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Customers

This object represents a customer of your business. Use it to create recurring charges, save payment and contact information, and track payments that belong to the same customer.

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Create a customer
POST/v1/customers
Update a customer
POST/v1/customers/:id
Retrieve a customer
GET/v1/customers/:id
List all customers
GET/v1/customers
Delete a customer
DELETE/v1/customers/:id
Search customers
GET/v1/customers/search

The Customer object

Attributes

  • idstring

    Unique identifier for the object.

  • addressnullable object

    The customer’s address.

  • customer_accountnullable string

    The ID of an Account representing a customer. You can use this ID with any v1 API that accepts a customer_account parameter.

  • descriptionnullable string

    An arbitrary string attached to the object. Often useful for displaying to users.

  • emailnullable string

    The customer’s email address.

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.

  • namenullable string

    The customer’s full name or business name.

  • phonenullable string

    The customer’s phone number.

  • shippingnullable object

    Mailing and shipping address for the customer. Appears on invoices emailed to this customer.

  • taxobjectExpandable

    Tax details for the customer.

More attributes

  • objectstring

  • balanceinteger

  • business_namenullable string

  • cash_balancenullable objectExpandable

  • createdtimestamp

  • currencynullable string

  • default_sourcenullable stringExpandable

  • delinquentnullable boolean

  • discountnullable object

  • individual_namenullable string

  • invoice_credit_balanceobjectExpandable

  • invoice_prefixnullable string

  • invoice_settingsobject

  • livemodeboolean

  • next_invoice_sequencenullable integer

  • preferred_localesnullable array of strings

  • sourcesnullable objectExpandable

  • subscriptionsnullable objectExpandable

  • tax_exemptnullable enum

  • tax_idsnullable objectExpandable

  • test_clocknullable stringExpandable

The Customer object
{
  "id": "",
  "object": "customer",
  "address": null,
  "balance": 0,
  "created": 1680893993,
  "currency": null,
  "default_source": null,
  "delinquent": false,
  "description": null,
  "email": "jennyrosen@example.com",
  "invoice_prefix": "0759376C",
  "invoice_settings": {
    "custom_fields": null,
    "default_payment_method": null,
    "footer": null,
    "rendering_options": null
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "name": "Jenny Rosen",
  "next_invoice_sequence": 1,
  "phone": null,
  "preferred_locales": [],
  "shipping": null,
  "tax_exempt": "none",
  "test_clock": null
}

Create a customer

Parameters

  • addressobjectRequired if calculating taxes

    The customer’s address. Learn about country-specific requirements for calculating tax.

  • descriptionstring

    An arbitrary string that you can attach to a customer object. It is displayed alongside the customer in the dashboard.

  • emailstring

    Customer’s email address. It’s displayed alongside the customer in your dashboard and can be useful for searching and tracking. This may be up to 512 characters.

    The maximum length is 512 characters.

  • metadataobject

    Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata.

  • namestring

    The customer’s full name or business name.

    The maximum length is 256 characters.

  • payment_methodstring

    The ID of the PaymentMethod to attach to the customer.

  • phonestring

    The customer’s phone number.

    The maximum length is 20 characters.

  • shippingobject

    The customer’s shipping information. Appears on invoices emailed to this customer.

  • taxobjectRecommended if calculating taxes

    Tax details about the customer.

More parameters

  • balanceinteger

  • business_namestring

  • cash_balanceobject

  • individual_namestring

  • invoice_prefixstring

  • invoice_settingsobject

  • next_invoice_sequenceinteger

  • preferred_localesarray of strings

  • sourcestring

  • tax_exemptenum

  • tax_id_dataarray of objects

  • test_clockstring

Returns

Returns the Customer object after successful customer creation. Raises an error if create parameters are invalid (for example, specifying an invalid source).

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d "name=Jenny Rosen" \
  --data-urlencode "email=jennyrosen@example.com"
Response
{
  "id": "",
  "object": "customer",
  "address": null,
  "balance": 0,
  "created": 1680893993,
  "currency": null,
  "default_source": null,
  "delinquent": false,
  "description": null,
  "email": "jennyrosen@example.com",
  "invoice_prefix": "0759376C",
  "invoice_settings": {
    "custom_fields": null,
    "default_payment_method": null,
    "footer": null,
    "rendering_options": null
  },
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "name": "Jenny Rosen",
  "next_invoice_sequence": 1,
  "phone": null,
  "preferred_locales": [],
  "shipping": null,
  "tax_exempt": "none",
  "test_clock": null
}