Customer API

Create, retrieve, update, and delete customers. When unused token identifiers are added to customers, they are saved as cards which can be used for repeated purchases.

Attributes

Name	Type	Description
object	string	The string `customer`.
id	string	The customer identifier matching `/cust(_test)?_[0-9a-z]+/`.
livemode	boolean	Whether this is a live (`true`) or test (`false`) customer.
location	string	API path to retrieve the current `customer` object.
cards	list	List of cards belonging to the customer.
created	string	UTC datetime of customer creation in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ`).
default_card	object_id_expandable	Identifier of default card for creating charges. Initially, value is first card assigned to a customer. If default card is deleted, the latest card added will be set as default. `null` if no cards.
deleted	boolean	Whether customer is deleted.
description	string	Customer description.
email	string	Customer email address. Used when the customer's email is not supplied during token creation.
linked_accounts	list	List of accounts linked for direct debit.
metadata	object	Custom metadata (e.g. {answer: 42}) for a customer. The maximum field length is 15.000 characters.

Example

JSON Response

{
  "object": "customer",
  "livemode": false,
  "id": "cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
  "location": "/customers/cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
  "metadata": {},
  "cards": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
      {
        "object": "card",
        "id": "card_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
        "livemode": false,
        "security_code_check": true,
        "expiration_month": 12,
        "expiration_year": 2024,
        "bank": "Bank of the Unbanked",
        "brand": "Visa",
        "city": "Bangkok",
        "country": "th",
        "financing": "credit",
        "fingerprint": "XjOdjaoHRvUGRfmZacMPcJtm0U3SEIIfkA7534dQeVw=",
        "first_digits": null,
        "last_digits": "4242",
        "location": "/customers/cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo/cards/card_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
        "name": "Somchai Prasert",
        "phone_number": "0123456789",
        "postal_code": "10320",
        "state": null,
        "street1": "1448/4 Praditmanutham Road",
        "street2": null,
        "tokenization_method": null,
        "created": "2019-12-31T12:59:59Z"
      }
    ],
    "limit": 20,
    "offset": 0,
    "total": 1,
    "location": "/customers/cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo/cards",
    "order": "chronological",
    "from": "1970-01-01T00:00:00Z",
    "to": "2019-12-31T12:59:59Z"
  },
  "default_card": "card_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
  "description": "Additional information about Somchai Prasert",
  "email": "somchai.prasert@example.com",
  "created": "2019-12-31T12:59:59Z"
}

Create a customer (and card)

- POST https://api.omise.co/customers

Creates and returns a new customer. This endpoint can also create a new card if an unused token is provided for the card parameter.

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Description
card	string	(optional) An unused token identifier to add as a new card to the customer.
description	string	(optional, but recommended) Description for customer. Supplying any additional details about the customer helps Opn Payments better conduct fraud analysis.
email	string	(optional, but recommended) Email address for customer. Supplying the customer's email address helps Opn Payments better conduct fraud analysis.
linked_account	string	(optional) The account that is linked for direct debit.
metadata	object	(optional) Custom metadata (e.g. {answer: 42}) for a customer. The maximum field length is 15.000 characters.

Example

Create a customer while attaching a card

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curl https://api.omise.co/customers \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY: \
  -d "description=Additional information about Somchai Prasert." \
  -d "email=somchai.prasert@example.com" \
  -d "card=tokn_test_5g5mep9yrko3vx2f0hx"

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::create(array(
  'email' => 'john.doe@example.com',
  'description' => 'John Doe (id: 30)',
  'card' => 'tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z'
));

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.create({
  description: 'John Doe (id: 34)',
  email: 'john.doe@example.com',
  card: 'tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.create({
  email: "john.doe@example.com",
  description: "John Doe (id: 30)",
  card: "tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z"
})

var token = await RetrieveToken();
var customer = await Client.Customers.Create(new CreateCustomerRequest
{
    Email = "john.doe@example.com",
    Description = "John Doe (id: 30)",
    Metadata = new Dictionary<string, object>
    {
        { "user_id", 30 }
    },
    Card = token.Id,
});

Console.WriteLine($"created customer: {customer.Id}");

Customer customer = client.customers()
  .create(new Customer.Create()
          .email("john.doe@example.com")
          .description("John Doe (id: 30)")
          .card("tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z"));
System.out.printf("created customer: %s", customer.getId());

import omise

customer = omise.Customer.create(
    email="john.doe@example.com",
    description="John Doe (id: 30)",
    card="tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.Customer{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.CreateCustomer{
	Email:       "john.doe@example.com",
	Description: "John Doe (id: 30)",
	Card:        "tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.create(
  email:       "john.doe@example.com",
  description: "John Doe (id: 30)",
  card:        "tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z"
)

Create a customer

curl
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curl https://api.omise.co/customers \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY: \
  -d "description=Additional information about Somchai Prasert." \
  -d "email=somchai.prasert@example.com"

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::create(array(
  'email' => 'john.doe@example.com',
  'description' => 'John Doe (id: 30)'
));

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.create({
  description: 'John Doe (id: 34)',
  email: 'john.doe@example.com',
});
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.create({
  email: "john.doe@example.com",
  description: "John Doe (id: 30)"
})

var customer = await Client.Customers.Create(new CreateCustomerRequest
{
    Email = "john.doe@example.com",
    Description = "John Doe (id: 30)",
    Metadata = new Dictionary<string, object>
    {
        { "user_id", 30 }
    }
});

Console.WriteLine($"created customer: {customer.Id}");

Customer customer = client.customers()
  .create(new Customer.Create()
          .email("john.doe@example.com")
          .description("John Doe (id: 30)"));
System.out.printf("created customer: %s", customer.getId());

import omise

omise.api_secret = "skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"

customer = omise.Customer.create(
    email="john.doe@example.com", description="John Doe (id: 30)"
)

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.Customer{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.CreateCustomer{
	Email:       "john.doe@example.com",
	Description: "John Doe (id: 30)",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.create(
  email:       "john.doe@example.com",
  description: "John Doe (id: 30)"
)

Destroy a customer

- DELETE https://api.omise.co/customers/{id}

Destroys the customer matching :id.

Example

Destroy a customer

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curl https://api.omise.co/customers/cust_test_5g0221fe8iwtayocgja \
  -X DELETE \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY:

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::retrieve('cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb');
$customer->destroy();
$customer->isDestroyed(); # => true

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.destroy('cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo');
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.retrieve("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")
customer.destroy
customer.destroyed? # => true

var customer = RetrieveCustomer();
customer = await Client.Customers.Destroy(customer.Id);
Console.WriteLine($"destroy customer: {customer.Id}");

Customer customer = client.customers().destroy("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb");
System.out.printf("destroy customer: %s", customer.getId());

import omise

omise.api_secret = "skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"

customer = omise.Customer.retrieve("cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo")
customer.destroy()

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.Deletion{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.DestroyCustomer{
	CustomerID: "cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.destroy("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")

List customers

- GET https://api.omise.co/customers

Returns a list of customers belonging to your account.

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Description
from	string	(optional, default: `1970-01-01T00:00:00Z`) Earliest UTC datetime for returned records in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ`).
limit	integer	(optional, default: `20`) Number of records returned.
offset	integer	(optional, default: `0`) Offset of the first record returned (i.e. how many records to skip from the beginning).
order	string	(optional, default: `chronological`, one of: `chronological`, `reverse_chronological`) Order of records returned.
to	string	(optional) Latest UTC datetime for returned records in ISO 8601 format (`YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ssZ`).

Example

List all customers

curl
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curl https://api.omise.co/customers \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY:

$customer = OmiseCustomer::retrieve();

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.list();
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customers = Omise::Customer.list

var customers = await Client.Customers.GetList(order: Ordering.Chronological);
Console.WriteLine($"total customers: {customers.Total}");

ScopedList<Customer> customers = client.customers().list();
System.out.printf("returned customers: %d", customers.getData().size());
System.out.printf("total no. of customers: %d", customers.getTotal());

import omise

omise.api_secret = "skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"

customers = omise.Customer.retrieve()

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.CustomerList{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.ListCustomers{
	operations.List{
		From:  time.Now().Add(-1 * time.Hour),
		Limit: 100,
	},
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.list

Retrieve a customer

- GET https://api.omise.co/customers/{id}

Returns the customer matching :id.

Example

Retrieve a customer

curl
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curl https://api.omise.co/customers/cust_test_5g0221fe8iwtayocgja \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY:

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::retrieve('cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb');

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.retrieve('cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo');
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.retrieve("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")

var customerId = "cust_test_5665s8r7it17q4wo78a";
var customer = await Client.Customers.Get(customerId);
Console.WriteLine($"customer's email: {customer.Email}");

Customer customer = client.customers().get("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb");
System.out.printf("customer email: %s", customer.getEmail());

import omise

omise.api_secret = "skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"

customer = omise.Customer.retrieve("cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo")

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.ScheduleList{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.RetrieveCustomer{
	CustomerID: "cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.retrieve("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")

Update a customer

- PATCH https://api.omise.co/customers/{id}

Updates and returns the updated customer matching :id.

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Description
card	string	(optional) An unused token identifier to add as a new card to the customer.
default_card	string	(optional) Identifier of the default card for creating charges.
description	string	(optional, but recommended) Description for customer. Supplying any additional details about the customer helps Opn Payments better conduct fraud analysis.
email	string	(optional, but recommended) Email address for customer. Supplying the customer's email address helps Opn Payments better conduct fraud analysis.
linked_account	string	(optional) The account that is linked for direct debit.
metadata	object	(optional) Custom metadata (e.g. {answer: 42}) for a customer. The maximum field length is 15.000 characters.

Example

Attach a card to a customer

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curl https://api.omise.co/customers/cust_test_5g0221fe8iwtayocgja \
  -X PATCH \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY: \
  -d "card=tokn_test_5g5mep9yrko3vx2f0hx"

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::retrieve('cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb');
$customer->update(array(
  'card' => 'tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z'
));

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.update(
  'cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
  { card: 'tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo' },
);
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.retrieve("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")
customer.update(card: "tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z")

var token = await RetrieveToken();

var customerId = "cust_test_5665s8r7it17q4wo78a";
var customer = await Client.Customers.Update(customerId, new UpdateCustomerRequest
{
    Card = token.Id
});

Console.WriteLine($"updated customer: {customer.Id}");

Customer customer = client.customers()
  .update("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb", new Customer.Update()
          .card("tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z"));
System.out.printf("updated customer: %s", customer.getId());

import omise

customer = omise.Customer.retrieve("cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo")
customer.update(card="tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo")

# alteratively
# customer.card = "tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"
# customer.update()

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.Customer{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.UpdateCustomer{
	CustomerID: "cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	Card:       "tokn_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.update("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb", [
  card: "tokn_test_4xs9408a642a1htto8z",
])

Update customer default card

curl
node.js

curl https://api.omise.co/customers/cust_test_5g0221fe8iwtayocgja \
  -X PATCH \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY: \
  -d "default_card=card_test_5g021zls9ei5suyryss"

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.update(
    'cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
    { default_card: 'card_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo' }
);
console.log(customer);

Update customer email and description

curl
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curl https://api.omise.co/customers/cust_test_5g0221fe8iwtayocgja \
  -X PATCH \
  -u $OMISE_SECRET_KEY: \
  -d "email=somchai.prasert@example.com" \
  -d "description=Another description"

<?php

$customer = OmiseCustomer::retrieve('cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb');
$customer->update(array(
  'email' => 'john.smith@example.com',
  'description' => 'Another description'
));

const omise = require('omise')({
  secretKey: 'skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
});

const customer = await omise.customers.update(
  'cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo',
  {
    email: 'john.smith@example.com',
    description: 'Gold card customer',
  },
);
console.log(customer);

require "omise"

Omise.secret_api_key = "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x"

customer = Omise::Customer.retrieve("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb")
customer.update({
  email: "john.smith@example.com",
  description: "Another description"
})

var customerId = "cust_test_5665s8r7it17q4wo78a";
var customer = await Client.Customers.Update(customerId, new UpdateCustomerRequest
{
    Email = "john.smith@example.com",
    Description = "John Smith",
    Metadata = new Dictionary<string, object>
    {
        { "user_id", 99 }
    }
});

Console.WriteLine($"updated customer: {customer.Id}");

Customer customer = client.customers()
  .update("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb", new Customer.Update()
          .email("john.smith@example.com")
          .description("Another description"));
System.out.printf("updated email: %s", customer.getEmail());

import omise

omise.api_secret = "skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo"

customer = omise.Customer.retrieve("cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo")
customer.update(email="somchai.prasert@example.com", description="Another description")

# Or alternatively:
customer.email = "somchai.prasert@example.com"
customer.description = "Another description"
customer.update()

client, _ := omise.NewClient(
	"pkey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	"skey_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
)

result := &omise.Customer{}
err := client.Do(result, &operations.UpdateCustomer{
	CustomerID:  "cust_test_no1t4tnemucod0e51mo",
	Email:       "john.smith@example.com",
	Description: "Another Description",
})
if err != nil {
	log.Fatalln(err)
}
log.Println(result)

Omise.configure(secret_key: "skey_test_4xs8breq3htbkj03d2x")

Omise.Customer.update("cust_test_4xtrb759599jsxlhkrb", [
  email:       "john.smith@example.com",
  description: "Another description",
])