Step 6. Create a customer and generate a customer token
Order processing with Inventory Management
This step creates a customer that lives close to several stores that serve as in-store pickup locations. Although this tutorial ships the order using a traditional shipping method, the GraphQL tutorial shows how in-store pickup can be implemented.
Create a customer
If you prefer to use a customer that is already defined on your installation, scroll down to Generate the customer’s access token.
The response of the POST /V1/customers endpoint includes an address ID. This value will be used in a later step.
Endpoint:
POST <host>/rest/default/V1/customers
Scope:
default store view
Headers:
Content-Type: application/json
Authorization: Bearer <admin_token>
Payload:
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{
"customer" : {
"lastname" : "Doe",
"firstname" : "Jane",
"email" : "jdoe@example.com",
"addresses" : [
{
"defaultBilling" : true,
"defaultShipping" : true,
"firstname" : "Jane",
"lastname" : "Doe",
"region" : {
"regionCode" : "NY",
"regionId" : 43,
"region" : "New York"
},
"countryId" : "US",
"postcode" : "11501",
"city" : "Mineola",
"street" : [
"160 1st St."
],
"telephone" : "516-555-1111"
}
]
},
"password" : "Password1"
}
Response:
The customer id is 2.
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{
"id": 2,
"group_id": 1,
"default_billing": "2",
"default_shipping": "2",
"created_at": "2020-07-22 23:12:47",
"updated_at": "2020-07-22 23:13:15",
"created_in": "Default Store View",
"email": "jdoe@example.com",
"firstname": "Jane",
"lastname": "Doe",
"store_id": 1,
"website_id": 1,
"addresses": [
{
"id": 2,
"customer_id": 2,
"region": {
"region_code": "NY",
"region": "New York",
"region_id": 43
},
"region_id": 43,
"country_id": "US",
"street": [
"160 1st St."
],
"telephone": "516-555-1111",
"postcode": "11501",
"city": "Mineola",
"firstname": "Jane",
"lastname": "Doe",
"default_shipping": true,
"default_billing": true
}
],
"disable_auto_group_change": 0,
"extension_attributes": {
"is_subscribed": false
}
}
Generate the customer’s access token
To generate a customer’s access token, you must specify the customer’s username and password in the payload. You do not specify an admin authorization token.
By default, a customer token is valid for 1 hour. To change this value, click Stores > Settings > Configuration > Services > OAuth > Access Token Expiration. Then enter a new value for Customer Token Lifetime (hours).
Endpoint:
POST <host>/rest/default/V1/integration/customer/token
Scope:
default store view
Headers:
Content-Type: application/json
Payload:
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{
"username": "jdoe@example.com",
"password": "Password1"
}
Response:
Magento returns the customer’s access token. Your integration must specify a customer token in the authorization header of every call customers make on their own behalf.
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Verify this step
- Log in to the Test website using the email
jdoe@example.comand passwordPassword1. - Click the account name (Jane) in the upper right corner and select My Account.
- Click Address Book to view the default billing and shipping addresses.