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Create Customer
Creates a new customer with the specified data.
Notes
For Tour Operator usage only (not accessible by Marketplace Agents).
REST info
| Endpoint | /c/customer/create |
| Formats | XML |
| Example | /c/customer/create.xml |
| Verb | POST |
Code samples
PHP examples use the PHP Client Library with the return type set to SimpleXML
Description
object create_customer(SimpleXmlElement $customer, int $channel)
Parameters
- $customer
- SimpleXmlElement containing the customer data.
- $channel
- ID number for the channel this customer belongs to.
Example
// Create a new SimpleXMLElement with new customer details.
$customer = new SimpleXMLElement('<customer />');
$customer->addChild('email', 'testEmail@testing.com');
$customer->addChild('username', 'testEmail@testing.com');
$customer->addChild('firstname', 'Tester');
$customer->addChild('surname', 'TestTest');
// Define the channel ID the tour belongs to.
$channel = 3930;
// Call TourCMS API, creating the new customer.
$result = $tourcms->create_customer($customer, $channel);
if ($result->error == 'OK') {
print("Customer with the ID:". $result->customer_id. " has been successfully created.");
} else {
print("An error has ocurred: ".$result->error);
}
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Querystring parameters
There are no querystring parameters.
Post fields
The following fields can be posted as XML when calling the API method. The username is the only non-required field.
| XML NODE | Notes | ||||||||||
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| customer |
Create Customer node contains:
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Response fields
| XML Node | Notes | ||||||||||
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| response |
Create Customer node contains:
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