customer

Description

A customer is the person who completes a transaction. Whenever a transaction takes place, a customer must be involved. If using a guest_checkout, an anonymous customer will be created with each transaction.

If you create custom attributes for a customer, they will automatically be included in the response as embedded resources without having to zoom in on them.

Sandbox Example

You can interact with this resource and run actions against the sandbox API via our HAL Brower.

Actions

GET
View a customer
PATCH
Update a customer (send only the properties you want to modify)
PUT
Replace a customer (send the entire representation)
DELETE
Delete a customer
HEAD
Get just the header response
OPTIONS
Get a response explaining which HTTP methods are supported

Properties

Property Description Type Constraints
id The FoxyCart customer id, useful for Single Sign On integrations. Integer Read only
last_login_date The date of the last time this customer authenticated with the FoxyCart checkout. Date Read only
first_name The customer's given name. String Optional. 50 characters or less.
last_name The customer's surname. String Optional. 50 characters or less.
email The customer's email address. This is used as the login to the FoxyCart checkout for this customer. Email Required. 100 characters or less.
tax_id A tax identification number for this customer. String Optional. 50 characters or less.
password Your customer's clear text password. This value is never stored, not displayed for this resource, and is not available in our system. You can, however, pass it via clear text when creating or modifying a customer. When creating a customer, if you leave this blank, a random value will be generated for you which you can modify later as needed. String 50 characters or less.
password_salt The salt for this customer's login password. If your integration syncs passwords, you will need to keep this value in sync as well. String 100 characters or less.
password_hash The hash of this customer's login password. If your integration syncs passwords, you will need to keep this value in sync as well. String 200 characters or less.
password_hash_type This will be a copy of your store's current password_hash_type at the time of creation or modificaiton. This way, if you change your store's settings, your customer will still be able to login. It will be updated automatically to match that of the store the next time the customer logs in. String customer_password_hash_type
password_hash_config This will be a copy of your store's current password_hash_config at the time of creation or modification. This way, if you change your store's settings, your customer will still be able to login. It will be updated automatically to match that of the store the next time the customer logs in. String See the documentation for customer_password_hash_type you are using.
forgot_password If your customer forgot their password and requested a forgotten password, it will be set here. String 50 characters or less.
forgot_password_timestamp The exact time the forgot password was set. Date Read only
is_anonymous If this customer checks out as a guest, this will be set to true. Once it is set, it can not be changed. Boolean Read only after creation
date_created The date this resource was created. Date Read only
date_modified The date this resource was last modified. Date Read only

Example Representation

{
    "_links": {
        "curies": [
            {
                "name": "fx",
                "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/{rel}",
                "templated": true
            }
        ],
        "self": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115",
            "title": "This Customer"
        },
        "fx:attributes": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/attributes",
            "title": "Attributes for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:store": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66",
            "title": "This Store"
        },
        "fx:default_billing_address": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_billing_address",
            "title": "Default Billing Address for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:default_shipping_address": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_shipping_address",
            "title": "Default Shipping Address for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:default_payment_method": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_payment_method",
            "title": "Default Payment Method for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:transactions": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/transactions?customer_id=115",
            "title": "Transactions for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:subscriptions": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/subscriptions?customer_id=115",
            "title": "Subscriptions for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:send_webhooks": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/66/send_webhooks",
            "title": "Refeed webhooks v2 for this Customer"
        },
        "fx:customer_addresses": {
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/addresses",
            "title": "Addresses for this Customer"
        }
    },
    "last_login_date": null,
    "first_name": "Test",
    "last_name": "User",
    "email": "luke.stokes+apitest998@example.com",
    "password_salt": null,
    "password_hash": "4443fe50df6b177ba84b78dd91f0958a",
    "password_hash_type": "md5",
    "password_hash_config": null,
    "forgot_password": "blah",
    "forgot_password_timestamp": "2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700",
    "is_anonymous": false,
    "date_created": null,
    "date_modified": "2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700"
}
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<resource href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115" rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/customer">
  <link rel="self" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115" title="This Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/attributes" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/attributes" title="Attributes for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/store" href="https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66" title="This Store"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_billing_address" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_billing_address" title="Default Billing Address for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_shipping_address" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_shipping_address" title="Default Shipping Address for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_payment_method" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_payment_method" title="Default Payment Method for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/transactions" href="https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/transactions?customer_id=115" title="Transactions for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/subscriptions" href="https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/subscriptions?customer_id=115" title="Subscriptions for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/send_webhooks" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/send_webhooks" title="Refeed webhooks v2 for this Customer"/>
  <link rel="https://api.foxycart.com/rels/customer_addresses" href="https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/addresses" title="Addresses for this Customer"/>
  <last_login_date></last_login_date>
  <first_name>Test</first_name>
  <last_name>User</last_name>
  <email>luke.stokes+apitest998@example.com</email>
  <password_salt></password_salt>
  <password_hash>4443fe50df6b177ba84b78dd91f0958a</password_hash>
  <password_hash_type>md5</password_hash_type>
  <password_hash_config></password_hash_config>
  <forgot_password>blah</forgot_password>
  <forgot_password_timestamp>2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700</forgot_password_timestamp>
  <is_anonymous>false</is_anonymous>
  <date_created></date_created>
  <date_modified>2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700</date_modified>
</resource>
{
    "class": [
        "customer"
    ],
    "properties": {
        "last_login_date": null,
        "first_name": "Test",
        "last_name": "User",
        "email": "luke.stokes+apitest998@example.com",
        "password_salt": null,
        "password_hash": "4443fe50df6b177ba84b78dd91f0958a",
        "password_hash_type": "md5",
        "password_hash_config": null,
        "forgot_password": "blah",
        "forgot_password_timestamp": "2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700",
        "is_anonymous": false,
        "date_created": null,
        "date_modified": "2013-08-16T14:13:54-0700"
    },
    "links": [
        {
            "rel": [
                "self"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/attributes"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/attributes"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/store"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_billing_address"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_billing_address"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_shipping_address"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_shipping_address"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/default_payment_method"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/default_payment_method"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/transactions"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/transactions?customer_id=115"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/subscriptions"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/stores/66/subscriptions?customer_id=115"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/send_webhooks"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/send_webhooks"
        },
        {
            "rel": [
                "https://api.foxycart.com/rels/customer_addresses"
            ],
            "href": "https://api.foxycart.com/customers/115/addresses"
        }
    ]
}

Zoomable Resources

The following related resources can be embedded within this resource by including a ?zoom=<child_resource> parameter. You can also filter by child resources by ?child_resource:property=<property_value>

attributes
default_billing_address
default_shipping_address
default_payment_method
customer_addresses