List all customers

How to fetch a collection of customers via API

To fetch a collection of customers, send a GET request to the /api/customers endpoint.

Request

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

Example

Request

The following request fetches a collection of customers:

curl -g -X GET \
  'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token'

Response

On success, the API responds with a 200 OK status code, returning a paginated collection of resource objects:

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "xYZkjABcde",
      "type": "customers",
      "links": {
        "self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers/xYZkjABcde"
      },
      "attributes": {
        "email": "[e-mail]",
        "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": "[e-mail]"
          }
        },
        "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"
      }
    },
    {
      "other": "... 9 customers (first page)"
    }
  ],
  "meta": {
    "record_count": 140,
    "page_count": 14
  },
  "links": {
    "first": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers?page[number]=1&page[size]=10",
    "next": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers?page[number]=2&page[size]=10",
    "last": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customers?page[number]=14&page[size]=10"
  }
}

Remember that when you fetch a list of resources you get paginated result.

Sortable fields

The list of customers can be sorted by the following fields:

Attributes

• email

• status

• total_orders_count

• id

• created_at

• updated_at

• reference

• reference_origin

• anonymization_status

Relationships

• customer_group

Filterable fields

The list of customers can be filtered by the following fields:

Attributes

• email

• status

• total_orders_count

• id

• created_at

• updated_at

• reference

• reference_origin

• metadata

• anonymization_status

Relationships

• customer_group

• customer_addresses

• customer_payment_sources

• customer_subscriptions

• order_subscriptions

• returns

• sku_lists

• attachments

• events

• tags