# Actions

After installing Gift Card Factory, you will have access to 4 new actions in Shopify Flow:

* **Create Gift Card**
* **Create Gift Card V2**
* **Get Gift Card**
* **Disable Gift Card**

All actions use app credits. Anytime action is taken - app will use **one** Flow credit.

### Create Gift Card

This action is deprecated. Use **Create Gift Card V**2 instead

### Create Gift Card V2

This action creates native Shopify Gift Card and optionally sends it to selected customer. 

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#### Action Options

* **Skip sending**: Create the gift card without sending it.
* **Recipient email**: Enter the recipient's email address.
* **Value**: Define the initial value in the store's main currency.
* **Message**: Include a custom message with the gift card email.
* **Days to expiry**: Specify the validity period in days from creation.
* **Expires on**: Set a fixed expiry date (format: YYYY-MM-DD). Ignored if Days to expiry field is set and different from 0
* **Days to send**: Dispatches the gift card after a set number of days. Ignored if Send on field is set.&#x20;
* **Send on**: Schedule the exact date to send the gift card (format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss format, e.g. 2025-01-30T14:15:00)&#x20;
* **Note**: Add internal notes, invisible to customers.

### Get Gift Card

The **Get Gift Card** action retrieves properties of a gift card. You need to provide the gift card ID. This action is useful for checking current gift card properties and planning subsequent actions.

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### Disable Gift Card

To disable a gift card, provide its ID. For an example of usage, you might refer to our template flow: **Disable a Gift Card After First Use**.