Player Item Management - Grant Items To Character

Service:

Server

API Version:

241122

NOTE: This is a Legacy Economy API, and is in bugfix-only mode. All new Economy features are being developed only for version 2. Adds the specified items to the specified character's inventory

POST https://titleId.playfabapi.com/Server/GrantItemsToCharacter

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
X-SecretKey	True	string	This API requires a title secret key, available to title admins, from PlayFab Game Manager.

Request Body

Name	Required	Type	Description
CharacterId	True	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID for a specific character owned by a user
PlayFabId	True	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID of the user on whom the operation will be performed.
Annotation		string	String detailing any additional information concerning this operation.
CatalogVersion		string	Catalog version from which items are to be granted.
CustomTags		object	The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).
ItemIds		string[]	Array of itemIds to grant to the user.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	GrantItemsToCharacterResult
400 Bad Request	ApiErrorWrapper	This is the outer wrapper for all responses with errors

Security

X-SecretKey

This API requires a title secret key, available to title admins, from PlayFab Game Manager.

Type: apiKey
In: header

Definitions

Name	Description
ApiErrorWrapper	The basic wrapper around every failed API response
GrantedItemInstance	Result of granting an item to a user. Note, to retrieve additional information for an item such as Tags, Description that are the same across all instances of the item, a call to GetCatalogItems is required. The ItemID of can be matched to a catalog entry, which contains the additional information. Also note that Custom Data is only set when the User's specific instance has updated the CustomData via a call to UpdateUserInventoryItemCustomData. Other fields such as UnitPrice and UnitCurrency are only set when the item was granted via a purchase.
GrantItemsToCharacterRequest	This function directly adds inventory items to the character's inventories. As a result of this operations, the user will not be charged any transaction fee, regardless of the inventory item catalog definition. Please note that the processing time for inventory grants and purchases increases fractionally the more items are in the inventory, and the more items are in the grant/purchase operation.
GrantItemsToCharacterResult

ApiErrorWrapper

The basic wrapper around every failed API response

Name	Type	Description
code	integer	Numerical HTTP code
error	string	Playfab error code
errorCode	integer	Numerical PlayFab error code
errorDetails	object	Detailed description of individual issues with the request object
errorMessage	string	Description for the PlayFab errorCode
status	string	String HTTP code

GrantedItemInstance

Result of granting an item to a user. Note, to retrieve additional information for an item such as Tags, Description that are the same across all instances of the item, a call to GetCatalogItems is required. The ItemID of can be matched to a catalog entry, which contains the additional information. Also note that Custom Data is only set when the User's specific instance has updated the CustomData via a call to UpdateUserInventoryItemCustomData. Other fields such as UnitPrice and UnitCurrency are only set when the item was granted via a purchase.

Name	Type	Description
Annotation	string	Game specific comment associated with this instance when it was added to the user inventory.
BundleContents	string[]	Array of unique items that were awarded when this catalog item was purchased.
BundleParent	string	Unique identifier for the parent inventory item, as defined in the catalog, for object which were added from a bundle or container.
CatalogVersion	string	Catalog version for the inventory item, when this instance was created.
CharacterId	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID for a specific character owned by a user
CustomData	object	A set of custom key-value pairs on the instance of the inventory item, which is not to be confused with the catalog item's custom data.
DisplayName	string	CatalogItem.DisplayName at the time this item was purchased.
Expiration	string	Timestamp for when this instance will expire.
ItemClass	string	Class name for the inventory item, as defined in the catalog.
ItemId	string	Unique identifier for the inventory item, as defined in the catalog.
ItemInstanceId	string	Unique item identifier for this specific instance of the item.
PlayFabId	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID of the user on whom the operation will be performed.
PurchaseDate	string	Timestamp for when this instance was purchased.
RemainingUses	number	Total number of remaining uses, if this is a consumable item.
Result	boolean	Result of this operation.
UnitCurrency	string	Currency type for the cost of the catalog item. Not available when granting items.
UnitPrice	number	Cost of the catalog item in the given currency. Not available when granting items.
UsesIncrementedBy	number	The number of uses that were added or removed to this item in this call.

GrantItemsToCharacterRequest

This function directly adds inventory items to the character's inventories. As a result of this operations, the user will not be charged any transaction fee, regardless of the inventory item catalog definition. Please note that the processing time for inventory grants and purchases increases fractionally the more items are in the inventory, and the more items are in the grant/purchase operation.

Name	Type	Description
Annotation	string	String detailing any additional information concerning this operation.
CatalogVersion	string	Catalog version from which items are to be granted.
CharacterId	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID for a specific character owned by a user
CustomTags	object	The optional custom tags associated with the request (e.g. build number, external trace identifiers, etc.).
ItemIds	string[]	Array of itemIds to grant to the user.
PlayFabId	string	Unique PlayFab assigned ID of the user on whom the operation will be performed.

GrantItemsToCharacterResult

Name	Type	Description
ItemGrantResults	GrantedItemInstance[]	Array of items granted to users.

Error Codes

Name	Code
CatalogNotConfigured	1218
CharacterNotFound	1135