Create a membership

How to create a membership via API

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

Request

POST https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships

Arguments

Body Parameter	Type	Required
type	string	Required
attributes.user_email	string	Required
attributes.reference	string	Optional
attributes.reference_origin	string	Optional
attributes.metadata	object	Optional
relationships.organization	object	Required
relationships.role	object	Required
relationships.application_memberships	array	Optional

Example

Request

The following request creates a new membership:

curl -g -X POST \
  'https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships' \
  -H 'Accept: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {{your_access_token}}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  -d '{
  "data": {
    "type": "memberships",
    "attributes": {
      "user_email": "[e-mail]"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "organization": {
        "data": {
          "type": "organizations",
          "id": "ABCRtyUpBa"
        }
      },
      "role": {
        "data": {
          "type": "roles",
          "id": "BCDRtyUpBa"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}'

Response

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

{
  "data": {
    "id": "xYZkjABcde",
    "type": "memberships",
    "links": {
      "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde"
    },
    "attributes": {
      "user_email": "[e-mail]",
      "user_first_name": "John",
      "user_last_name": "Doe",
      "status": "pending",
      "owner": true,
      "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": {
      "organization": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/relationships/organization",
          "related": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/organization"
        }
      },
      "role": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/relationships/role",
          "related": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/role"
        }
      },
      "application_memberships": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/relationships/application_memberships",
          "related": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/application_memberships"
        }
      },
      "versions": {
        "links": {
          "self": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/relationships/versions",
          "related": "https://provisioning.commercelayer.io/api/memberships/xYZkjABcde/versions"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}