Get customer
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"reference_id": "usr_abc123",
"contact": {
"phone": "+14155552671",
"email": "user@example.com",
"first_name": "Jane",
"last_name": "Smith"
},
"subscription": {
"subscription_id": "<string>",
"plan_id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>"
},
"metadata": {
"plan_tier": "enterprise",
"internal_id": "12345"
},
"created_at": "2023-05-15T08:35:42Z"
}{
"error": {
"message": "Authorization header is required. Please include an 'Authorization' header with your request.",
"code": "auth_header_missing",
"status": 401
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Customer not found.",
"code": "customer_not_found",
"status": 404
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "An internal server error occurred while processing your request.",
"code": "rest_internal_server_error",
"status": 500
}
}Customers
Get customer
Get a customer by ID
GET
/
customers
/
{customer_id}
Get customer
curl --request GET \
--url https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'GET', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lava.so/v1/customers/{customer_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"customer_id": "con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001",
"reference_id": "usr_abc123",
"contact": {
"phone": "+14155552671",
"email": "user@example.com",
"first_name": "Jane",
"last_name": "Smith"
},
"subscription": {
"subscription_id": "<string>",
"plan_id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>"
},
"metadata": {
"plan_tier": "enterprise",
"internal_id": "12345"
},
"created_at": "2023-05-15T08:35:42Z"
}{
"error": {
"message": "Authorization header is required. Please include an 'Authorization' header with your request.",
"code": "auth_header_missing",
"status": 401
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "Customer not found.",
"code": "customer_not_found",
"status": 404
}
}{
"error": {
"message": "An internal server error occurred while processing your request.",
"code": "rest_internal_server_error",
"status": 500
}
}Authorizations
Bearer token authentication used for standard API calls. Format: 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY'
Path Parameters
Customer ID
Response
Customer details
Unique identifier for the customer
Example:
"con_test_01EXAMPLE00000000000000001"
Merchant's external identifier for this customer. Used for idempotent creation — POST with the same reference_id returns the existing customer.
Example:
"usr_abc123"
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Active subscription summary, or null if none
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Arbitrary key-value metadata stored on the customer. Set via PATCH.
Example:
{ "plan_tier": "enterprise", "internal_id": "12345" }
ISO 8601 timestamp when the customer was created
Example:
"2023-05-15T08:35:42Z"
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