Square · Schema

CreateGiftCardActivityRequest

A request to create a gift card activity.

BookingLocationSquareRestaurantCatalogCheckoutCustomersDisputesE-CommerceFinancial TechnologyGift CardsInventoryInvoicingLaborLoyaltyMerchantsOrderPaymentsPoint-of-SaleRefundsRetailSubscriptionTeamWebhookPayment ProcessingPayment Terminals

Properties

Name Type Description
idempotency_key string A unique string that identifies the `CreateGiftCardActivity` request.
gift_card_activity object The activity to create for the gift card. This activity must specify `gift_card_id` or `gift_card_gan` for the target gift card, the `location_id` where the activity occurred, and the activity `type`
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JSON Schema

square-create-gift-card-activity-request-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/square/main/json-schema/square-create-gift-card-activity-request-schema.json",
  "title": "CreateGiftCardActivityRequest",
  "description": "A request to create a gift card activity.",
  "x-generated": "2026-10-12",
  "x-method": "derived",
  "x-generator": "derive-json-schema.py",
  "x-source": "openapi/square-giftcardactivities-api-openapi.yml#/components/schemas/CreateGiftCardActivityRequest",
  "type": "object",
  "x-release-status": "PUBLIC",
  "required": [
    "idempotency_key",
    "gift_card_activity"
  ],
  "properties": {
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      "type": "string",
      "description": "A unique string that identifies the `CreateGiftCardActivity` request.",
      "minLength": 1,
      "maxLength": 128
    },
    "gift_card_activity": {
      "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivity",
      "description": "The activity to create for the gift card. This activity must specify `gift_card_id` or `gift_card_gan` for the target\ngift card, the `location_id` where the activity occurred, and the activity `type` along with the corresponding activity details."
    }
  },
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        "XAU",
        "XBA",
        "XBB",
        "XBC",
        "XBD",
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        "XDR",
        "XOF",
        "XPD",
        "XPF",
        "XPT",
        "XTS",
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        "YER",
        "ZAR",
        "ZMK",
        "ZMW",
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          "description": "United Arab Emirates dirham"
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          "description": "Albanian lek"
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          "name": "AMD",
          "description": "Armenian dram"
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          "name": "ANG",
          "description": "Netherlands Antillean guilder"
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          "description": "Angolan kwanza"
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        {
          "name": "ARS",
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          "name": "AUD",
          "description": "Australian dollar"
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          "name": "AWG",
          "description": "Aruban florin"
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          "description": "Azerbaijani manat"
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          "name": "BAM",
          "description": "Bosnia and Herzegovina convertible mark"
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        {
          "name": "BBD",
          "description": "Barbados dollar"
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          "name": "BDT",
          "description": "Bangladeshi taka"
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          "description": "Bulgarian lev"
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          "description": "Bahraini dinar"
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          "description": "Brunei dollar"
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          "description": "Bhutanese ngultrum"
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          "name": "BWP",
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          "name": "BYR",
          "description": "Belarusian ruble"
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        {
          "name": "BZD",
          "description": "Belize dollar"
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        {
          "name": "CAD",
          "description": "Canadian dollar"
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        {
          "name": "CDF",
          "description": "Congolese franc"
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        {
          "name": "CHE",
          "description": "WIR Euro"
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        {
          "name": "CHF",
          "description": "Swiss franc"
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        {
          "name": "CHW",
          "description": "WIR Franc"
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        {
          "name": "CLF",
          "description": "Unidad de Fomento"
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          "name": "CLP",
          "description": "Chilean peso"
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          "name": "CNY",
          "description": "Chinese yuan"
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          "name": "COP",
          "description": "Colombian peso"
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          "name": "COU",
          "description": "Unidad de Valor Real"
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        {
          "name": "CRC",
          "description": "Costa Rican colon"
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        {
          "name": "CUC",
          "description": "Cuban convertible peso"
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          "name": "CUP",
          "description": "Cuban peso"
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          "name": "CVE",
          "description": "Cape Verdean escudo"
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          "name": "CZK",
          "description": "Czech koruna"
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          "name": "DJF",
          "description": "Djiboutian franc"
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          "name": "DKK",
          "description": "Danish krone"
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          "name": "DOP",
          "description": "Dominican peso"
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        {
          "name": "DZD",
          "description": "Algerian dinar"
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          "name": "EGP",
          "description": "Egyptian pound"
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          "name": "ERN",
          "description": "Eritrean nakfa"
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          "name": "ETB",
          "description": "Ethiopian birr"
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          "name": "EUR",
          "description": "Euro"
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          "name": "FJD",
          "description": "Fiji dollar"
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          "name": "FKP",
          "description": "Falkland Islands pound"
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          "name": "GBP",
          "description": "Pound sterling"
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          "name": "GEL",
          "description": "Georgian lari"
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          "name": "GHS",
          "description": "Ghanaian cedi"
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        {
          "name": "GIP",
          "description": "Gibraltar pound"
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          "name": "GMD",
          "description": "Gambian dalasi"
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          "name": "GNF",
          "description": "Guinean franc"
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          "name": "GTQ",
          "description": "Guatemalan quetzal"
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          "name": "GYD",
          "description": "Guyanese dollar"
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          "name": "HKD",
          "description": "Hong Kong dollar"
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          "name": "HNL",
          "description": "Honduran lempira"
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          "name": "HRK",
          "description": "Croatian kuna"
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          "description": "Haitian gourde"
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          "name": "HUF",
          "description": "Hungarian forint"
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          "name": "IDR",
          "description": "Indonesian rupiah"
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          "name": "ILS",
          "description": "Israeli new shekel"
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          "name": "INR",
          "description": "Indian rupee"
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          "name": "IQD",
          "description": "Iraqi dinar"
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          "name": "IRR",
          "description": "Iranian rial"
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          "name": "ISK",
          "description": "Icelandic króna"
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          "name": "JMD",
          "description": "Jamaican dollar"
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          "name": "JOD",
          "description": "Jordanian dinar"
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          "name": "JPY",
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          "name": "KES",
          "description": "Kenyan shilling"
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          "description": "Kyrgyzstani som"
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          "name": "KHR",
          "description": "Cambodian riel"
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        {
          "name": "KMF",
          "description": "Comoro franc"
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          "name": "KPW",
          "description": "North Korean won"
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          "name": "KRW",
          "description": "South Korean won"
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          "name": "KWD",
          "description": "Kuwaiti dinar"
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        {
          "name": "KYD",
          "description": "Cayman Islands dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "KZT",
          "description": "Kazakhstani tenge"
        },
        {
          "name": "LAK",
          "description": "Lao kip"
        },
        {
          "name": "LBP",
          "description": "Lebanese pound"
        },
        {
          "name": "LKR",
          "description": "Sri Lankan rupee"
        },
        {
          "name": "LRD",
          "description": "Liberian dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "LSL",
          "description": "Lesotho loti"
        },
        {
          "name": "LTL",
          "description": "Lithuanian litas"
        },
        {
          "name": "LVL",
          "description": "Latvian lats"
        },
        {
          "name": "LYD",
          "description": "Libyan dinar"
        },
        {
          "name": "MAD",
          "description": "Moroccan dirham"
        },
        {
          "name": "MDL",
          "description": "Moldovan leu"
        },
        {
          "name": "MGA",
          "description": "Malagasy ariary"
        },
        {
          "name": "MKD",
          "description": "Macedonian denar"
        },
        {
          "name": "MMK",
          "description": "Myanmar kyat"
        },
        {
          "name": "MNT",
          "description": "Mongolian tögrög"
        },
        {
          "name": "MOP",
          "description": "Macanese pataca"
        },
        {
          "name": "MRO",
          "description": "Mauritanian ouguiya"
        },
        {
          "name": "MUR",
          "description": "Mauritian rupee"
        },
        {
          "name": "MVR",
          "description": "Maldivian rufiyaa"
        },
        {
          "name": "MWK",
          "description": "Malawian kwacha"
        },
        {
          "name": "MXN",
          "description": "Mexican peso"
        },
        {
          "name": "MXV",
          "description": "Mexican Unidad de Inversion"
        },
        {
          "name": "MYR",
          "description": "Malaysian ringgit"
        },
        {
          "name": "MZN",
          "description": "Mozambican metical"
        },
        {
          "name": "NAD",
          "description": "Namibian dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "NGN",
          "description": "Nigerian naira"
        },
        {
          "name": "NIO",
          "description": "Nicaraguan córdoba"
        },
        {
          "name": "NOK",
          "description": "Norwegian krone"
        },
        {
          "name": "NPR",
          "description": "Nepalese rupee"
        },
        {
          "name": "NZD",
          "description": "New Zealand dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "OMR",
          "description": "Omani rial"
        },
        {
          "name": "PAB",
          "description": "Panamanian balboa"
        },
        {
          "name": "PEN",
          "description": "Peruvian sol"
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        {
          "name": "PGK",
          "description": "Papua New Guinean kina"
        },
        {
          "name": "PHP",
          "description": "Philippine peso"
        },
        {
          "name": "PKR",
          "description": "Pakistani rupee"
        },
        {
          "name": "PLN",
          "description": "Polish zBoty"
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          "name": "PYG",
          "description": "Paraguayan guaraní"
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          "name": "QAR",
          "description": "Qatari riyal"
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          "name": "RON",
          "description": "Romanian leu"
        },
        {
          "name": "RSD",
          "description": "Serbian dinar"
        },
        {
          "name": "RUB",
          "description": "Russian ruble"
        },
        {
          "name": "RWF",
          "description": "Rwandan franc"
        },
        {
          "name": "SAR",
          "description": "Saudi riyal"
        },
        {
          "name": "SBD",
          "description": "Solomon Islands dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "SCR",
          "description": "Seychelles rupee"
        },
        {
          "name": "SDG",
          "description": "Sudanese pound"
        },
        {
          "name": "SEK",
          "description": "Swedish krona"
        },
        {
          "name": "SGD",
          "description": "Singapore dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "SHP",
          "description": "Saint Helena pound"
        },
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          "name": "SLL",
          "description": "Sierra Leonean first leone"
        },
        {
          "name": "SLE",
          "description": "Sierra Leonean second leone"
        },
        {
          "name": "SOS",
          "description": "Somali shilling"
        },
        {
          "name": "SRD",
          "description": "Surinamese dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "SSP",
          "description": "South Sudanese pound"
        },
        {
          "name": "STD",
          "description": "São Tomé and Príncipe dobra"
        },
        {
          "name": "SVC",
          "description": "Salvadoran colón"
        },
        {
          "name": "SYP",
          "description": "Syrian pound"
        },
        {
          "name": "SZL",
          "description": "Swazi lilangeni"
        },
        {
          "name": "THB",
          "description": "Thai baht"
        },
        {
          "name": "TJS",
          "description": "Tajikstani somoni"
        },
        {
          "name": "TMT",
          "description": "Turkmenistan manat"
        },
        {
          "name": "TND",
          "description": "Tunisian dinar"
        },
        {
          "name": "TOP",
          "description": "Tongan pa'anga"
        },
        {
          "name": "TRY",
          "description": "Turkish lira"
        },
        {
          "name": "TTD",
          "description": "Trinidad and Tobago dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "TWD",
          "description": "New Taiwan dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "TZS",
          "description": "Tanzanian shilling"
        },
        {
          "name": "UAH",
          "description": "Ukrainian hryvnia"
        },
        {
          "name": "UGX",
          "description": "Ugandan shilling"
        },
        {
          "name": "USD",
          "description": "United States dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "USN",
          "description": "United States dollar (next day)"
        },
        {
          "name": "USS",
          "description": "United States dollar (same day)"
        },
        {
          "name": "UYI",
          "description": "Uruguay Peso en Unidedades Indexadas"
        },
        {
          "name": "UYU",
          "description": "Uruguyan peso"
        },
        {
          "name": "UZS",
          "description": "Uzbekistan som"
        },
        {
          "name": "VEF",
          "description": "Venezuelan bolívar soberano"
        },
        {
          "name": "VND",
          "description": "Vietnamese ’Óng"
        },
        {
          "name": "VUV",
          "description": "Vanuatu vatu"
        },
        {
          "name": "WST",
          "description": "Samoan tala"
        },
        {
          "name": "XAF",
          "description": "CFA franc BEAC"
        },
        {
          "name": "XAG",
          "description": "Silver"
        },
        {
          "name": "XAU",
          "description": "Gold"
        },
        {
          "name": "XBA",
          "description": "European Composite Unit"
        },
        {
          "name": "XBB",
          "description": "European Monetary Unit"
        },
        {
          "name": "XBC",
          "description": "European Unit of Account 9"
        },
        {
          "name": "XBD",
          "description": "European Unit of Account 17"
        },
        {
          "name": "XCD",
          "description": "East Caribbean dollar"
        },
        {
          "name": "XDR",
          "description": "Special drawing rights (International Monetary Fund)"
        },
        {
          "name": "XOF",
          "description": "CFA franc BCEAO"
        },
        {
          "name": "XPD",
          "description": "Palladium"
        },
        {
          "name": "XPF",
          "description": "CFP franc"
        },
        {
          "name": "XPT",
          "description": "Platinum"
        },
        {
          "name": "XTS",
          "description": "Code reserved for testing"
        },
        {
          "name": "XXX",
          "description": "No currency"
        },
        {
          "name": "YER",
          "description": "Yemeni rial"
        },
        {
          "name": "ZAR",
          "description": "South African rand"
        },
        {
          "name": "ZMK",
          "description": "Zambian kwacha"
        },
        {
          "name": "ZMW",
          "description": "Zambian kwacha"
        },
        {
          "name": "BTC",
          "description": "Bitcoin"
        },
        {
          "name": "XUS",
          "description": "USD Coin"
        }
      ],
      "description": "Indicates the associated currency for an amount of money. Values correspond\nto [ISO 4217](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217).",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "GiftCardActivity": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Represents an action performed on a [gift card](entity:GiftCard) that affects its state or balance. \nA gift card activity contains information about a specific activity type. For example, a `REDEEM` activity\nincludes a `redeem_activity_details` field that contains information about the redemption.",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC",
      "required": [
        "type",
        "location_id"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The Square-assigned ID of the gift card activity.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "type": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityType",
          "description": "The type of gift card activity.\nSee [Type](#type-type) for possible values"
        },
        "location_id": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The ID of the [business location](entity:Location) where the activity occurred."
        },
        "created_at": {
          "type": "string",
          "description": "The timestamp when the gift card activity was created, in RFC 3339 format.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "gift_card_id": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The gift card ID. When creating a gift card activity, `gift_card_id` is not required if \n`gift_card_gan` is specified."
        },
        "gift_card_gan": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The gift card account number (GAN). When creating a gift card activity, `gift_card_gan` \nis not required if `gift_card_id` is specified."
        },
        "gift_card_balance_money": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Money",
          "description": "The final balance on the gift card after the action is completed.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "load_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityLoad",
          "description": "Additional details about a `LOAD` activity, which is used to reload money onto a gift card."
        },
        "activate_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityActivate",
          "description": "Additional details about an `ACTIVATE` activity, which is used to activate a gift card with \nan initial balance."
        },
        "redeem_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityRedeem",
          "description": "Additional details about a `REDEEM` activity, which is used to redeem a gift card for a purchase.\n\nFor applications that process payments using the Square Payments API, Square creates a `REDEEM` activity that \nupdates the gift card balance after the corresponding [CreatePayment](api-endpoint:Payments-CreatePayment) \nrequest is completed. Applications that use a custom payment processing system must call \n[CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) to create the `REDEEM` activity."
        },
        "clear_balance_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityClearBalance",
          "description": "Additional details about a `CLEAR_BALANCE` activity, which is used to set the balance of a gift card to zero."
        },
        "deactivate_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityDeactivate",
          "description": "Additional details about a `DEACTIVATE` activity, which is used to deactivate a gift card."
        },
        "adjust_increment_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityAdjustIncrement",
          "description": "Additional details about an `ADJUST_INCREMENT` activity, which is used to add money to a gift card \noutside of a typical `ACTIVATE`, `LOAD`, or `REFUND` activity flow."
        },
        "adjust_decrement_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityAdjustDecrement",
          "description": "Additional details about an `ADJUST_DECREMENT` activity, which is used to deduct money from a gift \ncard outside of a typical `REDEEM` activity flow."
        },
        "refund_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityRefund",
          "description": "Additional details about a `REFUND` activity, which is used to add money to a gift card when \nrefunding a payment.\n\nFor applications that refund payments to a gift card using the Square Refunds API, Square automatically\ncreates a `REFUND` activity that updates the gift card balance after a [RefundPayment](api-endpoint:Refunds-RefundPayment)\nrequest is completed. Applications that use a custom processing system must call\n[CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) to create the `REFUND` activity."
        },
        "unlinked_activity_refund_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityUnlinkedActivityRefund",
          "description": "Additional details about an `UNLINKED_ACTIVITY_REFUND` activity. This activity is used to add money \nto a gift card when refunding a payment that was processed using a custom payment processing system\nand not linked to the gift card."
        },
        "import_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityImport",
          "description": "Additional details about an `IMPORT` activity, which Square uses to import a third-party \ngift card with a balance.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "block_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityBlock",
          "description": "Additional details about a `BLOCK` activity, which Square uses to temporarily block a gift card.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "unblock_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityUnblock",
          "description": "Additional details about an `UNBLOCK` activity, which Square uses to unblock a gift card.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "import_reversal_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityImportReversal",
          "description": "Additional details about an `IMPORT_REVERSAL` activity, which Square uses to reverse the \nimport of a third-party gift card.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "transfer_balance_to_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityTransferBalanceTo",
          "description": "Additional details about a `TRANSFER_BALANCE_TO` activity, which Square uses to add money to\na gift card as the result of a transfer from another gift card.",
          "readOnly": true
        },
        "transfer_balance_from_activity_details": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityTransferBalanceFrom",
          "description": "Additional details about a `TRANSFER_BALANCE_FROM` activity, which Square uses to deduct money from\na gift as the result of a transfer to another gift card.",
          "readOnly": true
        }
      }
    },
    "GiftCardActivityActivate": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Represents details about an `ACTIVATE` [gift card activity type](entity:GiftCardActivityType).",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC",
      "properties": {
        "amount_money": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Money",
          "description": "The amount added to the gift card. This value is a positive integer.\n\nApplications that use a custom order processing system must specify this amount in the \n[CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) request."
        },
        "order_id": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The ID of the [order](entity:Order) that contains the `GIFT_CARD` line item.\n\nApplications that use the Square Orders API to process orders must specify the order ID\n[CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) request."
        },
        "line_item_uid": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "The UID of the `GIFT_CARD` line item in the order that represents the gift card purchase.\n\nApplications that use the Square Orders API to process orders must specify the line item UID\nin the [CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) request."
        },
        "reference_id": {
          "type": [
            "string",
            "null"
          ],
          "description": "A client-specified ID that associates the gift card activity with an entity in another system. \n\nApplications that use a custom order processing system can use this field to track information \nrelated to an order or payment."
        },
        "buyer_payment_instrument_ids": {
          "type": [
            "array",
            "null"
          ],
          "items": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "description": "The payment instrument IDs used to process the gift card purchase, such as a credit card ID \nor bank account ID. \n\nApplications that use a custom order processing system must specify payment instrument IDs in \nthe [CreateGiftCardActivity](api-endpoint:GiftCardActivities-CreateGiftCardActivity) request.\nSquare uses this information to perform compliance checks. \n\nFor applications that use the Square Orders API to process payments, Square has the necessary \ninstrument IDs to perform compliance checks.\n\nEach buyer payment instrument ID can contain a maximum of 255 characters."
        }
      }
    },
    "GiftCardActivityAdjustDecrement": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Represents details about an `ADJUST_DECREMENT` [gift card activity type](entity:GiftCardActivityType).",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC",
      "required": [
        "amount_money",
        "reason"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "amount_money": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Money",
          "description": "The amount deducted from the gift card balance. This value is a positive integer."
        },
        "reason": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityAdjustDecrementReason",
          "description": "The reason the gift card balance was adjusted.\nSee [Reason](#type-reason) for possible values"
        }
      }
    },
    "GiftCardActivityAdjustDecrementReason": {
      "type": "string",
      "enum": [
        "SUSPICIOUS_ACTIVITY",
        "BALANCE_ACCIDENTALLY_INCREASED",
        "SUPPORT_ISSUE",
        "PURCHASE_WAS_REFUNDED"
      ],
      "x-enum-elements": [
        {
          "name": "SUSPICIOUS_ACTIVITY",
          "description": "The balance was decreased because the seller detected suspicious or fraudulent activity\non the gift card."
        },
        {
          "name": "BALANCE_ACCIDENTALLY_INCREASED",
          "description": "The balance was decreased to reverse an unintentional balance increase."
        },
        {
          "name": "SUPPORT_ISSUE",
          "description": "The balance was decreased to accommodate support issues."
        },
        {
          "name": "PURCHASE_WAS_REFUNDED",
          "description": "The balance was decreased because the order used to purchase or reload the\ngift card was refunded."
        }
      ],
      "description": "Indicates the reason for deducting money from a [gift card](entity:GiftCard).",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC"
    },
    "GiftCardActivityAdjustIncrement": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Represents details about an `ADJUST_INCREMENT` [gift card activity type](entity:GiftCardActivityType).",
      "x-release-status": "PUBLIC",
      "required": [
        "amount_money",
        "reason"
      ],
      "properties": {
        "amount_money": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/Money",
          "description": "The amount added to the gift card balance. This value is a positive integer."
        },
        "reason": {
          "$ref": "#/$defs/GiftCardActivityAdjustIncrementReason",
          "description": "The reason the gift card balance 

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