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Paystack Customer API

The Customer API from Paystack — 5 operation(s) for customer.

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Operations 7

POST /customer Create Customer #

GET /customer List Customers #

GET /customer/{code} Fetch Customer #

PUT /customer/{code} Update Customer #

POST /customer/set_risk_action White/blacklist Customer #

POST /customer/deactivate_authorization Deactivate Authorization #

POST /customer/{code}/identification Validate Customer #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Paystack Accept Payments Balance Customer API
  description: Initialize, verify, charge, and manage one-time card, bank, USSD, mobile money, and QR payments. The core API for accepting payments through Paystack across Africa.
  version: 1.0.0
  contact:
    name: Paystack Support
    url: https://support.paystack.com
    email: support@paystack.com
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
servers:
- url: https://api.paystack.co
  description: Base API endpoint
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Customer
paths:
  /customer:
    post:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: Create Customer
      operationId: customer_create
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/0'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/1'
          application/json:
            schema:
              allOf:
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/0'
              - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/1'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    get:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: List Customers
      operationId: customer_list
      description: List customers on your integration
      parameters:
      - name: use_cursor
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: next
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: previous
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: from
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: to
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: perPage
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /customer/{code}:
    parameters:
    - name: code
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: Fetch Customer
      operationId: customer_fetch
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
    put:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: Update Customer
      operationId: customer_update
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/1'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/1'
      responses:
        '200':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /customer/set_risk_action:
    post:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: White/blacklist Customer
      description: Set customer's risk action by whitelisting or blacklisting the customer
      operationId: customer_riskAction
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/3'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/3'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /customer/deactivate_authorization:
    post:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: Deactivate Authorization
      operationId: customer_deactivateAuthorization
      description: Deactivate a customer's card
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/2'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/2'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
  /customer/{code}/identification:
    post:
      tags:
      - Customer
      summary: Validate Customer
      operationId: customer_validatte
      description: Validate a customer's identity
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/4'
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer/allOf/4'
      responses:
        '201':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/200'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/paths/~1plan/get/responses/401'
        default:
          description: Server error
components:
  schemas:
    Customer:
      allOf:
        '1':
          type: object
          properties:
            first_name:
              description: Customer's first name
              type: string
            last_name:
              description: Customer's last name
              type: string
            phone:
              description: Customer's phone number
              type: string
            metadata:
              description: Stringified JSON object of custom data
              type: string
        '3':
          type: object
          required:
          - customer
          properties:
            customer:
              description: Customer's code, or email address
              type: string
            risk_action:
              description: "One of the possible risk actions [ default, allow, deny ]. allow to whitelist. \ndeny to blacklist. Customers start with a default risk action.\n"
              type: string
              enum:
              - default
              - allow
              - deny
        '0':
          type: object
          required:
          - email
          properties:
            email:
              description: Customer's email address
              type: string
        '2':
          type: object
          required:
          - authorization_code
          properties:
            authorization_code:
              description: Customer's authorization code to be deactivated
              type: string
        '4':
          type: object
          required:
          - type
          - country
          - bvn
          - bank_code
          - account_number
          properties:
            type:
              description: Predefined types of identification.
              type: string
              enum:
              - bvn
              - bank_account
            country:
              description: Two-letter country code of identification issuer
              type: string
            bvn:
              description: Customer's Bank Verification Number
              type: string
            bank_code:
              description: You can get the list of bank codes by calling the List Banks endpoint (https://api.paystack.co/bank).
              type: string
            account_number:
              description: Customer's bank account number.
              type: string
            value:
              description: Customer's identification number. Required if type is bvn
              type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

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