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.

Endpoints

POST/v1/customers

POST/v1/customers/:id

GET/v1/customers/:id

GET/v1/customers

DELETE/v1/customers/:id

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": "cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib",
  "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).

POST /v1/customers

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": "cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib",
  "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
}

Update a customer

Updates the specified customer by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided are left unchanged. For example, if you pass the source parameter, that becomes the customer’s active source (such as a card) to be used for all charges in the future. When you update a customer to a new valid card source by passing the source parameter: for each of the customer’s current subscriptions, if the subscription bills automatically and is in the past_due state, then the latest open invoice for the subscription with automatic collection enabled is retried. This retry doesn’t count as an automatic retry, and doesn’t affect the next regularly scheduled payment for the invoice. Changing the default_source for a customer doesn’t trigger this behavior.

This request accepts mostly the same arguments as the customer creation call.

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.

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

default_sourcestring

individual_namestring

invoice_prefixstring

invoice_settingsobject

next_invoice_sequenceinteger

preferred_localesarray of strings

sourcestring

tax_exemptenum

Returns

Returns the customer object if the update succeeded. Raises an error if update parameters are invalid (for example, specifying an invalid source).

POST /v1/customers/:id

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:" \
  -d "metadata[order_id]"=6735

Response

{
  "id": "cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib",
  "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": {
    "order_id": "6735"
  },
  "name": "Jenny Rosen",
  "next_invoice_sequence": 1,
  "phone": null,
  "preferred_locales": [],
  "shipping": null,
  "tax_exempt": "none",
  "test_clock": null
}

Retrieve a customer

Retrieves a Customer object.

Parameters

No parameters.

Returns

Returns the Customer object for a valid identifier. If it’s for a deleted Customer, a subset of the customer’s information is returned, including a deleted property that’s set to true.

GET /v1/customers/:id

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib \
  -u "sk_test_BQokikJ...2HlWgH4olfQ2sk_test_BQokikJOvBiI2HlWgH4olfQ2:"

Response

{
  "id": "cus_NffrFeUfNV2Hib",
  "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
}

Customers

The Customer object

Attributes

idstring

addressnullable object

customer_accountnullable string

descriptionnullable string

emailnullable string

metadataobject

namenullable string

phonenullable string

shippingnullable object

taxobjectExpandable

More attributesExpand all

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

Create a customer

Parameters

addressobjectRequired if calculating taxes

descriptionstring

emailstring

metadataobject

namestring

payment_methodstring

phonestring

shippingobject

taxobjectRecommended if calculating taxes

More parametersExpand all

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

Update a customer

Parameters

addressobjectRequired if calculating taxes

descriptionstring

emailstring

metadataobject

namestring

phonestring

shippingobject

taxobjectRecommended if calculating taxes

More parametersExpand all

balanceinteger

business_namestring

cash_balanceobject

default_sourcestring

individual_namestring

invoice_prefixstring

invoice_settingsobject

next_invoice_sequenceinteger

preferred_localesarray of strings

More attributes

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