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# Record a received gift

> Record a gift that already arrived by cash, check, in kind or an outside payment service. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/bloomerang/record_donation

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Record a gift that already arrived by cash, check, in kind or an outside payment service.

Bloomerang API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/bloomerang.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/bloomerang/constituents/{constituent_id}/donations`

Access: write. Confirm: waits for the user's OK before it runs.

Adds the gift to the timeline and returns its ID. It records money that is already in your hands: it does not process a payment, so Credit Card, EFT and Saved Payment are refused, and there is no tool to refund or delete a gift. It leaves "send acknowledgement now" off, so no email goes to the donor. By default you confirm each call; you can switch that off for this tool.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `constituent_id` | integer | yes | Constituent ID from search_constituents. |
| `date` | string | yes | Date the gift was made, YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `amount` | number | yes | Total amount. |
| `method` | string | yes | Cash, Check, InKind, PayPal, Venmo, ApplePay or GooglePay. The last three record payments made outside Bloomerang. |
| `non_deductible` | number | no | Part of the gift that is not tax deductible. Default 0. |
| `fund` | string | no | Fund name from list_giving_options. |
| `campaign` | string | no | Campaign name from list_giving_options. |
| `appeal` | string | no | Appeal name from list_giving_options. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/bloomerang/constituents/48211/donations \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"date":"2026-10-19","amount":150,"method":"Check","fund":"General Fund","campaign":"Fall Appeal 2026","appeal":"Fall mailer"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("bloomerang", "record_donation", {"constituent_id":48211,"date":"2026-10-19","amount":150,"method":"Check","fund":"General Fund","campaign":"Fall Appeal 2026","appeal":"Fall mailer"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('bloomerang', 'record_donation', {"constituent_id":48211,"date":"2026-10-19","amount":150,"method":"Check","fund":"General Fund","campaign":"Fall Appeal 2026","appeal":"Fall mailer"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call bloomerang record_donation --data '{"constituent_id":48211,"date":"2026-10-19","amount":150,"method":"Check","fund":"General Fund","campaign":"Fall Appeal 2026","appeal":"Fall mailer"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "id": 90533,
  "constituent_id": 48211,
  "date": "2026-10-19",
  "amount": 150,
  "method": "Check",
  "fund": "General Fund",
  "campaign": "Fall Appeal 2026",
  "appeal": "Fall mailer",
  "acknowledgement_sent": false
}
```

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1. Read the fields and their allowed values: GET https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests
2. Ask the user for each value: email, apps, what you will do with them. If they leave the password to you, generate a strong one and show it to them.
3. Show the user what you will send, then POST it as JSON to https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/access-requests.

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