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# Create

POST https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/
Content-Type: application/json

Creates a new customer account.

Reference: https://developer.ordergroove.com/reference/rest-rpc-api/customers/create

## Authentication

- `x-api-key` header (required) — Application API Scope — server-to-server, sent in the `x-api-key` header. See [Authentication](/api-reference/authentication).
- `authorization` header (required) — Storefront API Scope — client-side, scoped to one customer, sent as a signature in the `authorization` header. See [Authentication](/api-reference/authentication).

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `merchant` (string, required) — Merchant ID
- `merchant_user_id` (string, required) — Merchant User ID
- `session_id` (string, required) — Session ID, obtained from og_session_id cookie.
- `user_token_id` (string, required) — User Token ID
- `first_name` (string, required) — Customer first name
- `last_name` (string, required) — Customer last name
- `email` (string, required) — Customer email
- `phone_number` (string, required) — Customer phone number
- `phone_type` (string, required) — Customer phone type: "invalid", "landline", "mobile", or "voip"
- `live` (boolean, required) — Account status: active = True
- `created` (string, required) — Date of account creation
- `last_updated` (string, required) — Date of last customer account update
- `last_login` (string, required) — Date of last customer account login
- `locale` (integer, required) — Customer locale code. Accepts a locale string (e.g. `"en-US"`) or an integer ID for backwards compatibility.
- `extra_data` (string, optional) — Raw JSON string that should be JSON.parse() as key/value store for any extra information.
- `experiences` (string, optional) — Experience name and Boolean value as key/value store, formatted as raw JSON string, to be JSON.parse() on retrieval
- `price_code` (string, optional) — Customer price code

## Response

### 200

200

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

400

- `[field_name]` (string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

403

- `detail` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "merchant": "string",
  "merchant_user_id": "string",
  "session_id": "string",
  "user_token_id": "string",
  "first_name": "string",
  "last_name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "phone_number": "string",
  "phone_type": "string",
  "live": true,
  "created": "string",
  "last_updated": "string",
  "last_login": "string",
  "locale": 1
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "merchant": "ac4f7938383a11e89ecbbc764e1107f2",
  "merchant_user_id": "12345",
  "session_id": "5bda04dc429d11e4bd78bc764e106cf4.463053.1418160308",
  "user_token_id": "bda1c6b0084811e6965ebc764e106cf4",
  "first_name": "Michal",
  "last_name": "Swiader",
  "email": "michal@swiader.com",
  "phone_number": "+15551231234",
  "phone_type": "0",
  "live": "True",
  "created": "2020-02-29 12:00:00",
  "last_updated": "2020-02-29 12:00:00",
  "last_login": "2020-02-29 12:00:00",
  "extra_data": "{\"some\": \"extra\", \"fields\": \"here\"}",
  "locale": 42,
  "experiences": "{\"reorder\": true, \"subscription-management\": false}"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Result
import requests

url = "https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/"

payload = {
    "merchant": "string",
    "merchant_user_id": "string",
    "session_id": "string",
    "user_token_id": "string",
    "first_name": "string",
    "last_name": "string",
    "email": "string",
    "phone_number": "string",
    "phone_type": "string",
    "live": True,
    "created": "string",
    "last_updated": "string",
    "last_login": "string",
    "locale": 1
}
headers = {
    "x-api-key": "<apiKey>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Result
const url = 'https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'x-api-key': '<apiKey>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"merchant":"string","merchant_user_id":"string","session_id":"string","user_token_id":"string","first_name":"string","last_name":"string","email":"string","phone_number":"string","phone_type":"string","live":true,"created":"string","last_updated":"string","last_login":"string","locale":1}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Result
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"merchant\": \"string\",\n  \"merchant_user_id\": \"string\",\n  \"session_id\": \"string\",\n  \"user_token_id\": \"string\",\n  \"first_name\": \"string\",\n  \"last_name\": \"string\",\n  \"email\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_number\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_type\": \"string\",\n  \"live\": true,\n  \"created\": \"string\",\n  \"last_updated\": \"string\",\n  \"last_login\": \"string\",\n  \"locale\": 1\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Result
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<apiKey>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"merchant\": \"string\",\n  \"merchant_user_id\": \"string\",\n  \"session_id\": \"string\",\n  \"user_token_id\": \"string\",\n  \"first_name\": \"string\",\n  \"last_name\": \"string\",\n  \"email\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_number\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_type\": \"string\",\n  \"live\": true,\n  \"created\": \"string\",\n  \"last_updated\": \"string\",\n  \"last_login\": \"string\",\n  \"locale\": 1\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Result
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/")
  .header("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"merchant\": \"string\",\n  \"merchant_user_id\": \"string\",\n  \"session_id\": \"string\",\n  \"user_token_id\": \"string\",\n  \"first_name\": \"string\",\n  \"last_name\": \"string\",\n  \"email\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_number\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_type\": \"string\",\n  \"live\": true,\n  \"created\": \"string\",\n  \"last_updated\": \"string\",\n  \"last_login\": \"string\",\n  \"locale\": 1\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Result
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/', [
  'body' => '{
  "merchant": "string",
  "merchant_user_id": "string",
  "session_id": "string",
  "user_token_id": "string",
  "first_name": "string",
  "last_name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "phone_number": "string",
  "phone_type": "string",
  "live": true,
  "created": "string",
  "last_updated": "string",
  "last_login": "string",
  "locale": 1
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'x-api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Result
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("x-api-key", "<apiKey>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"merchant\": \"string\",\n  \"merchant_user_id\": \"string\",\n  \"session_id\": \"string\",\n  \"user_token_id\": \"string\",\n  \"first_name\": \"string\",\n  \"last_name\": \"string\",\n  \"email\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_number\": \"string\",\n  \"phone_type\": \"string\",\n  \"live\": true,\n  \"created\": \"string\",\n  \"last_updated\": \"string\",\n  \"last_login\": \"string\",\n  \"locale\": 1\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Result
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "x-api-key": "<apiKey>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [
  "merchant": "string",
  "merchant_user_id": "string",
  "session_id": "string",
  "user_token_id": "string",
  "first_name": "string",
  "last_name": "string",
  "email": "string",
  "phone_number": "string",
  "phone_type": "string",
  "live": true,
  "created": "string",
  "last_updated": "string",
  "last_login": "string",
  "locale": 1
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://restapi.ordergroove.com/customers/create/")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

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