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POST
/
customers
Create a customer
curl --request POST \
  --url https://developersandbox-api.flutterwave.com/customers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "email": "cornelius@gmail.com",
  "meta": {},
  "name": {
    "first": "King",
    "middle": "Leo",
    "last": "LeBron"
  },
  "phone": {
    "country_code": "234",
    "number": "08012345678"
  }
}
'
{
  "message": "<string>",
  "data": {
    "id": "cus_3XarBILKQS",
    "address": {
      "city": "New York",
      "country": "US",
      "line1": "123 Main Street",
      "postal_code": "10001",
      "state": "New York",
      "line2": "Apt 4B"
    },
    "email": "cornelius@gmail.com",
    "name": {
      "first": "King",
      "middle": "Leo",
      "last": "LeBron"
    },
    "phone": {
      "country_code": "234",
      "number": "08012345678"
    },
    "meta": {},
    "created_datetime": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Headers

​
X-Trace-Id
string

A unique identifier to track this operation. It must be between 12 and 255 characters in length.

Required string length: 12 - 255
​
X-Idempotency-Key
string

A unique identifier to prevent duplicate requests. It must be between 12 and 255 characters in length.

Required string length: 12 - 255

Body

application/json
​
email
string
required

The Customer's email address.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9_+&*-]+)*@(?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,}$
Example:

"cornelius@gmail.com"

​
address
object

Customer address information.

​
meta
object
​
name
object

The Customer's full name.

​
phone
object

The customer's mobile number.

Example:
{
  "country_code": "234",
  "number": "08012345678"
}

Response

OK

​
status
enum<string>
Available options:
success,
failed
​
message
string
​
data
object