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# Apply Gift Card

Gift cards enable customers to reduce or fully pay for their basket's balance at checkout. 

A gift card is a sequence of 4 groups of 4 numbers each, ex. `0127 0244 7210 1111`. Each gift card is fully unique for your store.

## Apply a gift card

> Applies a creator code to a basket.

```json
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```