Create a customer

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "external_id": "acct_10231",
  "name": "Northwind Traders",
  "email": "ops@northwind.example",
  "metadata": {
    "plan": "enterprise"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers"

payload = {
    "external_id": "acct_10231",
    "name": "Northwind Traders",
    "email": "ops@northwind.example",
    "metadata": { "plan": "enterprise" }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    external_id: 'acct_10231',
    name: 'Northwind Traders',
    email: 'ops@northwind.example',
    metadata: {plan: 'enterprise'}
  })
};

fetch('https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers', 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.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'external_id' => 'acct_10231',
    'name' => 'Northwind Traders',
    'email' => 'ops@northwind.example',
    'metadata' => [
        'plan' => 'enterprise'
    ]
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"external_id\": \"acct_10231\",\n  \"name\": \"Northwind Traders\",\n  \"email\": \"ops@northwind.example\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"plan\": \"enterprise\"\n  }\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"external_id\": \"acct_10231\",\n  \"name\": \"Northwind Traders\",\n  \"email\": \"ops@northwind.example\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"plan\": \"enterprise\"\n  }\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.vocobase.com/api/v2/customers")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"external_id\": \"acct_10231\",\n  \"name\": \"Northwind Traders\",\n  \"email\": \"ops@northwind.example\",\n  \"metadata\": {\n    \"plan\": \"enterprise\"\n  }\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "success": true,
  "data": {
    "id": "pc_92a3b4c5-d6e7-f809-1223-344556677889",
    "external_id": "acct_10231",
    "name": "Northwind Traders",
    "email": "ops@northwind.example",
    "metadata": {
      "plan": "enterprise"
    },
    "status": "ACTIVE",
    "created_at": "2026-08-10T09:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-08-10T09:00:00.000Z"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_EXTERNAL_ID",
    "message": "external_id is required, 1..200 chars"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid or missing API key"
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "RATE_LIMITED",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after 60 seconds."
  }
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "An unexpected error occurred"
  }
}