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Create a customer address

How to create a customer address via API
To create a new customer address, send a POST request to the /api/customer_addresses endpoint, passing the resource arguments in the request body.

Request

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

Arguments

Body Parameter
Type
Required
type
string
Required
attributes.customer_email
string
Required
attributes.reference
string
Optional
attributes.reference_origin
string
Optional
attributes.metadata
object
Optional
relationships.customer
object
Required
relationships.address
object
Required

Example

Request
Response
The following request creates a new customer address:
curl -g -X POST \
'https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses' \
-H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer your-access-token' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
-d '{
"data": {
"type": "customer_addresses",
"attributes": {
"customer_email": "[email protected]"
},
"relationships": {
"customer": {
"data": {
"type": "customers",
"id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
}
},
"address": {
"data": {
"type": "addresses",
"id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
}
}
}
}
}'
On success, the API responds with a 201 Created status code, returning the created resource object:
{
"data": {
"id": "xYZkjABcde",
"type": "customer_addresses",
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde"
},
"attributes": {
"name": "John Smith, 2883 Geraldine Lane Apt.23, 10013 New York NY (US) (212) 646-338-1228",
"customer_email": "[email protected]",
"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",
"metadata": {
"foo": "bar"
}
},
"relationships": {
"customer": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/relationships/customer",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/customer"
}
},
"address": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/relationships/address",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/address"
}
},
"events": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/relationships/events",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/events"
}
},
"versions": {
"links": {
"self": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
"related": "https://yourdomain.commercelayer.io/api/customer_addresses/xYZkjABcde/versions"
}
}
},
"meta": {
"mode": "test"
}
}
}