The Stadium API integration allows developers and teams to create seamless gifting experiences, automate delivery through simple API calls, and track redemptions in real-time, all without leaving your platform. This guide answers common questions like: How do I set up the Stadium API? What can I automate with it? What data is required to send gifts? Whether you're building an in-app reward flow or launching automated gifts, this integration can simplify everything!

This article includes sections:

• Stadium API Integration Overview
• Why Use the Stadium API Integration
• When to Use or Not Use the Stadium API Integration
• Stadium API Installation
• Stadium API Data Flows
• Stadium API Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

💡 Stadium API Integration Overview

🧠 What is the value of the Stadium API integration?

The Stadium API empowers you to seamlessly incorporate Stadium's extensive catalog of gifts, rewards, and branded swag into your own platform or application. This integration allows for:

• Customized Gifting Experiences: Tailor the presentation of products to match your brand's look and feel.
  
  
• Automated Fulfillment: Leverage Stadium's logistics to handle the delivery of physical and digital rewards.
  
  
• Enhanced User Engagement: Offer a diverse range of rewards to motivate and appreciate users, employees, or customers.
  
  

🎯Why Use the Stadium API Integration

• Scalability: Easily manage gifting for one or thousands of recipients without manual intervention.
  
  
• Flexibility: Integrate with various platforms, including HR systems, CRM tools, and gamification apps.
  
  
• Efficiency: Streamline the reward process, reducing administrative overhead and ensuring timely delivery.
  
  

🚫 When to Use or Not Use the Stadium API Integration

Use the integration when:

• You want to embed a rewards catalog within your platform.
  
  
• Automating the distribution of gifts based on user actions or milestones.
  
  
• Managing large-scale automated gifting with diverse recipient groups.
  
  

Consider alternative solutions when:

• You have minimal gifting needs that don't justify integration.
  
  
• Your platform lacks the technical capability to support API integrations.
  
  
• You prefer manual control over each gifting instance.
  
  

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🛠️ Stadium API Installation

✅ Requirements Before Installation

• Technical Resources: Access to developers or technical personnel to handle the integration.
  
  
• Defined Use Cases: Clear understanding of how and when rewards will be distributed.
  
  
• Recipient Data: Ensure you have the necessary recipient information, such as email addresses, to facilitate gift delivery.

📥How to Set Up the Stadium API Integration

1. Create a Stadium Account: Sign up at bystadium.com.
   
   
2. Set Up Your Shop: Customize your product catalog to include the desired gifts and rewards.
   
   
3. Configure Wallet Funding: Deposit funds into your Stadium Wallet to cover the cost of rewards.
   
   
4. Obtain API Credentials: Contact Stadium support at hi@bystadium.com to receive your API access credentials.
   
   
5. Integrate the API: Use the provided documentation to connect your platform with Stadium's API endpoints.

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🔁 Stadium API Data Flows

What are the distinct data flows?

1. Catalog Retrieval: Fetch available products from your Stadium Shop to display within your platform.
   
   
2. Reward Distribution: Send points or gifts to recipients based on specific triggers or actions.
   
   
3. Redemption Tracking: Monitor which recipients have redeemed their rewards and manage inventory accordingly.
   
   

When and how does each of the data flows trigger?

• Catalog Retrieval: Initiated when your platform needs to display available rewards.
  
  
• Reward Distribution: Triggered by predefined events, such as user achievements, purchases, or milestones.
  
  
• Redemption Tracking: Occurs post-distribution to track engagement and redemption rates.
  
  

How to manually trigger data flows

• API Calls: Use the API endpoints to manually send rewards or retrieve catalog information.
  
  
• Admin Dashboard: Access the Stadium dashboard to manage rewards and monitor activity.

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❓Stadium API Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

🧠 What gotchas or good-to-knows are there?

• Email Requirement: Recipient email addresses are mandatory for digital gift delivery.
  
  
• Wallet Balance: Ensure your Stadium Wallet has sufficient funds to cover reward costs.
  
  
• Product Availability: Regularly update your catalog to reflect current inventory and offerings.
  
  

🧠 Common Considerations before making a decision

• Integration Depth: Decide between a full API integration or using treat links for simpler implementations.
  
  
• User Experience: Design the reward selection and redemption process to be intuitive and aligned with your platform's UX.
  
  
• Data Privacy: Ensure compliance with data protection regulations when handling recipient information.
  
  

⚠️Common edge cases that you should be aware of

• Duplicate Rewards: Implement checks to prevent sending multiple rewards for the same action.
  
  
• Unredeemed Gifts: Establish policies for handling unredeemed rewards, such as expiration dates or reminders.
  
  
• API Rate Limits: Be mindful of any rate limits to avoid service disruptions.
  
  

🧩Answers to common expected problems

• Issue: Rewards not delivered.
  
  
  • Solution: Verify recipient email addresses and ensure the Wallet has sufficient funds.
    
    
• Issue: API authentication errors.
  
  
  • Solution: Confirm that API credentials are correctly implemented and have not expired.
    
    
• Issue: Catalog not displaying correctly.
  
  
  • Solution: Check API calls for accuracy and ensure the Shop's catalog is properly configured.
    
    

📞 Need Help?

• Send a request via our ✨Contact Us form
  
  
• Or visit our Help Center.

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Access the Integrations feature with our paid Stadium Packages.

Visit our Pricing Page to check out the inclusions of each package and choose the one that best suits your needs.