Canonical URL: https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/runa-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d/ --- description: Runa’s August 2022 guide describes connecting internal systems to a gift card catalog with API credentials and integration resources. title: Runa explains gift card API integration for ordering, tracking and shared data image: https://giftcard.news/images/social/v1/runa-explains-gift-card-api-integration-ordering-tracking-shared-data-3337a699b3ef2b4538e54ef602611cd3.jpg --- 1. [Home](https://giftcard.news/) 2. [Payments & Technology](https://giftcard.news/payments-technology/) # Runa explains gift card API integration for ordering, tracking and shared data Runa’s August 2022 guide describes connecting internal systems to a gift card catalog with API credentials and integration resources. By [Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/author/maya-bennett/) August 16, 2022 1 min read Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Runa%20explains%20gift%20card%20API%20integration%20for%20ordering%2C%20tracking%20and%20shared%20data "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Runa%20explains%20gift%20card%20API%20integration%20for%20ordering%2C%20tracking%20and%20shared%20data%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Runa source artwork for Runa explains gift card API integration for ordering, tracking and shared data](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/runa-explains-gift-card-api-integration-ordering-tracking-shared-data-source-artwork-w600.webp) Photo: Source: runa.io [Runa](https://giftcard.news/company/runa/) published a gift card API integration guide in August 2022, explaining how companies could connect reward ordering and transaction data with their internal systems. The article positioned an API as the software interface between a business application and a reward provider’s service. For gift card programs, the described connection could support ordering, distribution, record-keeping and tracking without repeatedly entering the same information in separate systems. Runa linked that shared data with reporting and a clearer view of customer or employee reward activity. The guide distinguished an API connection from a user interface. A developer or similar technical resource would use documentation and authentication credentials to enable applications to exchange the permitted data and actions. Runa said customers could generate API keys through their user account. Implementation details depended on the program’s size and requirements; the guide offered one to two weeks as a general estimate rather than a fixed deployment guarantee. The provider’s commercial proposition was access to multiple gift card brands through one integration. It described this as an alternative to connecting individually to retailer interfaces, with the same connection supporting ordering and associated data processing. The article covered integration concepts and setup, rather than introducing a new issuing bank or payment-network relationship. ## Sources and documents ExpandCollapse * [The Benefits of Gift Card APIs: Limitless Connectivity for Your Gift Card Platform](https://runa.io/blog/benefits-of-using-gift-card-apis?utm%5Fsource=giftcard.news) — Runa ## In this article ### Companies * [Runa](https://giftcard.news/company/runa/) Share [ ](https://x.com/intent/post?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dx%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial&text=Runa%20explains%20gift%20card%20API%20integration%20for%20ordering%2C%20tracking%20and%20shared%20data "X") [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/sharing/share-offsite/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dlinkedin%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "LinkedIn") [ ](https://wa.me/?text=Runa%20explains%20gift%20card%20API%20integration%20for%20ordering%2C%20tracking%20and%20shared%20data%20https%3A%2F%2Fgiftcard.news%2Fpayments-technology%2Fruna-explains-gift-card-api-integration-for-ordering-tracking-and-shar-aa562286e39d%2F%3Futm%5Fsource%3Dwhatsapp%26utm%5Fmedium%3Dsocial "WhatsApp") ![Portrait of Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/images/variants/v1/maya-bennett-editorial-portrait-w320.webp) About the author ## [Maya Bennett](https://giftcard.news/author/maya-bennett/) Journalist — Rewards & Loyalty Maya Bennett covers customer loyalty, employee rewards and incentive programmes for Gift Card News. 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