create-a-customer.md

Create a Customer

{% api-method method="post" host="https://api.moltin.com" path="/v2/customers" %} {% api-method-summary %} Create a customer {% endapi-method-summary %}

{% api-method-description %}

{% endapi-method-description %}

{% api-method-spec %} {% api-method-request %} {% api-method-headers %} {% api-method-parameter name="Authorization" type="string" required=true %} The Bearer token to grant access to the API. {% endapi-method-parameter %} {% endapi-method-headers %}

{% api-method-body-parameters %} {% api-method-parameter name="type" type="string" required=true %} Represents the type of object being returned. {% endapi-method-parameter %}

{% api-method-parameter name="name" type="string" required=true %} The full name of the customer. {% endapi-method-parameter %}

{% api-method-parameter name="email" type="string" required=true %} The customer email. {% endapi-method-parameter %}

{% api-method-parameter name="password" type="string" required=false %} The customer password. {% endapi-method-parameter %} {% endapi-method-body-parameters %} {% endapi-method-request %}

{% api-method-response %} {% api-method-response-example httpCode=201 %} {% api-method-response-example-description %}

{% endapi-method-response-example-description %}

{
    "data": {
        "type": "customer",
        "id": "fc4679bf-f8a8-4029-bc67-945f74b756a0",
        "name": "Ron Swanson+6",
        "email": "[email protected]",
        "password": true
    }
}

{% endapi-method-response-example %} {% endapi-method-response %} {% endapi-method-spec %} {% endapi-method %}

{% tabs %} {% tab title="cURL" %}

curl -X POST https://api.moltin.com/v2/customers \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer XXXX" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d $'{
     "data": {
       "type": "customer",
       "name": "Ron Swanson",
       "email": "[email protected]",
       "password": "mysecretpassword"
     }
   }'

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="JavaScript SDK" %}

const MoltinGateway = require('@moltin/sdk').gateway

const Moltin = MoltinGateway({
  client_id: 'X'
})

const customer = {
    name: "Ron Swanson",
    email: "[email protected]",
    password: "mysecretpassword",
}

Moltin.Customers.Create(customer).then(customer => {
  // Do something
})

{% endtab %} {% endtabs %}