Dispatch Customers API

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Dispatch Files API v1 Appointments Customers API
  version: '1'
  summary: Upload and retrieve photos and other files shared with service providers and customers.
  description: The Dispatch Files API stores photos and other files associated with a job, and is served from a host distinct from the core Dispatch REST API. Files are uploaded as multipart/form-data and retrieved by UID, which redirects to the stored object.
  contact:
    name: Dispatch
    url: https://dispatch.me/contact
    email: sales@dispatch.me
servers:
- url: https://files-api.dispatch.me
  description: Production
- url: https://files-api-sandbox.dispatch.me
  description: Sandbox
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Customers
  description: The homeowner or end customer a job belongs to.
paths:
  /v3/customers:
    post:
      operationId: createCustomer
      tags:
      - Customers
      summary: Create a customer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                customer:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Customer created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Forbidden'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
    get:
      operationId: listCustomers
      tags:
      - Customers
      summary: List customers
      x-path-inferred: true
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/limit'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/offset'
      - name: filter[email_eq]
        in: query
        description: Find a customer by email
        schema:
          type: string
          format: email
      - name: filter[external_id_contains]
        in: query
        description: Find a customer with a given external ID
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: filter[organization_id_eq]
        in: query
        description: Find customers for a specific organization
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of customers
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customers:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
  /v3/customers/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/id'
    patch:
      operationId: updateCustomer
      tags:
      - Customers
      summary: Update a customer
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                customer:
                  $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: The updated customer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteCustomer
      tags:
      - Customers
      summary: Delete a customer
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Customer deleted
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  schemas:
    Customer:
      type: object
      required:
      - organization_id
      - first_name
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          readOnly: true
        organization_id:
          type: integer
          description: ID of the parent organization
        first_name:
          type: string
        last_name:
          type: string
        company_name:
          type: string
        notes:
          type: string
        email:
          type: string
          format: email
          description: Single email address per customer. Used for email notifications when configured.
        phone_numbers:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/PhoneNumber'
        home_address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        billing_address:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Location'
        external_ids:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
          description: Your ID(s) for this customer. Available to job sources only.
    Location:
      type: object
      description: Locations are not business objects, but attributes on several core objects. Dispatch currently supports locations in the US and Canada only.
      required:
      - street_1
      - city
      properties:
        street_1:
          type: string
        street_2:
          type: string
        city:
          type: string
        state:
          type: string
          description: Two-character state/province abbreviation
        postal_code:
          type: string
          description: 5-digit US or 6-character Canadian postal code
        timezone:
          type: string
          description: IANA timezone. If not provided Dispatch attempts to derive it from the postal code.
    PhoneNumber:
      type: object
      properties:
        number:
          type: string
          description: Phone number in RFC 3966 format
        primary:
          type: boolean
          description: Set true for the number that receives SMS notifications
        type:
          type: string
          description: 'For example: Mobile, Work'
  parameters:
    offset:
      name: offset
      in: query
      description: Number of records to skip.
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
    id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: integer
    limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      description: Maximum number of records to return. Maximum value is 100.
      schema:
        type: integer
        maximum: 100
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - your OAuth2 bearer token is incorrect or expired.
    NotFound:
      description: Not Found - requested resource could not be found.
    Forbidden:
      description: Forbidden - your credentials are correct, but you are not allowed to perform this action.
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: Unprocessable Entity - your request payload did not pass validation rules. See the response body for details.
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: OAuth 2.0 bearer token obtained from the core API at POST /v3/oauth/token.
x-apievangelist:
  generated: '2026-07-20'
  method: generated
  source: https://github.com/DispatchMe/v3-api-docs/blob/master/source/index.html.md#files-photos
  note: Generated from the "Files and Photos" section of Dispatch's public REST API v3 documentation. The Files API is served from a different host than the core API.