Step 3: Creating an Unverified Customer #

Now that we’ve created a customer for Jane Merchant and associated a funding source, we’ll do the same for Joe Buyer, but this time we’ll create an Unverified Customer, and a verified funding source which is capable of sending money.

Provide the user’s full name, email address, and IP address to create the Customer. More detail is available in API docs.

POST https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers
Content-Type: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Authorization: Bearer 0Sn0W6kzNicvoWhDbQcVSKLRUpGjIdlPSEYyrHqrDDoRnQwE7Q
{
"firstName": "Joe",
"lastName": "Buyer",
"email": "jbuyer@mail.net"
}

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/247B1BD8-F5A0-4B71-A898-F62F67B8AE1C

When the customer is created, you’ll receive the customer URL in the location header.

Important: Provide the IP address of the end user accessing your application as the ipAddress parameter. This enhances Dwolla’s ability to detect fraud.

When the customer is created, you’ll receive the customer URL in the Location header.