---
title: "Create customer"
method: POST
path: "/v3/openmeter/customers"
tags: ["OpenMeter Customers"]
---

# Create customer

`POST /v3/openmeter/customers`

## Request body

- CreateCustomerRequest — Customer create request.
  - `name` string, required — Display name of the resource. Between 1 and 256 characters.
  - `description` string — Optional description of the resource. Maximum 1024 characters.
  - `labels` Labels — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `key` string, required — ExternalResourceKey is a unique string that is used to identify a resource in an external system.
  - `usage_attribution` object — Mapping to attribute metered usage to the customer by the event subject.
    - `subject_keys` UsageAttributionSubjectKey[], required — The subjects that are attributed to the customer. Can be empty when no usage event subjects are associated with the customer.
  - `primary_email` string — The primary email address of the customer.
  - `currency` string — Currency of the customer. Used for billing, tax and invoicing.
  - `billing_address` object — The billing address of the customer. Used for tax and invoicing.
    - `country` string — Country code in [ISO 3166-1](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html) alpha-2 format.
    - `postal_code` string — Postal code.
    - `state` string — State or province.
    - `city` string — City.
    - `line1` string — First line of the address.
    - `line2` string — Second line of the address.
    - `phone_number` string — Phone number.

## Response `201`

Customer created response.

- BillingCustomer — Customers can be individuals or organizations that can subscribe to plans and have access to features.
  - `id` string, required — ULID (Universally Unique Lexicographically Sortable Identifier).
  - `name` string, required — Display name of the resource. Between 1 and 256 characters.
  - `description` string — Optional description of the resource. Maximum 1024 characters.
  - `labels` Labels — Labels store metadata of an entity that can be used for filtering an entity list or for searching across entity types. Keys must be of length 1-63 characters, and cannot start with "kong", "konnect", "mesh", "kic", or "_".
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity creation date.
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity last update date.
  - `deleted_at` string, date-time — An ISO-8601 timestamp representation of entity deletion date.
  - `key` string, required — ExternalResourceKey is a unique string that is used to identify a resource in an external system.
  - `usage_attribution` object — Mapping to attribute metered usage to the customer by the event subject.
    - `subject_keys` UsageAttributionSubjectKey[], required — The subjects that are attributed to the customer. Can be empty when no usage event subjects are associated with the customer.
  - `primary_email` string — The primary email address of the customer.
  - `currency` string — Currency of the customer. Used for billing, tax and invoicing.
  - `billing_address` object — The billing address of the customer. Used for tax and invoicing.
    - `country` string — Country code in [ISO 3166-1](https://www.iso.org/iso-3166-country-codes.html) alpha-2 format.
    - `postal_code` string — Postal code.
    - `state` string — State or province.
    - `city` string — City.
    - `line1` string — First line of the address.
    - `line2` string — Second line of the address.
    - `phone_number` string — Phone number.

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden

---

[API](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/kong/apis/konnect-api-go-sdk/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/kong/konnect-api-go-sdk/versions/f920f418f552/schema)