Change Customer

Intent

Applies the supplied changes to the customer.

When to call it

Call this when the customer already exists and its stored values need to change.

Access boundary

Authorize the request with a token that carries customers:write.

Successful result

A successful request returns 200. The response schema below defines the body your integration receives.

Operational notes

Update a customer.

Scopes: customers:write

PATCH

customers

{id}

Change Customer

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "metadata": {},
  "email": "customer@example.com",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "billing_address": {
    "country": "US",
    "line1": "<string>",
    "line2": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>"
  },
  "tax_id": "<string>",
  "locale": "en",
  "external_id": "usr_1337",
  "type": "team"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}"

payload = {
    "metadata": {},
    "email": "customer@example.com",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "billing_address": {
        "country": "US",
        "line1": "<string>",
        "line2": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>"
    },
    "tax_id": "<string>",
    "locale": "en",
    "external_id": "usr_1337",
    "type": "team"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    metadata: {},
    email: 'customer@example.com',
    name: 'John Doe',
    billing_address: {
      country: 'US',
      line1: '<string>',
      line2: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>'
    },
    tax_id: '<string>',
    locale: 'en',
    external_id: 'usr_1337',
    type: 'team'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'metadata' => [
        
    ],
    'email' => 'customer@example.com',
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'billing_address' => [
        'country' => 'US',
        'line1' => '<string>',
        'line2' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>'
    ],
    'tax_id' => '<string>',
    'locale' => 'en',
    'external_id' => 'usr_1337',
    'type' => 'team'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "992fae2a-2a17-4b7a-8d9e-e287cf90131b",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "modified_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "metadata": {},
  "email": "customer@example.com",
  "email_verified": true,
  "type": "individual",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "billing_name": "John Doe",
  "billing_address": {
    "country": "US",
    "line1": "<string>",
    "line2": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>"
  },
  "tax_id": {
    "[0]": "<string>"
  },
  "organization_id": "1dbfc517-0bbf-4301-9ba8-555ca42b9737",
  "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatar.png",
  "external_id": "usr_1337",
  "locale": "<string>",
  "default_payment_method_id": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "ResourceNotFound",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

You can generate an Organization Access Token from your organization's settings.

Path Parameters

string<uuid4>

required

The customer ID.

Body

application/json

metadata

Metadata · object

Key-value object allowing you to store additional information.

The key must be a string with a maximum length of 40 characters. The value must be either:

A string with a maximum length of 500 characters
An integer
A floating-point number
A boolean

You can store up to 50 key-value pairs.

Show child attributes

string<email> | null

The email address of the customer. This must be unique within the organization.

Example:

"customer@example.com"

name

string | null

The name of the customer.

Maximum string length: 256

Example:

"John Doe"

billing_address

AddressInput · object | null

Show child attributes

tax_id

string | null

locale

string | null

Locale of the customer, given as an IETF BCP 47 language tag. Supported: language code (e.g. en) or language + region (e.g. en-US). If null or unsupported, the locale will default to en.

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z]{2,3}(-[a-zA-Z]{2}|-[0-9]{3})?$

Example:

"en"

external_id

string | null

The ID of the customer in your system. This must be unique within the organization. Once set, it can't be updated.

Example:

"usr_1337"

type

enum<string> | null

The customer type. Can only be upgraded from 'individual' to 'team', never downgraded.

Available options:

individual,

team

Example:

"team"

Response

Customer updated.

CustomerIndividual
CustomerTeam

A customer in an organization.

string<uuid4>

required

The ID of the customer.

Example:

"992fae2a-2a17-4b7a-8d9e-e287cf90131b"

created_at

string<date-time>

required

The time Ruba created this record.

modified_at

string<date-time> | null

required

The time this record last changed.

metadata

object

required

Show child attributes

string

required

The email address of the customer. This must be unique within the organization.

Example:

"customer@example.com"

email_verified

boolean

required

Whether the customer email address is verified. The address is automatically verified when the customer accesses the customer portal using their email address.

Example:

true

type

string

required

The type of customer.

Allowed value: "individual"

Example:

"individual"

name

string | null

required

The name of the customer.

Example:

"John Doe"

billing_name

string | null

required

The name that should appear on the customer's invoices. Falls back to the customer name when not explicitly set.

Example:

"John Doe"

billing_address

Address · object | null

required

Show child attributes

tax_id

Tax Id · object | null

required

Show child attributes

organization_id

string<uuid4>

required

The ID of the organization owning the customer.

Example:

"1dbfc517-0bbf-4301-9ba8-555ca42b9737"

deleted_at

string<date-time> | null

required

Timestamp for when the customer was soft deleted.

avatar_url

string | null

required

Example:

"https://example.com/avatar.png"

external_id

string | null

The ID of the customer in your system. This must be unique within the organization. Once set, it can't be updated.

Example:

"usr_1337"

locale

string | null

default_payment_method_id

string<uuid4> | null

The ID of the customer's default payment method, if any. Use the payment methods endpoint to retrieve its details.

Change Customer

curl --request PATCH \
  --url https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "metadata": {},
  "email": "customer@example.com",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "billing_address": {
    "country": "US",
    "line1": "<string>",
    "line2": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>"
  },
  "tax_id": "<string>",
  "locale": "en",
  "external_id": "usr_1337",
  "type": "team"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}"

payload = {
    "metadata": {},
    "email": "customer@example.com",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "billing_address": {
        "country": "US",
        "line1": "<string>",
        "line2": "<string>",
        "postal_code": "<string>",
        "city": "<string>",
        "state": "<string>"
    },
    "tax_id": "<string>",
    "locale": "en",
    "external_id": "usr_1337",
    "type": "team"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.patch(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'PATCH',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    metadata: {},
    email: 'customer@example.com',
    name: 'John Doe',
    billing_address: {
      country: 'US',
      line1: '<string>',
      line2: '<string>',
      postal_code: '<string>',
      city: '<string>',
      state: '<string>'
    },
    tax_id: '<string>',
    locale: 'en',
    external_id: 'usr_1337',
    type: 'team'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "PATCH",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'metadata' => [
        
    ],
    'email' => 'customer@example.com',
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'billing_address' => [
        'country' => 'US',
        'line1' => '<string>',
        'line2' => '<string>',
        'postal_code' => '<string>',
        'city' => '<string>',
        'state' => '<string>'
    ],
    'tax_id' => '<string>',
    'locale' => 'en',
    'external_id' => 'usr_1337',
    'type' => 'team'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.patch("https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.getruba.com/v1/customers/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Patch.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"metadata\": {},\n  \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\n  \"name\": \"John Doe\",\n  \"billing_address\": {\n    \"country\": \"US\",\n    \"line1\": \"<string>\",\n    \"line2\": \"<string>\",\n    \"postal_code\": \"<string>\",\n    \"city\": \"<string>\",\n    \"state\": \"<string>\"\n  },\n  \"tax_id\": \"<string>\",\n  \"locale\": \"en\",\n  \"external_id\": \"usr_1337\",\n  \"type\": \"team\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "992fae2a-2a17-4b7a-8d9e-e287cf90131b",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "modified_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "metadata": {},
  "email": "customer@example.com",
  "email_verified": true,
  "type": "individual",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "billing_name": "John Doe",
  "billing_address": {
    "country": "US",
    "line1": "<string>",
    "line2": "<string>",
    "postal_code": "<string>",
    "city": "<string>",
    "state": "<string>"
  },
  "tax_id": {
    "[0]": "<string>"
  },
  "organization_id": "1dbfc517-0bbf-4301-9ba8-555ca42b9737",
  "deleted_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "avatar_url": "https://example.com/avatar.png",
  "external_id": "usr_1337",
  "locale": "<string>",
  "default_payment_method_id": "<string>"
}

{
  "error": "ResourceNotFound",
  "detail": "<string>"
}

{
  "detail": [
    {
      "loc": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "msg": "<string>",
      "type": "<string>",
      "input": "<unknown>",
      "ctx": {}
    }
  ]
}

Read This First

Create a Sale

Collect and Reconcile

Manage Recurring Revenue

Model Customer Access

Power the Customer Portal

Configure the Platform

React to State Changes

Change Customer

Intent

When to call it

Access boundary

Successful result

Operational notes

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response