Create a customer

How to create a customer via API

To create a new customer, send a POST request to the /api/customers endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

POST https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.email	string	Required
attributes.password	string	Optional
attributes.shopper_reference	string	Required, auto generated if missing
attributes.profile_id	string	Required, auto generated if missing
attributes.tax_exemption_code	string	Optional
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.customer_group	object	Optional
relationships.tags	array	Optional

Example

Request

The following request creates a new customer:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "customers",
    "attributes": {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "shopper_reference": "xxx-yyy-zzz",
      "profile_id": "xxx-yyy-zzz"
    }
  }
}'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 201 Created status code, returning the created resource object:

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "customers",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "status": "prospect",
      "has_password": false,
      "total_orders_count": 6,
      "shopper_reference": "xxx-yyy-zzz",
      "profile_id": "xxx-yyy-zzz",
      "tax_exemption_code": "xxx-yyy-zzz",
      "created_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-01-01T12:00:00.000Z",
      "reference": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE",
      "reference_origin": "ANY-EXTERNAL-REFEFERNCE-ORIGIN",
      "jwt_custom_claim": {},
      "metadata": {
        "foo": "bar"
      },
      "anonymization_info": {
        "status": "requested",
        "requested_at": "2025-03-15 11:39:21 UTC",
        "requester": {
          "id": "fdgt56hh",
          "first_name": "Travis",
          "last_name": "Muller",
          "email": "[email protected]"
        }
      },
      "anonymization_status": "requested"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "customer_group": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/customer_group",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/customer_group"
        }
      },
      "customer_addresses": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/customer_addresses",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/customer_addresses"
        }
      },
      "customer_payment_sources": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/customer_payment_sources",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/customer_payment_sources"
        }
      },
      "customer_subscriptions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/customer_subscriptions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/customer_subscriptions"
        }
      },
      "orders": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/orders",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/orders"
        }
      },
      "order_subscriptions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/order_subscriptions",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/order_subscriptions"
        }
      },
      "returns": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/returns",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/returns"
        }
      },
      "sku_lists": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/sku_lists",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/sku_lists"
        }
      },
      "attachments": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/attachments",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/attachments"
        }
      },
      "events": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/events",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/events"
        }
      },
      "tags": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/tags",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/tags"
        }
      },
      "jwt_customer": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/jwt_customer",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/jwt_customer"
        }
      },
      "jwt_markets": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/jwt_markets",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/jwt_markets"
        }
      },
      "jwt_stock_locations": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/relationships/jwt_stock_locations",
          "related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde/jwt_stock_locations"
        }
      }
    },
    "meta": {
      "mode": "test",
      "organization_id": "xRRkjDFafe",
      "trace_id": "69abaa3545913c78132e5578bd26208d44aa9043647d78698fd0021f3958cd74"
    }
  }
}