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POST
/
v1
/
customers
cURL
curl --request POST \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_API_KEY' \
  --url https://sandbox.straddle.com/v1/customers \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "name": "Ron Swanson",
  "type": "individual",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "phone": "+12128675309",
  "device": {
    "ip_address": "192.168.1.1"
  }
}'
{
  "meta": {
    "api_request_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "api_request_timestamp": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
  },
  "response_type": "object",
  "data": {
    "id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
    "name": "Ron Swanson",
    "type": "individual",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "phone": "+12128675309",
    "status": "verified",
    "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
    "external_id": "<string>",
    "address": {
      "address1": "123 Main St",
      "city": "Anytown",
      "state": "CA",
      "zip": "12345",
      "address2": "Apt 1"
    },
    "compliance_profile": {
      "dob": "****-**-**",
      "ssn": "***-**-****"
    },
    "device": {
      "ip_address": "192.168.1.1"
    },
    "metadata": {},
    "config": {
      "sandbox_outcome": "standard",
      "processing_method": "inline"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Use your Straddle API Key in the Authorization header as Bearer to authorize API requests.

Headers

​
Straddle-Account-Id
string<uuid>

For use by platforms to specify an account id and set scope of a request.

​
Request-Id
string

Optional client generated identifier to trace and debug a request.

​
Correlation-Id
string

Optional client generated identifier to trace and debug a series of requests.

​
Idempotency-Key
string

Optional client generated value to use for idempotent requests.

Required string length: 10 - 40

Body

​
name
string
required

Full name of the individual or business name.

Example:

"Ron Swanson"

​
type
enum<string>
required
Available options:
individual,
business
​
email
string<email>
required

The customer's email address.

Example:

"[email protected]"

​
phone
string
required

The customer's phone number in E.164 format. Mobile number is preferred.

Pattern: ^\+[1-9]\d{1,14}$
Example:

"+12128675309"

​
device
object
required
​
address
object

An object containing the customer's address. This is optional. If used, all required fields must be present.

​
compliance_profile
Individual Compliance Profile · object

An object containing the customer's compliance profile. This is optional. If all required fields must be present for the appropriate customer type.

​
external_id
string | null

Unique identifier for the customer in your database, used for cross-referencing between Straddle and your systems.

Example:

"customer_123"

​
metadata
object

Up to 20 additional user-defined key-value pairs. Useful for storing additional information about the customer in a structured format.

​
config
object

Response

Created

​
meta
object
required

Metadata about the API request, including an identifier and timestamp.

​
response_type
enum<string>
required

Indicates the structure of the returned content.

  • "object" means the data field contains a single JSON object.
  • "array" means the data field contains an array of objects.
  • "error" means the data field contains an error object with details of the issue.
  • "none" means no data is returned.
Available options:
object,
array,
error,
none
​
data
object
required