TaxJar

TaxJar Customers API

Customer exemption management

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: TaxJar Sales Tax Categories Customers API
  description: REST API for real-time sales tax calculation, rooftop-level rate lookups, tax category listing, transaction management (orders and refunds), customer exemption management, nexus region tracking, address validation, and VAT validation. Supports token-based authentication via Authorization header. TaxJar is a Stripe company providing sub-20ms response times and 99.999% historical uptime.
  version: '2.0'
  contact:
    name: TaxJar Developer Support
    url: https://support.taxjar.com/category/233-taxjar-api
  termsOfService: https://www.taxjar.com/terms/
  x-api-id: taxjar-sales-tax
servers:
- url: https://api.taxjar.com/v2
  description: Production
- url: https://api.sandbox.taxjar.com/v2
  description: Sandbox
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Customers
  description: Customer exemption management
paths:
  /customers:
    get:
      operationId: listCustomers
      summary: List customers
      description: Returns a list of customer IDs for exempt customers associated with the authenticated account.
      tags:
      - Customers
      responses:
        '200':
          description: List of customer IDs
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customers:
                    type: array
                    items:
                      type: string
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createCustomer
      summary: Create a customer
      description: Creates a new exempt customer record for sales tax exemption management.
      tags:
      - Customers
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Customer created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '422':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/UnprocessableEntity'
  /customers/{customer_id}:
    get:
      operationId: showCustomer
      summary: Show a customer
      description: Returns a single exempt customer by customer ID.
      tags:
      - Customers
      parameters:
      - name: customer_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the customer
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Customer details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    put:
      operationId: updateCustomer
      summary: Update a customer
      description: Updates an existing exempt customer record.
      tags:
      - Customers
      parameters:
      - name: customer_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the customer
        schema:
          type: string
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated customer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/BadRequest'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteCustomer
      summary: Delete a customer
      description: Deletes an existing exempt customer record.
      tags:
      - Customers
      parameters:
      - name: customer_id
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Unique identifier for the customer
        schema:
          type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Deleted customer
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  customer:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Customer'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized - invalid or missing API token
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    UnprocessableEntity:
      description: Unprocessable entity - validation error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    BadRequest:
      description: Bad request - invalid parameters
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
    NotFound:
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
  schemas:
    Customer:
      type: object
      properties:
        customer_id:
          type: string
          example: '123'
        exemption_type:
          type: string
          example: wholesale
        name:
          type: string
          example: Initech
        country:
          type: string
          example: US
        state:
          type: string
          example: TX
        zip:
          type: string
          example: '78744'
        city:
          type: string
          example: Austin
        street:
          type: string
          example: 4120 Freidrich Ln
        exempt_regions:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExemptRegion'
    CustomerRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - customer_id
      - exemption_type
      - name
      properties:
        customer_id:
          type: string
          description: Unique identifier for the customer
          example: '123'
        exemption_type:
          type: string
          description: Type of exemption
          enum:
          - wholesale
          - government
          - other
          - non_exempt
          example: wholesale
        name:
          type: string
          description: Name of the customer
          example: Initech
        country:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter ISO country code
          example: US
        state:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter state code
          example: TX
        zip:
          type: string
          description: Postal code
          example: '78744'
        city:
          type: string
          description: City name
          example: Austin
        street:
          type: string
          description: Street address
          example: 4120 Freidrich Ln
        exempt_regions:
          type: array
          description: Regions where the customer is exempt
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ExemptRegion'
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        error:
          type: string
          description: Error type
        detail:
          type: string
          description: Human-readable error detail
        status:
          type: integer
          description: HTTP status code
    ExemptRegion:
      type: object
      properties:
        country:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter ISO country code
          example: US
        state:
          type: string
          description: Two-letter state code
          example: TX
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Use your TaxJar API token. Format: "Bearer [token]" or "Token token=[token]"'

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