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RESTAdminManagementCustomersV2

Get Customer

Deprecated
GET
https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/:store_hash/v2/customers/:customer_id
GET
/stores/:store_hash/v2/customers/:customer_id
$curl https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/store_hash/v2/customers/1 \
>     -H "Accept: application/json" \
>     -H "X-Auth-Token: <apiKey>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json"
200Retrieved
1{
2  "email": "janedoe@example.com",
3  "first_name": "Jane",
4  "last_name": "Doe",
5  "_authentication": {
6    "force_reset": true,
7    "password": "P@ssw0rd123!",
8    "password_confirmation": "P@ssw0rd123!"
9  },
10  "accepts_marketing": true,
11  "addresses": {
12    "url": "https://api.bigcommerce.com/stores/abc123/v2/customers/1/addresses",
13    "resource": "/customers/1/addresses"
14  },
15  "company": "BigCommerce",
16  "customer_group_id": 2,
17  "date_created": "2023-11-10T09:15:00Z",
18  "date_modified": "2024-05-20T16:45:00Z",
19  "form_fields": [
20    {
21      "name": "License ID",
22      "value": "A123456789"
23    }
24  ],
25  "id": 1,
26  "notes": "Preferred customer with VIP status.",
27  "phone": "+1-555-123-4567",
28  "registration_ip_address": "192.168.1.101",
29  "reset_pass_on_login": false,
30  "store_credit": "150.75",
31  "tax_exempt_category": "Non-Profit"
32}

Returns a single Customer.

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Authentication

X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes | UI Name | Permission | Parameter | |:--------|:-----------|:----------| | Customers | modify | `store_v2_customers` | | Customers | read-only | `store_v2_customers_read_only` | ### Authentication header | Header | Argument | Description | |:-------|:---------|:------------| | `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#api-accounts). | ### Further reading For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests). For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-fundamentals/api-accounts#oauth-scopes). For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).

Path parameters

customer_idintegerRequired
Unique numeric ID of the customer.
store_hashstringRequired
Permanent ID of the BigCommerce store.

Headers

AcceptstringRequiredDefaults to application/json
The [MIME type](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Basics_of_HTTP/MIME_types) of the response body.

Response

emailstring
Email address of the customer.
first_namestring
First name of the customer.
last_namestring
Last name of the customer.
_authenticationobject

Not returned in any responses, but accepts up to two fields allowing you to set the customer’s password. If a password is not supplied, it is generated automatically. For further information about using this object, please see the Customers resource documentation.

accepts_marketingbooleanRead-only

Describes whether the customer accepts product review emails or abandon cart emails. Read-Only.

addressesobject
companystring
The name of the company for which the customer works.
customer_group_idinteger
The group to which the customer belongs.
date_createdstringRead-only

Date on which the customer registered from the storefront or was created in the control panel. This is a Read-Only field; do not set or modify its value in a POST or PUT request.

date_modifiedstringRead-only

Date on which the customer updated their details in the storefront or was updated in the control panel. This is a Read-Only field; do not set or modify its value in a POST or PUT request.

form_fieldslist of objects or nullRead-only

Array of custom fields. This is a Read-Only field; do not set or modify its value in a POST or PUT request.

idintegerRead-only

Unique numeric ID of this customer. This is a Read-Only field; do not set or modify its value in a POST or PUT request.

notesstring

Store-owner notes on the customer.

phonestring
Phone number of the customer.
registration_ip_addressstring

The customer’s IP address when they signed up.

reset_pass_on_loginboolean
Force a password change on next login.
store_creditstring

The amount of credit the customer has. (Float, Float as String, Integer)

tax_exempt_categorystring

If applicable, the tax-exempt category of the shopper’s customer account. You can apply a tax-exempt category to multiple customers. This code should match the exemption codes provided by the third-party integration.

OAuth scopes

UI NamePermissionParameter
Customersmodifystore_v2_customers
Customersread-onlystore_v2_customers_read_only

Authentication header

HeaderArgumentDescription
X-Auth-Tokenaccess_tokenFor more about API accounts that generate access_tokens, see our Guide to API Accounts.

Further reading

For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see Authentication and Example Requests.

For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our Guide to API Accounts.

For a list of API status codes, see API Status Codes.

The MIME type of the response body.