First, we’ll create a Verified Customer
for Jane Merchant.
There are two types of Verified Customers you can create; Personal Verified Customers and Business Verified Customers. In this example, we use Business Verified Customers (sole proprietorship) to represent the merchant who will be receiving funds.
POST https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers
Content-Type: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Accept: application/vnd.dwolla.v1.hal+json
Authorization: Bearer 0Sn0W6kzNic+oWhDbQcVSKLRUpGjIdl/YyrHqrDDoRnQwE7Q
{
"firstName": "Jane",
"lastName": "Merchant",
"email": "solePropBusiness@email.com",
"ipAddress": "143.156.7.8",
"type": "business",
"dateOfBirth": "1980-01-31",
"ssn": "6789",
"address1": "99-99 33rd St",
"city": "Some City",
"state": "NY",
"postalCode": "11101",
"businessClassification": "9ed3f670-7d6f-11e3-b1ce-5404a6144203",
"businessType": "soleProprietorship",
"businessName":"Jane Corp",
"ein":"00-0000000"
}
HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Location: https://api-sandbox.dwolla.com/customers/62c3aa1b-3a1b-46d0-ae90-17304d60c3d5
When the customer is created, you’ll receive the customer URL in the location header.
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