---
title: "Customers - Retrieve using Merchant Reference ID"
method: GET
path: "/v1/customers/reference/{merchant_reference_id}"
tags: ["Customers"]
---

# Customers - Retrieve using Merchant Reference ID

`GET /v1/customers/reference/{merchant_reference_id}`

Retrieves a customer's details using the merchant supplied reference ID.

## Path parameters

- `merchant_reference_id` string, required

## Response `200`

Customer Retrieved

- CustomerResponse
  - `id` string, required — Unique identifier for the customer
  - `merchant_reference_id` string, required — The identifier for the customer object
  - `connector_customer_ids` object, nullable — Connector specific customer reference ids
  - `name` string, nullable — The customer's name
  - `email` string, nullable — The customer's email address
  - `phone` string, nullable — The customer's phone number
  - `phone_country_code` string, nullable — The country code for the customer phone number
  - `description` string, nullable — An arbitrary string that you can attach to a customer object.
  - `default_billing_address` AddressDetails — Address details
    - `city` string, nullable — The city, district, suburb, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` 'AF' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'DZ' | 'AS' | 'AD' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AQ' | 'AG' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AW' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BS' | 'BH' | 'BD' | 'BB' | 'BY' | 'BE' | 'BZ' | 'BJ' | 'BM' | 'BT' | 'BO' | 'BQ' | 'BA' | 'BW' | 'BV' | 'BR' | 'IO' | 'BN' | 'BG' | 'BF' | 'BI' | 'KH' | 'CM' | 'CA' | 'CV' | 'KY' | 'CF' | 'TD' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CX' | 'CC' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CG' | 'CD' | 'CK' | 'CR' | 'CI' | 'HR' | 'CU' | 'CW' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DK' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'SV' | 'GQ' | 'ER' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FK' | 'FO' | 'FJ' | 'FI' | 'FR' | 'GF' | 'PF' | 'TF' | 'GA' | 'GM' | 'GE' | 'DE' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GR' | 'GL' | 'GD' | 'GP' | 'GU' | 'GT' | 'GG' | 'GN' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HT' | 'HM' | 'VA' | 'HN' | 'HK' | 'HU' | 'IS' | 'IN' | 'ID' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IE' | 'IM' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JP' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KI' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KG' | 'LA' | 'LV' | 'LB' | 'LS' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LI' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'MO' | 'MK' | 'MG' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'MV' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MH' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MU' | 'YT' | 'MX' | 'FM' | 'MD' | 'MC' | 'MN' | 'ME' | 'MS' | 'MA' | 'MZ' | 'MM' | 'NA' | 'NR' | 'NP' | 'NL' | 'NC' | 'NZ' | 'NI' | 'NE' | 'NG' | 'NU' | 'NF' | 'MP' | 'NO' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PW' | 'PS' | 'PA' | 'PG' | 'PY' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PN' | 'PL' | 'PT' | 'PR' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'BL' | 'SH' | 'KN' | 'LC' | 'MF' | 'PM' | 'VC' | 'WS' | 'SM' | 'ST' | 'SA' | 'SN' | 'RS' | 'SC' | 'SL' | 'SG' | 'SX' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SB' | 'SO' | 'ZA' | 'GS' | 'SS' | 'ES' | 'LK' | 'SD' | 'SR' | 'SJ' | 'SZ' | 'SE' | 'CH' | 'SY' | 'TW' | 'TJ' | 'TZ' | 'TH' | 'TL' | 'TG' | 'TK' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TM' | 'TC' | 'TV' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'AE' | 'GB' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VU' | 'VE' | 'VN' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'WF' | 'EH' | 'YE' | 'ZM' | 'ZW' | 'US'
    - `line1` string, nullable — The first line of the street address or P.O. Box.
    - `line2` string, nullable — The second line of the street address or P.O. Box (e.g., apartment, suite, unit, or building).
    - `line3` string, nullable — The third line of the street address, if applicable.
    - `zip` string, nullable — The zip/postal code for the address
    - `state` string, nullable — The address state
    - `first_name` string, nullable — The first name for the address
    - `last_name` string, nullable — The last name for the address
    - `origin_zip` string, nullable — The zip/postal code of the origin
  - `default_shipping_address` AddressDetails — Address details
    - `city` string, nullable — The city, district, suburb, town, or village of the address.
    - `country` 'AF' | 'AX' | 'AL' | 'DZ' | 'AS' | 'AD' | 'AO' | 'AI' | 'AQ' | 'AG' | 'AR' | 'AM' | 'AW' | 'AU' | 'AT' | 'AZ' | 'BS' | 'BH' | 'BD' | 'BB' | 'BY' | 'BE' | 'BZ' | 'BJ' | 'BM' | 'BT' | 'BO' | 'BQ' | 'BA' | 'BW' | 'BV' | 'BR' | 'IO' | 'BN' | 'BG' | 'BF' | 'BI' | 'KH' | 'CM' | 'CA' | 'CV' | 'KY' | 'CF' | 'TD' | 'CL' | 'CN' | 'CX' | 'CC' | 'CO' | 'KM' | 'CG' | 'CD' | 'CK' | 'CR' | 'CI' | 'HR' | 'CU' | 'CW' | 'CY' | 'CZ' | 'DK' | 'DJ' | 'DM' | 'DO' | 'EC' | 'EG' | 'SV' | 'GQ' | 'ER' | 'EE' | 'ET' | 'FK' | 'FO' | 'FJ' | 'FI' | 'FR' | 'GF' | 'PF' | 'TF' | 'GA' | 'GM' | 'GE' | 'DE' | 'GH' | 'GI' | 'GR' | 'GL' | 'GD' | 'GP' | 'GU' | 'GT' | 'GG' | 'GN' | 'GW' | 'GY' | 'HT' | 'HM' | 'VA' | 'HN' | 'HK' | 'HU' | 'IS' | 'IN' | 'ID' | 'IR' | 'IQ' | 'IE' | 'IM' | 'IL' | 'IT' | 'JM' | 'JP' | 'JE' | 'JO' | 'KZ' | 'KE' | 'KI' | 'KP' | 'KR' | 'KW' | 'KG' | 'LA' | 'LV' | 'LB' | 'LS' | 'LR' | 'LY' | 'LI' | 'LT' | 'LU' | 'MO' | 'MK' | 'MG' | 'MW' | 'MY' | 'MV' | 'ML' | 'MT' | 'MH' | 'MQ' | 'MR' | 'MU' | 'YT' | 'MX' | 'FM' | 'MD' | 'MC' | 'MN' | 'ME' | 'MS' | 'MA' | 'MZ' | 'MM' | 'NA' | 'NR' | 'NP' | 'NL' | 'NC' | 'NZ' | 'NI' | 'NE' | 'NG' | 'NU' | 'NF' | 'MP' | 'NO' | 'OM' | 'PK' | 'PW' | 'PS' | 'PA' | 'PG' | 'PY' | 'PE' | 'PH' | 'PN' | 'PL' | 'PT' | 'PR' | 'QA' | 'RE' | 'RO' | 'RU' | 'RW' | 'BL' | 'SH' | 'KN' | 'LC' | 'MF' | 'PM' | 'VC' | 'WS' | 'SM' | 'ST' | 'SA' | 'SN' | 'RS' | 'SC' | 'SL' | 'SG' | 'SX' | 'SK' | 'SI' | 'SB' | 'SO' | 'ZA' | 'GS' | 'SS' | 'ES' | 'LK' | 'SD' | 'SR' | 'SJ' | 'SZ' | 'SE' | 'CH' | 'SY' | 'TW' | 'TJ' | 'TZ' | 'TH' | 'TL' | 'TG' | 'TK' | 'TO' | 'TT' | 'TN' | 'TR' | 'TM' | 'TC' | 'TV' | 'UG' | 'UA' | 'AE' | 'GB' | 'UM' | 'UY' | 'UZ' | 'VU' | 'VE' | 'VN' | 'VG' | 'VI' | 'WF' | 'EH' | 'YE' | 'ZM' | 'ZW' | 'US'
    - `line1` string, nullable — The first line of the street address or P.O. Box.
    - `line2` string, nullable — The second line of the street address or P.O. Box (e.g., apartment, suite, unit, or building).
    - `line3` string, nullable — The third line of the street address, if applicable.
    - `zip` string, nullable — The zip/postal code for the address
    - `state` string, nullable — The address state
    - `first_name` string, nullable — The first name for the address
    - `last_name` string, nullable — The last name for the address
    - `origin_zip` string, nullable — The zip/postal code of the origin
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — A timestamp (ISO 8601 code) that determines when the customer was created
  - `metadata` object, nullable — You can specify up to 50 keys, with key names up to 40 characters long and values up to 500 characters long. Metadata is useful for storing additional, structured information on an object.
  - `default_payment_method_id` string, nullable — The identifier for the default payment method.
  - `tax_registration_id` string, nullable — The customer's tax registration number.
  - `document_details` CustomerDocumentDetails
    - `document_type` 'cpf' | 'cnpj' | 'psn' | 'other', required — Represents the type of identification document used for validation.
    - `document_number` string, required — The customer's document number Length of the document number depends upon the document_type. For CPF/CNPJ it is typically 11/14 digits long

## Other responses

- `404` — Customer was not found

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