Customers via API

This tutorial will guide you through the steps to create and manage customers via Billing APIs.

Before you begin

• Obtain your access token API by authenticating to Airwallex using your unique Client ID and API key. You will need the access token to make API calls.
• Check out Supported currencies for supported regions and currencies.

Create a customer

Call Create a customer API and provide as much information as possible about the customer.

• type: The customer type can be BUSINESS or INDIVIDUAL. Defaults to INDIVIDUAL if you do not provide tax_identification_number.
• default_billing_currency: The currency you specify will be used by default when creating invoices or subscriptions for this customer.
• default_legal_entity_id: This legal entity ID you specify will be used by default when creating invoices or subscriptions for this customer.

1curl --request POST \
2--url 'https://api-demo.airwallex.com/api/v1/billing_customers/create' \
3--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
4--header 'Authorization: Bearer <your_bearer_token>' \
5--data '{
6  "address": {
7    "city": "Shanghai",
8    "country_code": "CN",
9    "postcode": "100000",
10    "state": "Shanghai",
11    "street": "Pudong District"
12  },
13  "default_billing_currency": "USD",
14  "default_legal_entity_id": "le_ib2DZgZJN72T7bObvNuMYQ",
15  "description": "VIP customer",
16  "email": "[email protected]",
17  "metadata": {
18    "customer_segment": "premium"
19  },
20  "name": "John Doe",
21  "nickname": "JohnnyD",
22  "phone_number": "+1234567890",
23  "request_id": "ee939540-3203-4a2c-9172-89a566485dd9",
24  "tax_identification_number": "123-45-6789",
25  "type": "BUSINESS"
26}'

Manage customers

After creating a customer object, you can perform the following actions:

• Update the details using Update a Billing customer API .
• Retrieve customer details anytime using Retrieve a Billing Customer API.
• Retrieve the list of customers you've created using Get list of Billing Customers API.