Player Item Management - Grant Items To Character
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/GrantItemsToCharacterRequest 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 | ||
| 400 Bad Request |
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 |
|---|---|
|
Api |
The basic wrapper around every failed API response |
|
Granted |
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. |
|
Grant |
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. |
|
Grant |
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 |
Array of items granted to users. |
Error Codes
| Name | Code |
|---|---|
| CatalogNotConfigured | 1218 |
| CharacterNotFound | 1135 |