# Create or Update a Customer

## createOrUpdateCustomer

<mark style="color:green;">`POST`</mark> `https://dcams.app/v3/stable/api/storage`

Send all of the required fields below and the method will detect whether a create or update is necessary and will signal in the return which one occurred.

#### Request Body

| Name                                      | Type   | Description                                 |
| ----------------------------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| user<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>    | string | Your Veratad API Username                   |
| pass<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>    | string | Your Veratad API Password                   |
| service<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark> | string | The service name "createOrUpdateCustomer"   |
| reference                                 | string | A value to be stored in the referecne field |
| target                                    | object | The target of the query                     |
| email                                     | string | The user's email address                    |
| fn                                        | string | The user's first name                       |
| ln                                        | string | The user's last name                        |
| addr                                      | string | The user's street address                   |
| city                                      | string | The user's city                             |
| state                                     | string | The user's state                            |
| zip                                       | string | The user's zip                              |
| dob                                       | string | The user's Date of Birth (YYYYMMDD)         |
| phone                                     | string | The user's phone number                     |
| documents                                 | object | The document images                         |
| front<mark style="color:red;">\*</mark>   | string | The front document image                    |
| back                                      | string | The back document image                     |

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200 The customer was found" %}

```javascript
{
    "result": "Success",
    "reference": "888888812",
    "customer_link": "https://register.veratad.com/admin/customers.php?a=edit&id=727657",
    "status": "PASS",
    "type": "updateCustomer" // possible values "updateCustomer" or "createCustomer"
    "target": {
        "fn": "John",
        "ln": "Smith",
        "addr": "123 Main St",
        "city": "Stratford",
        "state": "CT",
        "zip": "06614",
        "dob": "19700101",
        "email": "jsmith@veratad.com",
        "phone": "2015106000"
    }
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400 The email was not a valid email address" %}

```javascript
{
    "result": "Error",
    "message": "The email address is invalid"
}

//or

{
    "result": "Error",
    "message": "Missing a required input"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="401 Either a bad username or password" %}

```javascript
{
    "result": "Error",
    "message": "Either your username or password is incorrect"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="404 The customer was not found" %}

```javascript
{
    "result": "Error",
    "message": "The email address was not found"
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Sample Request Body

```javascript
{
    "user": "USERNAME",
    "pass": "PASSWORD",
    "service": "createOrUpdateCustomer",
    "reference": "888888812"
    "target": {
        "email": "jsmith@veratad.com",
        "fn": "John",
        "ln": "Smith",
        "addr": "123 Main St",
        "city": "Stratford",
        "state": "CT",
        "zip": "06614",
        "dob": "19700101",
        "phone": "2015106000",
        "documents": {
            "front": "base64 encoded image",
            "back": "base64 encoded image"
        }
    }
}
```

## Response Fields

{% hint style="info" %}
The response will include all of the target attributes stored within the system for this user, except their document images, and the following varying fields.
{% endhint %}

| attribute | values                                                                      |
| --------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| result    | <p><code>Success</code></p><p><code>Error</code></p>                        |
| status    | <p><code>PASS</code></p><p><code>PENDING</code></p><p><code>FAIL</code></p> |
| type      | <p><code>updateCustomer</code></p><p><code>createCustomer</code></p>        |


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