---
title: "Create a customer"
method: POST
path: "/customers"
---

# Create a customer

`POST /customers`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.instalent.io/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.instalent.io/api/v1/customers`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Creates the customer's Instalent account and returns the customer with its key (customerKey) once. No email is sent to the customer.

## Request body

- object
  - `email` string, email, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `externalRef` string
  - `acceptedTerms` true, required

## Response `201`

OK

- object
  - `customer` object
    - `id` string, required
    - `externalRef` string, nullable, required
    - `email` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `status` string, required
    - `createdAt` string, required
    - `plan` object, required
      - `name` string, required
      - `status` string, nullable, required
      - `source` string, required
      - `trialEndsAt` string, nullable, required
      - `expiresAt` string, nullable, required
      - `billingHealth` string, required
      - `hasStripeSubscription` boolean, required
    - `credits` object, required
      - `total` number, required
      - `monthly` number, required
      - `rollover` number, required
      - `topUp` number, required
      - `periodEnd` string, nullable, required
    - `limits` object, required
      - `searchesMonthly` object, required
        - `used` number, required
        - `limit` number, required
      - `searchesDaily` object, required
        - `used` number, required
        - `limit` number, required
    - `keys` object, required
      - `current` object, nullable, required
        - `prefix` string, required
        - `createdAt` string, required
      - `previous` object, nullable, required
        - `prefix` string, required
        - `expiresAt` string, nullable, required
  - `customerKey` string
  - `trial` object, nullable
    - `status` string
    - `endsAt` string, nullable
    - `credits` number, nullable
  - `trialReason` string, nullable

## Other responses

- `4XX`: Error

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