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# Create customer

> Creates a customer with type, group and territory. Inputs, cURL, Python and Node.js examples and an example response.

Source: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/erpnext/create_customer

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Creates a customer with type, group and territory.

ERPNext API: https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/erpnext.md

`POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/erpnext/customers`

Access: write.

Creates a Customer and returns its ID. ERPNext asks for the Customer Name, Customer Type, Customer Group and Territory on the form; pass the ones your site needs, and the call returns ERPNext's own error if a required one is missing. Address and contact are added in ERPNext under Address & Contact. It reaches no one and can be deleted again, so it does not ask for confirmation.

## Parameters

| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `customer_name` | string | yes | Customer Name as it should appear on invoices. |
| `customer_type` | string | no | Company, Individual or Partnership. |
| `customer_group` | string | no | Customer Group name from your site. |
| `territory` | string | no | Territory name from your site. |
| `billing_currency` | string | no | Currency code, for example USD. Sets the default currency of new documents. |

## Request

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://cotlet.dev/api/v1/erpnext/customers \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $COTLET_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"customer_name":"customer name"}'
```

**Python**

```python
result = client.call("erpnext", "create_customer", {"customer_name":"customer name"})
```

**Node.js**

```js
const result = await cotlet.call('erpnext', 'create_customer', {"customer_name":"customer name"});
```

**CLI**

```bash
cotlet call erpnext create_customer --data '{"customer_name":"customer name"}'
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "customer": "Harbor & Pine",
  "customer_name": "Harbor & Pine",
  "customer_type": "Company",
  "customer_group": "Commercial",
  "territory": "United States",
  "created": true
}
```

Previous: [List payment entries](https://cotlet.dev/docs/api/erpnext/list_payment_entries.md)
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