Coupons are great. Whether they’re underpinning your marketing campaigns, giving your customers a little extra discount at the checkout, or smoothing things out when things go awry, they can be really versatile tools.

Our coupon API provides you with:

• Creation and management of large groups of coupons
• A lot of flexibility in the kind of discounts you can create
• Real time, on-demand coupon creation

Please note that the grouping functionality is currently being rolled out progressively. If you want an early access, please contact our team via the dashboard.

Accepted Fields

https://vendors.paddle.com/api/2.1/product/create_coupon

• vendor_id (int) - Vendor ID (required)
• vendor_auth_code (string) - Vendor API Auth Code (required) - Docs: https://paddle.com/docs/api-authentication
• coupon_code (string) - Coupon Code. (optional) - Will be randomised if not given.
• coupon_prefix (string) - Coupon Prefix. (optional) - Prefix of coupon code to use if generating a batch of coupons. Not valid if coupon_code parameter is specified.
• num_coupons (int) - Number of Coupons to generate. (optional) - Number of coupons to generate at once. Not valid if coupon_code parameter is specified (as that implies a single coupon).
• description (string) - Description of the coupon for internal use. (optional)
• coupon_type (string) - Either product or checkout. (required)
• product_ids (string) - Comma separated list of products e.g. 499531,1234,123546. (optional)
• discount_type (string) - Either flat or percentage. (required)
• discount_amount (decimal) - A currency amount (eg. 10.00) if discount_type is flat, or a percentage amount (eg. 10 for 10%) if discount_type is percentage. (required)
• currency (string) - Currency of the discount_amount. (required - if discount_type is flat)
• allowed_uses (int) - Number of times each coupon can be used. (required)
• expires (string) - Date the coupon is valid until, in the format YYYY-MM-DD. Coupon will expire at the start of this date (eg. YYYY-MM-DD 00:00:00). (optional)
• recurring (bool) - Either 0 or 1. If the coupon contains subscription products, this indicates if the discount should apply to intervals after the initial purchase. (optional)
• minimum_threshold - The minimum threshold (total in cart) that needs to be exceeded for the coupon to work. If blank or 0 then threshold is removed. (optional - unless changing currency when a minimum threshold is already set.)
• group (string) - The name of the coupon group this coupon belongs to; groups that do not exist will be created automatically. (optional)

Example Request

curl -X POST \
    -d 'vendor_id=12345' \
    -d 'vendor_auth_code=abc1234...' \
    -d 'coupon_prefix=TEST-' \
    -d 'num_coupons=5' \
    -d 'descriptions=Coupons created via the API.' \
    -d 'coupon_type=product' \
    -d 'product_ids=510509,511520,508649' \
    -d 'discount_type=percentage' \
    -d 'discount_amount=25' \
    -d 'allowed_uses=1' \
    -d 'group=My-Test-Group' \
 https://vendors.paddle.com/api/2.1/product/create_coupon

Example Response

{
    "success": true,
    "response": {
        "coupon_codes": [
            "TEST-03C532BD",
            "TEST-491AC84D",
            "TEST-899202BB",
            "TEST-96518CAF",
            "TEST-2A2A7594"
        ]
    }
}