Getting Started

Welcome to Pledge’s developer docs!

Pledge’s widgets and APIs allow you to seamlessly integrate global charity search and donation processing into your online platforms. Offer your users the ability to search for their favorite charities around the world by name, location, or cause directly through your site. Allow them to donate in a variety of ways, including the ability to round up their transaction for charity, enter their own donation amount, or have preset donation options to choose from.

Tip

Create an account to gain access to Pledge APIs and the Impact Hub.

Sandbox

Pledge’s widgets and APIs can be tested in our sandbox environment. This is a completely isolated environment from production, with different databases, API keys, etc. Expect to see a smaller number of organizations available. Begin by creating an account in the sandbox environment. Once logged in, you can create fundraisers or navigate to the Pledge APIs section. There you can find your API key.

Note

When calling APIs, replace the hostname api.pledge.to with api-staging.pledge.to. Similarly, if embedding widgets, use staging.pledge.to as the host name.