Query donation and fund records from Planning Center Giving via the Giving v2 API
domain: api.planningcenteronline.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Authenticate with a Personal Access Token or OAuth application scoped to Giving
GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/giving/v2/funds to list configured giving funds, e.g. filtering where[default]=true
GET https://api.planningcenteronline.com/giving/v2/donations to retrieve donation records, applying a date-range filter to keep result sets small
Note that every Donation record is linked to a PaymentSource identifying which system originally accepted the gift
Prefer webhooks over repeated polling if you need near-real-time updates to giving data
Known gotchas
Planning Center's own docs warn against queries that could return tens of thousands of records; always apply a date filter
The API is meant for reading historical data and performing actions, not as a live sync mechanism — webhooks are the recommended channel for staying current
This is payments-adjacent financial data; creating donation records requires an associated PaymentSource
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