the donation amount page with monthly/recurring selected.

Direct donations only isRecurring= If left empty or false, we default to one time donation
ExitUrl Once payment processing is complete, redirects user to the specified web address instead of default JustGiving Thank You page. Both exiturl= A Url encoded Uri. If an exitUrl is supplied, after the "Processing" page, the user is redirected to this location. We suggest that you encode some kind of unique identifier into this exitUrl so you can identify the user.
Currency You can set the donation form to default to one of our selected currencies.  Both currency= Supported ISO currency codes (must be in capitals)
GBP, EUR, USD, AUD, CAD, NZD
Forced Guest Checkout If true, for a logged out user, they will not given the opportunity to log in. Both forceGuest= If left empty or false, we will default to presenting log in
Skip Gift Aid If true, the user will not be shown the gift aid page, however they can go back for it from the summary page Both skipGiftAid= If left empty or false, Gift Aid will be presented to user where applicable
Successful DonationID Where the donation is complete, we'll return to you the successful donationId Both JUSTGIVING-DONATION-ID Needs to be appended to exitUrl

 

Example SDI urls

https://link.staging.justgiving.com/v1/charity/donate/charityId/13441?donationValue=25&currency=GBP&exiturl=http%3A%2F%2Fmywebsite.com?jgDonationId=JUSTGIVING-DONATION-ID&reference=demo&skipGiftAid=true 

 

CharityId

Whilst we support the return of the charityId, in our OneSearch API or GetCharityById API you can also download our latest list of charities (UK or US for now) by using this link

https://data.justgiving.com/UK_charitylist_fulldata.csv

https://data.justgiving.com/US_charitylist_fulldata.csv 

 

Troubleshooting

If the resulting checkout experience isn't as you tried to build, check your casing, check your values and check your URL structure. If a customisation can't be applied it will fall back to the normal checkout flow, it should not error out.

If the link takes you to https://www.justgiving.com/discover/featured then the page you're trying to donate to is likely to be expired, misconfigured or non-existent.

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