Create a Customer

curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/customers \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": "9123456780",
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": {
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

RazorpayClient razorpay = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

JSONObject customerRequest = new JSONObject();
customerRequest.put("name","Gaurav Kumar");
customerRequest.put("contact","9123456780");
customerRequest.put("email","gaurav.kumar@example.com");
customerRequest.put("fail_existing","0");
JSONObject notes = new JSONObject();
notes.put("notes_key_1","Tea, Earl Grey, Hot");
notes.put("notes_key_2","Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.");
customerRequest.put("notes",notes);

Customer customer = razorpay.customers.create(customerRequest);

import razorpay
client = razorpay.Client(auth=("YOUR_ID", "YOUR_SECRET"))

client.customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

import ( razorpay "github.com/razorpay/razorpay-go" )
client := razorpay.NewClient("YOUR_KEY_ID", "YOUR_SECRET")

data := map[string]interface{}{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": 9123456780,
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": map[string]interface{}{
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.",
	},
}

body, err := client.Customer.Create(data, nil)

$api = new Api($key_id, $secret);

$api->customer->create(array('name' => 'Gaurav Kumar', 'email' => 'gaurav.kumar@example.com','contact'=>'9123456780','notes'=> array('notes_key_1'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot','notes_key_2'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey… decaf'));

RazorpayClient client = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

Dictionary<string, object> options = new Dictionary<string,object>();

options.Add("name", "Gaurav Kumar"); 
options.Add("contact", "9123456780"); 
options.Add("email", "gaurav.kumar@example.com"); 
options.Add("fail_existing", "0"); 

Customer customer = Customer.Create(options);

require "razorpay"
Razorpay.setup('YOUR_KEY_ID', 'YOUR_SECRET')

Razorpay::Customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

var instance = new Razorpay({ key_id: 'YOUR_KEY_ID', key_secret: 'YOUR_SECRET' })

instance.customers.create({
  name: "Gaurav Kumar",
  contact: 9123456780,
  email: "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  fail_existing: "0",
  notes: {
    notes_key_1: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    notes_key_2: "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

razorpay customers create --name "Gaurav Kumar" --contact "+919123456780" --email "gaurav.kumar@example.com" --gstin "29XAbbA4369J1PA" --note key1="Test customer"

{
  "id" : "cust_1Aa00000000004",
  "entity": "customer",
  "name" : "<name>",
  "email" : "<email>",
  "contact" : "<phone>",
  "gstin": null,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at ": 1234567890
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
    "description": "Contact number should be at least 8 digits, including country code",
    "source": "business",
    "step": "NA",
    "reason": "invalid_contact_number",
    "metadata": {},
    "field": "contact"
  }
}

POST

customers

curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/customers \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": "9123456780",
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": {
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

RazorpayClient razorpay = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

JSONObject customerRequest = new JSONObject();
customerRequest.put("name","Gaurav Kumar");
customerRequest.put("contact","9123456780");
customerRequest.put("email","gaurav.kumar@example.com");
customerRequest.put("fail_existing","0");
JSONObject notes = new JSONObject();
notes.put("notes_key_1","Tea, Earl Grey, Hot");
notes.put("notes_key_2","Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.");
customerRequest.put("notes",notes);

Customer customer = razorpay.customers.create(customerRequest);

import razorpay
client = razorpay.Client(auth=("YOUR_ID", "YOUR_SECRET"))

client.customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

import ( razorpay "github.com/razorpay/razorpay-go" )
client := razorpay.NewClient("YOUR_KEY_ID", "YOUR_SECRET")

data := map[string]interface{}{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": 9123456780,
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": map[string]interface{}{
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.",
	},
}

body, err := client.Customer.Create(data, nil)

$api = new Api($key_id, $secret);

$api->customer->create(array('name' => 'Gaurav Kumar', 'email' => 'gaurav.kumar@example.com','contact'=>'9123456780','notes'=> array('notes_key_1'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot','notes_key_2'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey… decaf'));

RazorpayClient client = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

Dictionary<string, object> options = new Dictionary<string,object>();

options.Add("name", "Gaurav Kumar"); 
options.Add("contact", "9123456780"); 
options.Add("email", "gaurav.kumar@example.com"); 
options.Add("fail_existing", "0"); 

Customer customer = Customer.Create(options);

require "razorpay"
Razorpay.setup('YOUR_KEY_ID', 'YOUR_SECRET')

Razorpay::Customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

var instance = new Razorpay({ key_id: 'YOUR_KEY_ID', key_secret: 'YOUR_SECRET' })

instance.customers.create({
  name: "Gaurav Kumar",
  contact: 9123456780,
  email: "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  fail_existing: "0",
  notes: {
    notes_key_1: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    notes_key_2: "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

razorpay customers create --name "Gaurav Kumar" --contact "+919123456780" --email "gaurav.kumar@example.com" --gstin "29XAbbA4369J1PA" --note key1="Test customer"

{
  "id" : "cust_1Aa00000000004",
  "entity": "customer",
  "name" : "<name>",
  "email" : "<email>",
  "contact" : "<phone>",
  "gstin": null,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at ": 1234567890
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
    "description": "Contact number should be at least 8 digits, including country code",
    "source": "business",
    "step": "NA",
    "reason": "invalid_contact_number",
    "metadata": {},
    "field": "contact"
  }
}

Use this endpoint to create or add a customer with basic details such as name and contact details.

curl -u [YOUR_KEY_ID]:[YOUR_KEY_SECRET] \
-X POST https://api.razorpay.com/v1/customers \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": "9123456780",
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": {
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
}'

RazorpayClient razorpay = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

JSONObject customerRequest = new JSONObject();
customerRequest.put("name","Gaurav Kumar");
customerRequest.put("contact","9123456780");
customerRequest.put("email","gaurav.kumar@example.com");
customerRequest.put("fail_existing","0");
JSONObject notes = new JSONObject();
notes.put("notes_key_1","Tea, Earl Grey, Hot");
notes.put("notes_key_2","Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.");
customerRequest.put("notes",notes);

Customer customer = razorpay.customers.create(customerRequest);

import razorpay
client = razorpay.Client(auth=("YOUR_ID", "YOUR_SECRET"))

client.customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

import ( razorpay "github.com/razorpay/razorpay-go" )
client := razorpay.NewClient("YOUR_KEY_ID", "YOUR_SECRET")

data := map[string]interface{}{
    "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
    "contact": 9123456780,
    "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
    "fail_existing": "0",
    "notes": map[string]interface{}{
      "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
      "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf.",
	},
}

body, err := client.Customer.Create(data, nil)

$api = new Api($key_id, $secret);

$api->customer->create(array('name' => 'Gaurav Kumar', 'email' => 'gaurav.kumar@example.com','contact'=>'9123456780','notes'=> array('notes_key_1'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey, Hot','notes_key_2'=> 'Tea, Earl Grey… decaf'));

RazorpayClient client = new RazorpayClient("[YOUR_KEY_ID]", "[YOUR_KEY_SECRET]");

Dictionary<string, object> options = new Dictionary<string,object>();

options.Add("name", "Gaurav Kumar"); 
options.Add("contact", "9123456780"); 
options.Add("email", "gaurav.kumar@example.com"); 
options.Add("fail_existing", "0"); 

Customer customer = Customer.Create(options);

require "razorpay"
Razorpay.setup('YOUR_KEY_ID', 'YOUR_SECRET')

Razorpay::Customer.create({
  "name": "Gaurav Kumar",
  "contact": 9123456780,
  "email": "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  "fail_existing": "0",
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1": "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2": "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

var instance = new Razorpay({ key_id: 'YOUR_KEY_ID', key_secret: 'YOUR_SECRET' })

instance.customers.create({
  name: "Gaurav Kumar",
  contact: 9123456780,
  email: "gaurav.kumar@example.com",
  fail_existing: "0",
  notes: {
    notes_key_1: "Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    notes_key_2: "Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  }
})

razorpay customers create --name "Gaurav Kumar" --contact "+919123456780" --email "gaurav.kumar@example.com" --gstin "29XAbbA4369J1PA" --note key1="Test customer"

{
  "id" : "cust_1Aa00000000004",
  "entity": "customer",
  "name" : "<name>",
  "email" : "<email>",
  "contact" : "<phone>",
  "gstin": null,
  "notes": {
    "notes_key_1":"Tea, Earl Grey, Hot",
    "notes_key_2":"Tea, Earl Grey… decaf."
  },
  "created_at ": 1234567890
}

{
  "error": {
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST_ERROR",
    "description": "Contact number should be at least 8 digits, including country code",
    "source": "business",
    "step": "NA",
    "reason": "invalid_contact_number",
    "metadata": {},
    "field": "contact"
  }
}

Request Parameters

string

Customer’s name. Alphanumeric value with period (.), apostrophe (’), forward slash (/), at (@) and parentheses are allowed. The name must be between 3-50 characters in length. For example, Gaurav Kumar.

string

The customer’s phone number. A maximum length of 15 characters including country code. For example, +919876543210.

string

The customer’s email address. A maximum length of 64 characters. For example, gaurav.kumar@example.com.

string

Possible values:

1 (default): If a customer with the same details already exists, throws an error.
0: If a customer with the same details already exists, fetches details of the existing customer.

string

Customer’s GST number, if available. For example, 29XAbbA4369J1PA.

object

This is a key-value pair that can be used to store additional information about the entity. It can hold a maximum of 15 key-value pairs, 256 characters (maximum) each. For example, "note_key": "Beam me up Scotty”.

Response Parameters

string

Unique identifier of the customer. For example, cust_1Aa00000000004.

string

Indicates the type of entity.

string

Customer’s name. Alphanumeric, with period (.), apostrophe (’), forward slash (/), at (@) and parentheses allowed. The name must be between 3-50 characters in length.

string

The customer’s phone number. A maximum length of 15 characters including country code.

string

The customer’s email address. A maximum length of 64 characters.

string

GST number linked to the customer. For example, 29XAbbA4369J1PA.

object

integer

UNIX timestamp, when the customer was created. For example, 1234567890.

object

The customer’s shipping address. An address object with line1, line2, city, state, country, and zipcode fields. Empty when none is set.

Errors

The API `<key/secret> ` provided is invalid.

Code: 4xxThe API credentials passed in the API call differ from the ones generated on the Dashboard. Possible reasons:

Different keys for test mode and live modes.
Expired API key.

Solution: The API keys must be active and entered correctly with no whitespace before or after the keys.

Contact number should be at least 8 digits, including country code.

Code: 400The contact number is less than 8 digits.Solution: Enter contact number that meets the validation criteria. It should have at least 8 digits, including the country code. For example, “+919876543210”.

The email must be a valid email address.

Code: 400The value passed for email is not in a valid email format.Solution: Pass a valid email address (for example, user@example.com).

Contact number contains invalid characters, only digits and + symbol are allowed.

Code: 400The contact value contains characters other than digits and the + symbol (for example, letters, hyphens or spaces).Solution: Pass contact using only digits and an optional leading + for the country code.

The name may not be greater than 50 characters.

Code: 400The name value exceeds the 50-character limit.Solution: Keep the name to 50 characters or fewer.

Customer already exists for the merchant.

Code: 400A customer with the same contact or email already exists for this merchant and fail_existing was set to 1 (or omitted, which defaults to fail).Solution: Either use a different contact / email, or pass fail_existing: "0" in the request body to receive the existing customer in the response instead of an error.

Notes should not have more than 15 keys.

Code: 400The notes object contains more than 15 key-value pairs.Solution: Reduce the number of keys in the notes object to 15 or fewer.

The name format is invalid.

Code: 400The name value contains characters outside the allowed set. Allowed characters are letters, numbers and a limited set of punctuation (', -, ., _, (, ), @, / and spaces). The name must start and end with a letter, number, . or ).Solution: Pass name using only the allowed characters and ensure it starts and ends with a letter, number, . or ).

The gstin field is invalid.

Code: 400The gstin value is not a valid Indian GSTIN. A GSTIN is a 15-character alphanumeric code in the format <state-code><PAN><entity-code><check-digit>.Solution: Pass a valid 15-character GSTIN.

Notes value cannot be greater than 512 characters.

Code: 400One of the values inside the notes object exceeds the 512-character limit per value.Solution: Keep each notes value under 512 characters.

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