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Customers are created automatically when they make a purchase in your store. Each customer is specific to your store and has their own profile with contact information, purchase history, and product access.

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Customer Object

A customer object contains the following information: 
{
  "id": "cus_abc123xyz",
  "name": "John Doe",
  "first_name": "John",
  "last_name": "Doe",
  "email": "[email protected]",
  "avatar_url": "https://cdn.chariow.com/avatars/abc123.jpg",
  "phone": {
    "number": "+1 234 567 890",
    "country": {
      "name": "United States",
      "code": "US",
      "alpha_3_code": "USA",
      "dial_code": "+1",
      "currency": "USD",
      "flag": "🇺🇸"
    }
  },
  "store": {
    "id": "str_xyz789",
    "name": "My Digital Store",
    "logo_url": "https://cdn.chariow.com/stores/xyz789/logo.png",
    "url": "https://mystore.chariow.link"
  },
  "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
  "updated_at": "2025-01-20T14:45:00+00:00"
}

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Customer Properties

PropertyTypeDescription
idstringUnique customer identifier with cus_ prefix
namestringFull name (combination of first and last name)
first_namestringCustomer’s first name
last_namestringCustomer’s last name
emailstringCustomer’s email address
avatar_urlstringURL to the customer’s avatar image
phoneobjectPhone number with country information
storeobjectStore the customer belongs to
created_atstringISO 8601 timestamp of when the customer was created
updated_atstringISO 8601 timestamp of when the customer was last updated

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Listing Customers

Retrieve all customers for your store: 
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"

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Query Parameters

ParameterTypeDescription
per_pageintegerNumber of customers per page (default: 15, max: 100)
cursorstringCursor for pagination (use next_cursor from previous response)
searchstringSearch by name, email, or phone number
start_datestringFilter customers created from this date (Y-m-d format)
end_datestringFilter customers created until this date (Y-m-d format)

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Searching Customers

Search for customers by name, email, or phone number: 
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers?search=john" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"

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Filtering by Date Range

Retrieve customers created within a specific date range: 
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers?start_date=2025-01-01&end_date=2025-01-31" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"

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Example Response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "cus_abc123xyz",
      "name": "John Doe",
      "first_name": "John",
      "last_name": "Doe",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "avatar_url": "https://cdn.chariow.com/avatars/abc123.jpg",
      "phone": {
        "number": "+1 234 567 890",
        "country": {
          "name": "United States",
          "code": "US",
          "alpha_3_code": "USA",
          "dial_code": "+1",
          "currency": "USD",
          "flag": "🇺🇸"
        }
      },
      "store": {
        "id": "str_xyz789",
        "name": "My Digital Store",
        "logo_url": "https://cdn.chariow.com/stores/xyz789/logo.png",
        "url": "https://mystore.chariow.link"
      },
      "created_at": "2025-01-15T10:30:00+00:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-01-20T14:45:00+00:00"
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "next_cursor": "eyJpZCI6NTB9",
    "prev_cursor": null,
    "has_more": true
  }
}

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Getting a Single Customer

Retrieve a specific customer by their public ID: 
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers/cus_abc123" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"

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Customer Lifecycle

1

Customer Created

A new customer record is created when they make their first purchase.
2

Purchase Recorded

Each purchase is linked to the customer’s profile.
3

Access Granted

The customer receives access to their purchased products (downloads, courses, licenses).
4

Portal Access

Customers can access the customer portal to view their purchases and downloads.

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Common Use Cases

Sync customers to your CRM by fetching new customers using date filters:
// Fetch customers created in the last 24 hours
const today = new Date().toISOString().split('T')[0];
const yesterday = new Date(Date.now() - 86400000).toISOString().split('T')[0];

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers?start_date=${yesterday}&end_date=${today}`,
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer sk_live_your_api_key' }}
);

const result = await response.json();
// Sync result.data to your CRM
Add customers to your email lists based on their purchases:
// Get customer details for email list
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers/cus_abc123xyz',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer sk_live_your_api_key' }}
);

const result = await response.json();

await addToMailingList({
  email: result.data.email,
  firstName: result.data.first_name,
  lastName: result.data.last_name,
  tags: ['customer', 'purchased']
});
Look up a customer by email when they contact support:
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/[email protected]" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"
The search parameter matches against name, email, and phone number fields.
Generate monthly customer acquisition reports using date filters:
curl -X GET "https://api.chariow.com/v1/customers?start_date=2025-01-01&end_date=2025-01-31&per_page=100" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sk_live_your_api_key"
This retrieves all customers who made their first purchase in January 2025.

Sales Guide

View customer purchase history

Licenses Guide

Manage customer licenses

Customers API

View the complete Customers API reference