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GET
/
customers
/
{customer_id}
Get a customer
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.billing.io/v1/customers/{customer_id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "cus_1a2b3c4d5e",
  "org_id": "<string>",
  "email": "jsmith@example.com",
  "name": "<string>",
  "external_id": "<string>",
  "metadata": {},
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z"
}
Retrieve a single customer by ID. 
curl https://api.billing.io/v1/customers/cus_a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2 \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BILLING_API_KEY"

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Use your secret API key as a Bearer token. Keys are prefixed: sk_live_ (production) or sk_test_ (sandbox).

Path Parameters

​
customer_id
string
required

The customer identifier (prefixed cus_)

Response

Customer details

​
id
string

Unique identifier (prefixed cus_)

Example:

"cus_1a2b3c4d5e"

​
org_id
string

Organization identifier

​
email
string<email>

Customer email address

​
name
string | null

Customer display name

​
external_id
string | null

External identifier from your system

​
metadata
object

Arbitrary key-value metadata

​
environment
enum<string>
Available options:
live,
sandbox
​
created_at
string<date-time>
​
updated_at
string<date-time>