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Step 1: Create a Verified Customer #

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.

Raw
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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