Create Customer
POST/api/customers
Create a new customer. Automatically creates a default shipping address from the root address fields. Optionally provide a separate billing address.
customers:writeGrant this scope to your token under Settings → Developer → Personal Access Tokens.
Authentication: Requires Bearer token.
Optional fields:
- tags: Customer tags (array of tag names, max 64 chars each). Omit to leave existing tags unchanged; send an array to replace them. Unknown names are created automatically.
Validation notes:
- Email must be unique across all customer addresses
- If a customer with the same name/zip/address1 already exists, returns a 422 with CODE_CUSTOMER_EXISTS
Request
Responses
- 201
- 401
- 403
- 422
- 429
Created
Response Headers
Unauthenticated — the bearer token is missing, revoked, expired, or malformed. Never retry automatically; fix the credential. See the Errors guide.
Forbidden — the token lacks a required scope, the endpoint is not available to API tokens, or the user behind the token lacks the permission. A human must adjust the token scopes or user permissions; do not retry.
Unprocessable Entity
Response Headers
Rate limited — platform limit is 1,000 requests/min; individual tokens may carry lower limits. Honor the Retry-After header before retrying. See the Rate Limits guide.