# giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient - admin - MUTATION
Version: 2025-01

## Description
Send notification to the recipient of a gift card.

### Access Scopes
`write_gift_cards` access scope.


## Arguments
* [id](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/scalars/ID): ID! - The ID of the gift card to send.


## Returns
* [giftCard](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/objects/GiftCard): GiftCard The gift card that was sent.
* [userErrors](/docs/api/admin/2025-01/objects/GiftCardSendNotificationToRecipientUserError): GiftCardSendNotificationToRecipientUserError! The list of errors that occurred from executing the mutation.


## Examples
### Send a notification to a gift card's recipient
Curl example: "curl -X POST \\\nhttps://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-01/graphql.json \\\n-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \\\n-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \\\n-d '{\n\"query\": \"mutation giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient($id: ID!) { giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient(id: $id) { giftCard { id recipientAttributes { recipient { id } } } userErrors { message field code } } }\",\n \"variables\": {\n    \"id\": \"gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200\"\n  }\n}'\n"
Node example: "const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});\nconst data = await client.query({\n  data: {\n    \"query\": `mutation giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient($id: ID!) {\n      giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient(id: $id) {\n        giftCard {\n          id\n          recipientAttributes {\n            recipient {\n              id\n            }\n          }\n        }\n        userErrors {\n          message\n          field\n          code\n        }\n      }\n    }`,\n    \"variables\": {\n      \"id\": \"gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200\"\n    },\n  },\n});\n"
Ruby example: "session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(\n  shop: \"your-development-store.myshopify.com\",\n  access_token: access_token\n)\nclient = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(\n  session: session\n)\n\nquery = <<~QUERY\n  mutation giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient($id: ID!) {\n    giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient(id: $id) {\n      giftCard {\n        id\n        recipientAttributes {\n          recipient {\n            id\n          }\n        }\n      }\n      userErrors {\n        message\n        field\n        code\n      }\n    }\n  }\nQUERY\n\nvariables = {\n  \"id\": \"gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200\"\n}\n\nresponse = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)\n" 
Remix example: "const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);\n\nconst response = await admin.graphql(\n  `#graphql\n  mutation giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient($id: ID!) {\n    giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient(id: $id) {\n      giftCard {\n        id\n        recipientAttributes {\n          recipient {\n            id\n          }\n        }\n      }\n      userErrors {\n        message\n        field\n        code\n      }\n    }\n  }`,\n  {\n    variables: {\n      \"id\": \"gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200\"\n    },\n  },\n);\n\nconst data = await response.json();\n"
Graphql query: "mutation giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient($id: ID!) {\n  giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient(id: $id) {\n    giftCard {\n      id\n      recipientAttributes {\n        recipient {\n          id\n        }\n      }\n    }\n    userErrors {\n      message\n      field\n      code\n    }\n  }\n}"
#### Graphql Input
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200"
}
#### Graphql Response
{
  "data": {
    "giftCardSendNotificationToRecipient": {
      "giftCard": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/GiftCard/698360200",
        "recipientAttributes": {
          "recipient": {
            "id": "gid://shopify/Customer/105906728"
          }
        }
      },
      "userErrors": []
    }
  }
}