Shift4 Payments · Example Payload

Shift4 Api Create Customer Example

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Shift4 Api Create Customer Example is an example object payload from Shift4 Payments, with 3 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationIdrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "operationId": "createCustomer",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.shift4.com/customers",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "Authorization": "Basic <base64(secret_key:)>"
    },
    "body": {
      "email": "jane@example.com",
      "description": "Premier customer",
      "metadata": {
        "internalId": "cust-001"
      }
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "id": "cust_7e8c2a47e9c14a93b5b6d99e6c2b5d4f",
      "created": 1746489600,
      "deleted": false,
      "email": "jane@example.com",
      "description": "Premier customer",
      "metadata": {
        "internalId": "cust-001"
      },
      "cards": []
    }
  }
}

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