API

The ChargeOver API is organized around REST. Our API is designed to have predictable, resource-oriented URLs and to use HTTP response codes to indicate API errors. JSON will be returned in all responses from the API, including errors.

Getting Started

Finding your API Endpoint

The first step towards integration is finding your endpoint and credentials.

  1. Log in to ChargeOver, and click the settings gear/cog in the top right
  2. Choose "Developer" from the left-side navigation menu
  3. Choose "REST API"
  4. Enable the API, and copy your API credentials and API endpoint
  5. Click the save button to save the configuration

Visit this URL to make your first API request:

  • https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/customer

(substitute your own application/domain name into the above string!)

To retrieve a list of data from ChargeOver, use a HTTP GET request:

  • https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/customer

To retrieve a subset of the items in a list (e.g. records 10 to 25) you can use the offset and limit parameters (just like in an SQL database):

  • https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/customer?offset=10&limit=15

To retrieve a specific record from ChargeOver, use a HTTP GET request and specify the record id:

  • https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/customer/1

Authentication

All API calls are made over a secure TLS/HTTPS connection.

Authentication is via industry-standard HTTP basic authentication for the REST API.

For more information on HTTP Basic Authentication, please visit the links below:

Authentication

Getting started

First follow the steps outlined below:

Once you have a copy of your API Credentials, you are ready to supply it to an API platform (Postman, Insomnia, etc.)

Video walkthrough on how to obtain your API credentials:

Authentication

API Examples

// Username
PjID8u5VOCfJk3iYKzTMo7emstRLnEp9

// Password
xgEWspuItV7A2D6miwZFk94dTrBLSKQO
 

Postman

Configuring Postman to use your REST API credentials

  1. Open the Postman application
  2. Click on the "Collections" tab
  3. Click on the "+" to create a new Collection
  4. Add a request to the collection
  5. Click on the "Authorization" tab
  6. Select "Basic Auth" from the "Type" dropdown
  7. Input your API credentials (obtained previously from the steps above)
  8. Click on "Save" to save your API credentials to Postman

You are now ready to send API requests via Postman.

Postman

Insomnia

Configuring Insomnia to use your REST API credentials

  1. Open the Insomnia application
  2. On the "Auth" tab, click the dropdown arrow
  3. Select "Basic Auth"
  4. Input your API credentials (obtained previously from the steps above)

You are now ready to send API requests via Insomnia.

Insomnia

cURL

Sending basic auth credentials using cURL

  1. Open the Terminal application
  2. Type curl -u username:password https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/CHANGE-THIS
    (substitute your own credentials/URL into the above string!)
  3. Hit the "Return" key on your keyboard

cURL

API Examples

// Get the Teapot response
curl -u PjID8u5VOCfJk3iYKzTMo7emstRLnEp9:xgEWspuItV7A2D6miwZFk94dTrBLSKQO https://dev1.chargeover.test/api/v3/teapot
 

API Response

{
	"code": 418,
	"status": "Teapot",
	"message": "The requested entity body is short and stout.",
	"details": {},
	"response": false
}

Header

Sending basic auth credentials using cURL PHP

An example is provided below: 

$username = 'PjID8u5VOCfJk3iYKzTMo7emstRLnEp9';
$password = 'xgEWspuItV7A2D6miwZFk94dTrBLSKQO';

$curl = curl_init('https://CHANGE-THIS.chargeover.com/api/v3/teapot');

curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_USERPWD, $username . ':' . $password);

curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

Header

Filter / Sort / Pagination

Many fields can be used to query/filter the list of objects retrieved from ChargeOver using a ?where=... query string in your GET request.

Refer to the examples below.

Filtering (Query)

Refer to the examples to the right.

To filter the result set, the following comparison operators can be used:

  • EQUALS (equals)
  • GT (greater than)
  • LT (less than)
  • GTE (greater than or equal to)
  • LTE (less than or equal to)
  • CONTAINS (find strings containing this string)
  • NOTEQUALS (not equals)
  • IS:NULL (is null/unset)
  • ISNOT:NULL (is NOT null

Filtering (Query)

API Examples

// Get customers with an e-mail address of "johndoe@example.com"
/api/v3/customer?where=superuser_email:EQUALS:johndoe@example.com

// Get customers with the word "test" in their company name
/api/v3/customer?where=company:CONTAINS:test	

// Get a list of invoices on "2015-02-05" (Feb 5, 2015)
/api/v3/invoice?where=date:EQUALS:2015-02-05

// Get a list of invoices between the two dates "2015-02-01" (Feb 1, 2015) and "2015-02-05" (Feb 5, 2015)
/v3/invoice?where=date:GTE:2015-02-01,date:LTE:2015-02-05
 

Sorting

To sort/order the result set, you can specify an additional query string parameter:

?order=customer_id:DESC
(specify the the_field_name:ASC or the_field_name:DESC to sort ascending or descending)

Sorting

API Request

GET /api/v3/invoice?order=total:ASC
 

API Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": [
        {
            "invoice_id": 1764,
            "total": 500,
            "customer_id": 6245
        },
        {
            "invoice_id": 1668,
            "total": 1000,
            "customer_id": 6212
        },
        {
            "invoice_id": 1681,
            "total": 2000,
            "customer_id": 6215
        }
    ]
}

Paging (Limit/Offset)

To page your result set, you can specify limit=... and offset=....

offset= determines how far into the records you are querying for to start returning data. For example, if you are querying for customers and you have ten customers ranging from customer_id=1 and customer_id=10 and offset=0, then the returned set of customers will start with the customer whose customer_id=1. However, if the offset=3 then the list of customers that is returned will start with the customer who has a customer_id=4.

limit= determines the number of records returned. For example if limit=5 when querying for customers, you would get back the data for no more than five customers.

If your query contains ?offset=10&limit=15, then this is essentially saying, "starting at record 10, fetch the next 15 records."

Make note of the maximum number of records you can retrieve per page!


  • If not specified otherwise, your result set will page by default at 10 records.
  • The maximum number of records you can return per page is 500. You will not be able to retrieve more than 500 records at one time.

    • .

Paging (Limit/Offset)

API Request

GET /api/v3/user?offset=8&limit=2
 

API Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": [
        {
            "user_id": 356,
            "external_key": null,
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name_glob": null,
            "last_name": "Doe",
           ...other user data...
        },
        {
            "user_id": 357,
            "external_key": null,
            "first_name": "Jane",
            "middle_name_glob": null,
            "last_name": "Doe",
            ...other user data...
        }
    ]
}

Counting Objects

You can get a count of the number of objects by using the /_count endpoints.

Counting Objects

Refer to the examples on the right.

To get a count of the number of objects within ChargeOver, append /_count to the endpoint.

You can also count the number of objects matching a filter/query by using your ?where=... query on the /_count endpoint.

Counting Objects

API Examples

// Get the total number of customers
GET /api/v3/customer/_count

// Get the number of customers who have a company name containing "Test"
GET /api/v3/customer/_count?where=company:CONTAINS:test
 

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": 25
}

Object Revisions

You can get a list of revision overview details by using the /_revision endpoints.

Object Revisions

Refer to the examples on the right.

To get the recent revisions of objects within ChargeOver, add /_revision to the endpoint.

You can also limit the number of records to the most recent revisions by including ?limit=5 as a query parameter. You can only limit the number of returned records by 1-10.

Object Revisions

API Examples

// Get the most recent 10 revisions of a customer
GET /API/v3/customer/100/_revision

// Get the most recent x number of revisions for a customer (max 10)
GET /API/v3/customer/100/_revision?limit=5
 

API Response

{
	"code": 200,
	"status": "OK",
	"message": "",
	"response": [
		{
			"context_str": "customer",
			"context_id": 100,
			"admin_id": 1,
			"admin_name": "Paul Rossmann",
			"user_id": null,
			"user_name": null,
			"integration_id": null,
			"revision_datetime": "2023-03-03 10:36:22",
			"revision_ipaddr": "169.0.0.1",
			"revision_note": "Customer updated"
		},
		{
			"context_str": "customer",
			"context_id": 100,
			"admin_id": 1,
			"admin_name": "Paul Rossmann",
			"user_id": null,
			"user_name": null,
			"integration_id": null,
			"revision_datetime": "2023-03-03 09:56:17",
			"revision_ipaddr": "169.0.0.1",
			"revision_note": "Customer created"
		}
	]
}

External Keys

ChargeOver has an external keys concept for all objects, to make it easier for you to integrate external systems with ChargeOver.

All objects (customers, users, invoices, billing packages, etc.) can be assigned a user-definable, unique external key value. This could be an internal identifier you use to identify a customer, the ID value from some other application, a reference to a primary key within one of your other systems, etc. When making API requests, you can always use the external key value instead of the ChargeOver id value.

External key policies:

  • Default behavior - external key values can NOT be re-used, even if the original object is deleted or cancelled
  • Optional - external key values can be cleared (and thus re-used) once a subscription is cancelled
  • Optional - external key values can be cleared (and thus re-used) if an object is deleted
  • Optional - external key values can be mangled (a random string will be added to the end of them) if a subscription is cancelled
  • Optional - external key values can be mangled (a random string added to the end of them) if an object is deleted

Contact us to enable any optional external key policies for your account.

External Key Examples

Adding external_key values to ChargeOver enables several "short-cuts" when working with the ChargeOver REST API.

  • You can get objects from ChargeOver by external_key instead of using the customer_id, item_id, etc.
  • When adding or updating objects, you can reference other objects by *_external_key instead of their *_id values

Refer to the examples to the right.

External Key Examples

API Examples

// Get a customer with external_key = abc123
GET /api/v3/customer/external_key:abc123


// Add an invoice for the customer with external_key = abc123
POST /api/v3/invoice 

{
	"customer_external_key": "abc123", 
	... other invoice data here ...
}
 

Object Tokens

ChargeOver assigns a unique random identifier to every object.

When making API requests, you can always use the object token value instead of the ChargeOver id value.

Object Token Examples

You can reference objects within ChargeOver by their token value instead of the *_id value.

  • You can get objects from ChargeOver by token instead of using the customer_id, item_id, etc.
  • When adding or updating objects, you can reference other objects by *_token instead of their *_id values

Refer to the examples to the right.

Object Token Examples

API Examples

// Get a customer with token = 0q7fx5652k18
GET /api/v3/customer/token:0q7fx5652k18


// Add an invoice for the customer with token = 0q7fx5652k18
POST /api/v3/invoice 

{
	"customer_token": "0q7fx5652k18", 
	... other invoice data here ...
}
 

Dates and Times

ChargeOver returns datetime fields in ISO 8601 format.

For example, October 25th, 2022 at 8:50am Central Time is represented as:

    2022-10-25T08:50:45-05:00

Generally, the timestamps returned will be in America/Chicago timezone.

When sending date or datetime values to ChargeOver, you send dates in a few formats:

  • YYYY-MM-DD - a date, example: 2022-10-25
  • YYYY-MM-DD HH:II:SS - a date/time, example: 2022-10-25 08:50:00
  • YYYY-MM-DDTHH:II:SS-Z - a date/time with a timezone, example: 2022-10-25T08:50:45-05:00

Note: The date/time format and timezone returned by ChargeOver is configurable, so your ChargeOver account may return dates/times in an alternative format or timezone.

Escape Syntax For Reserved Characters

Escape Syntax Example

If you are querying for an object that contains a reserved character such as a colon, you will need to escape the character using a slash.

Characters that need to be escaped:

: (colon)
, (comma)

For example, if you had an item with an external_key called Example:ID, then instead of using:

GET /api/v3/item?where=external_key:EQUALS:Example:ID

You would need to use:

GET /api/v3/item?where=external_key:EQUALS:Example\:ID

Escape Syntax Example

API Request

GET /api/v3/item?where=external_key:EQUALS:Example\:ID
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": [
        {
            "item_id": 3,
            "item_type": "service",
            "tierset_id": 80,
            "name": "Test Product",
            "description": "",
            "units": "",
            "enabled": true,
            "accounting_sku": null,
            "external_key": "Example:ID",
            "token": "hm261y3xnzd6",
            "custom_1": "",
            "custom_2": null,
            "custom_3": null,
            "write_datetime": "2017-02-28 21:02:33",
            "mod_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
            "units_plural": "",
            "expire_recurs": "6",
            "trial_recurs": "1",
            "tiersets": [
                {
                    "tierset_id": 78,
                    "currency_id": 1,
                    "setup": 0,
                    "base": 25.95,
                    "percent": 0,
                    "paycycle": "evy",
                    "pricemodel": "fla",
                    "write_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "mod_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "currency_symbol": "$",
                    "currency_iso4217": "USD",
                    "setup_formatted": "$ 0.00",
                    "base_formatted": "$ 25.95",
                    "percent_formatted": "0 %",
                    "pricemodel_desc": "Flat Pricing (example: $X dollars every billing cycle)",
                    "tiers": []
                },
                {
                    "tierset_id": 79,
                    "currency_id": 2,
                    "setup": 0,
                    "base": 25.95,
                    "percent": 0,
                    "paycycle": "evy",
                    "pricemodel": "fla",
                    "write_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "mod_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "currency_symbol": "CAD$",
                    "currency_iso4217": "CAD",
                    "setup_formatted": "CAD$ 0.00",
                    "base_formatted": "CAD$ 25.95",
                    "percent_formatted": "0 %",
                    "pricemodel_desc": "Flat Pricing (example: $X dollars every billing cycle)",
                    "tiers": []
                },
                {
                    "tierset_id": 80,
                    "currency_id": 6,
                    "setup": 0,
                    "base": 25.95,
                    "percent": 0,
                    "paycycle": "evy",
                    "pricemodel": "fla",
                    "write_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "mod_datetime": "2017-12-28 10:25:39",
                    "currency_symbol": "A$",
                    "currency_iso4217": "AUD",
                    "setup_formatted": "A$ 0.00",
                    "base_formatted": "A$ 25.95",
                    "percent_formatted": "0 %",
                    "pricemodel_desc": "Flat Pricing (example: $X dollars every billing cycle)",
                    "tiers": []
                }
            ]
        }
    ]
}

On Behalf Of...

Pass your end-customer's IP address to ChargeOver for fraud control.

On Behalf Of...

If you are making REST API calls directly as a direct result of an end-customer interaction, (e.g. the customer is clicking a PAY NOW button in your application, or something similar) we encourage you to pass the end-customer's IP address and any identifying information (e.g. a username, email address, user ID, etc.) in your API calls.

Do not pass this information if you are initiating the action, and not the customer. (e.g. if you are triggering an automated payment without the customer's direct interaction, do not pass these parameters!)

This information can be used for by ChargeOver's fraud detection services, and also relayed to payment gateways and merchant accounts for use by their fraud detection routines.

Pass this information in these two fields, as query string parameters to your REST API request:

  • on_behalf_addr=(the end-customers IP address here)
  • on_behalf_details=(the end-customers username, email address, or user ID in your app here)

On Behalf Of...

API Request

POST /api/v3/transaction?action=pay&on_behalf_addr=173.132.15.83&on_behalf_details=johndoe@example.com
 

Versioning

Whenever we make backwards-incompatible changes to the ChargeOver API, we release a new sequenced version of the API. We always strive to maintain backwards compatibility with the older APIs, and older API versions are rarely (if ever) completely removed from service.

The current release is v3.

Bulk / Batch Requests

Batch requests allow developers to avoid multiple HTTP round-trips when performing multiple API actions or bulk uploading data to ChargeOver.

The basic format of an API batch request is a list of JSON-encoded request objects to process. Each request object must have the following attributes:

Attribute Description
request_method This HTTP request method for this request
  • GET to retrieve/query for objects
  • POST to create new objects
  • PUT to update existing objects
uri A relative URI for the API resource. For example, to get a specific customer, the URI would be /api/v3/customer/2 (where 2 is the customer_id). To create a customer, the URI would be /api/v3/customer.
payload If your request requires a payload, put the JSON-encoded payload here. For example, to create a customer, you'd pass in your JSON-encoded customer object.

The API response will contain a corresponding list of response objects - one response object for each request you sent. Each response object will have the following attributes:

Attribute Description
code A HTTP status code for the request.
  • 200 for an OK response to gets, queries, etc.
  • 201 for an OK response to something newly created
  • 400 for bad requests
  • See the HTTP Status Codes section for complete details
status Either OK for success, or Error if an error occurred.
message If an error occurred, the error message will appear here.
response If your request warrented a response (e.g. a returned object) the JSON-encoded response will be here.

There is a maximum of 25 requests within a single batch/bulk request.

Batch Request

POST your batch requests to the /api/v3/_bulk endpoint.

Batch Request

API Request

POST /api/v3/_bulk
  
[
    {
        "request_method": "GET",
        "uri": "\/api\/v3\/customer\/2",
        "payload": null
    },
    {
        "request_method": "POST",
        "uri": "\/api\/v3\/customer",
        "payload": {
            "company": "My new bulk customer 928"
        }
    },
    {
        "request_method": "POST",
        "uri": "\/api\/v3\/customer",
        "payload": {
            "company": "Test Company 464",
            "external_key": "abcd1234"
        }
    }
]

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "_bulk": [
            {
                "code": 200,
                "status": "OK",
                "message": "",
                "response": {
                    "customer_id": 2,
                    "superuser_id": 349,
                    "external_key": null,
                    "token": "e6218b7c7b91a0121875a27a3a0ef9c5",
                    "company": "Test Customer 2",
                    ... (truncated for brevity) ... 
                }
            },
            {
                "code": 201,
                "status": "OK",
                "message": "",
                "response": {
                    "id": 14
                }
            },
            {
                "code": 400,
                "status": "Error",
                "message": "A customer already exists with the external_key value \"abcd1234\"",
                "response": false
            }
        ]
    }
}

JSONPath in Batches

ChargeOver supports using JSONPath for referencing one payload from within another payload, inside of a single batch/bulk request.

The classic use-case for JSONPath support in the bulk/batch API is trying to create a customer and an invoice for that customer in a single bulk/batch request. Without JSONPath references, this would not be possible to do in single bulk/batch request because you would need to know the id value returned from executing the first payload (adding the customer) so that you could use this id value in the second payload (adding the invoice).

JSONPath referencing support makes this possible by letting payloads refer to response values from other payloads.

In the example to the right, you can see that our second request (adding the invoice) uses a special key instead of the normal customer_id key. The invoice add payload refers to customer_jsonpath and the value is an identifier (the_customer), followed by a JSONPath expression ($.response.id).

The identifier serves to identify which previous batch/bulk object to refer to. The JSONPath expression tells us which value to fetch from that bulk/batch object response. In this case, customer_jsonpath will be replaced by the returned id value from the preceeding call to create the customer.

In other words, "customer_jsonpath": "the_customer:$.response.id" essentially means "replace this with the customer_id value returned from the payload named the_customer".

JSONPath in Batches

API Request

POST /api/v3/_bulk
  
[
    {
        "request_method": "POST",
        "uri": "\/api\/v3\/customer",
        "payload": {
            "company": "My test JSONPath customer"
        },
        "id": "the_customer"
    },
    {
        "request_method": "POST",
        "uri": "\/api\/v3\/invoice",
        "payload": {
            "customer_jsonpath": "the_customer:$.response.id",
            "line_items": [
                {
                    "item_id": 1,
                    "line_rate": 2.95,
                    "line_quantity": 2
                }
            ]
        },
        "id": null
    }
]

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "_bulk": [
            {
                "code": 201,
                "status": "OK",
                "message": "",
                "response": {
                    "id": 6
                }
            },
            {
                "code": 201,
                "status": "OK",
                "message": "",
                "response": {
                    "id": 10005
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

Rate Limits

By default, ChargeOver limits REST API requests to a maximum of 250 requests per minute.

If you exceed this limit, you will receive an API response like this: 

HTTP/1.1 429 Too Many Requests
Content-Type: application/json

{
    "code": 429,
    "status": "Error",
    "message": "Rate limit exceeded",
    "response": false
}

If you think you will routinely exceed or come close to the rate limits, please contact us to discuss your use-case.

You may be able to reduce the number of REST API requests you make using our bulk/batch request endpoint.

HTTP Status Codes

The API follows these rules for HTTP requests:

  • If you are creating new objects, use a POST.
  • If you are updating an existing object, use a PUT.
  • If you are trying to get a particular object by id, use a GET.
  • If you are trying to get a list of objects, or query for a list of objects, use a GET.
  • If you are calling an action (e.g. pay an invoice, reset a password, etc.), use a POST.
The API follows these rules for HTTP response codes:
  • If you successfully create an object, you'll get back a 201 Created HTTP response. You'll also get back a Location: header with the URL of the new object.
  • If you successfully update an object, you'll get back a 202 Accepted HTTP response. You'll also get back a Location: header with the URL of the new object.
  • If you successfully get a specific object, you'll get back a 200 OK HTTP response.
  • If you try to get a specific object that doesn't exist, you'll get back a 404 Not Found HTTP response.
  • If you query for objects, you'll get back a 200 OK HTTP response.
  • If you successfully call an action, you'll get back a 200 OK HTTP response.
  • If you do something wrong (e.g. send an invalid JSON request, hit an invalid endpoint, etc.) you will get back a 400 Bad Request HTTP response.
  • If your authentication parameters are incorrect, you will get back a 401 Unauthorized HTTP response.
  • If you exceed the REST API rate limits, you will get back a 429 Too Many Requests HTTP response.
  • If something goes wrong with ChargeOver itself, you will get back a 500 Internal Server Error HTTP response.

Code / Libraries

Make sure to visit the ChargeOver GitHub account. Feel free to contact us for additional sample code.

C# (C Sharp .NET)

Find C# (C Sharp .NET) examples on GitHub:

Java

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PHP

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Python

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Ruby

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Objects

The ChargeOver object model is documented below.

Customers

The primary key field for customers is customer_id.

Create a customer

Note that the response/id value will be the customer_id value for the newly created customer.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
parent_customer_id integer Parent customer ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
company string Company/customer name 📎
language_id integer Language ID # 📎
currency_id integer Currency ID # 📎
class_id integer Default class tracking ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
campaign_id integer Campaign/lead source ID # 📎
campaign_details string Campaign/lead source details 📎
superuser_username string Main contact username 📎
superuser_email string Main contact e-mail address 📎
superuser_name string Main contact name 📎
superuser_first_name string Main contact first name 📎
superuser_last_name string Main contact last name 📎
superuser_phone string Main contact phone number 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state/province 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
brand_id integer Brand ID # 📎
terms_id integer Default terms ID # 📎
no_taxes boolean Flag to disable charging of taxes 📎
no_dunning boolean Flag to disable dunning 📎
no_latefees boolean Flag to disable late fees 📎
no_procfees boolean Flag to disable processing fees 📎
invoice_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for initial invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy) 📎
dunning_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for dunning/reminder invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy via Docsaway, Lob, etc.) 📎
tax_ident string Tax ID #/VAT # 📎
tags array A list of tags 📎

Create a customer

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNS...
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "company": "Test Company Name",
    "bill_addr1": "16 Dog Lane",
    "bill_addr2": "Suite D",
    "bill_city": "Storrs",
    "bill_state": "CT",
    "superuser_name": "Karli Marie",
    "superuser_phone": "860-647-8567",
    "superuser_email": "karli@example.com",
    "tags": [
        "tag1",
        "tag2"
    ]
}

API Response

HTTP/1.0 201 Created
Location: https://example.chargeover.com/api/v3/customer/1541
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 201,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "id": 1541
    }
}

Update a customer

Setting the parent_customer_id to null will effectively disconnect the child customer from its parent.

Note that a customer's parent_customer_id can only be updated if its parent has not made a payment for the customer.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
parent_customer_id integer Parent customer ID # 📎
superuser_id integer Main contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
company string Company/customer name 📎
language_id integer Language ID # 📎
class_id integer Default class tracking ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
campaign_id integer Campaign/lead source ID # 📎
superuser_email string Main contact e-mail address 📎
superuser_name string Main contact name 📎
superuser_first_name string Main contact first name 📎
superuser_last_name string Main contact last name 📎
superuser_phone string Main contact phone number 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state/province 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
terms_id integer Default terms ID # 📎
no_taxes boolean Flag to disable charging of taxes 📎
no_dunning boolean Flag to disable dunning 📎
no_latefees boolean Flag to disable late fees 📎
no_procfees boolean Flag to disable processing fees 📎
invoice_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for initial invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy) 📎
dunning_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for dunning/reminder invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy via Docsaway, Lob, etc.) 📎
tax_ident string Tax ID #/VAT # 📎
tags array A list of tags 📎

Update a customer

API Request

PUT /api/v3/customer/3
  
{
    "company": "Test API Company, LLC",
    "bill_addr1": "220 ChargeOver Street",
    "bill_addr2": "Suite 10",
    "bill_city": "Minneapolis",
    "bill_state": "MN",
    "bill_postcode": "55416",
    "bill_country": "USA",
    "external_key": "abcd3325",
    "superuser_name": "David Palmer",
    "superuser_email": "david@palmer.com",
    "superuser_phone": "860-634-1111"
}

API Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 202,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "id": 3
    }
}

Get a list of customers

Notes:

  • The superuser_id field is the primary contact (user) for this customer

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
customer_id integer Customer ID # 📎
parent_customer_id integer Parent customer ID # 📎
token string Customer Token 📎
superuser_id integer Main contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
display_as string Deprecated 📎
company string Company/customer name 📎
language_id integer Language ID # 📎
currency_id integer Currency ID # 📎
currency_iso4217 string ISO 4217 currency code representation 📎
currency_symbol string Symbol for currency ($, £, etc.) 📎
class_id integer Default class tracking ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
campaign_id integer Campaign/lead source ID # 📎
superuser_username string Main contact username 📎
superuser_email string Main contact e-mail address 📎
superuser_name string Main contact name 📎
superuser_first_name string Main contact first name 📎
superuser_last_name string Main contact last name 📎
superuser_phone string Main contact phone number 📎
superuser_token string Main contact token 📎
superuser_title string Main contact title 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state/province 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
bill_block string Printable billing address 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
ship_block string Printable shipping address 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime string Date/time this customer was created 📎
write_ipaddr string IP address that created this customer 📎
mod_datetime string Date/time this customer was updated 📎
mod_ipaddr string IP address that last updated this customer 📎
brand_id integer Brand ID # 📎
class_name string Class name 📎
terms_id integer Default terms ID # 📎
terms_name string Default payment terms 📎
terms_days integer # of days for the default payment terms 📎
url_statementlink string URL the customer can visit to view their monthly statement 📎
url_paymethodlink string URL the customer can visit to update their payment method 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the customer in the GUI 📎
admin_name string Admin/Worker Name 📎
admin_email string Admin/Worker Email 📎
customer_status_id integer Customer Status ID # 📎
customer_status_name string Human-friendly customer status 📎
customer_status_str string Status string 📎
customer_status_state string Status code 📎
default_paymethod string Default payment method type 📎
default_creditcard_id integer Default credit card ID # (if the default payment method is a credit card) 📎
default_ach_id integer Default ACH/eCheck ID # (if the default payment method is ACH) 📎
no_taxes boolean Flag to disable charging of taxes 📎
no_dunning boolean Flag to disable dunning 📎
no_latefees boolean Flag to disable late fees 📎
no_procfees boolean Flag to disable processing fees 📎
invoice_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for initial invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy) 📎
dunning_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for dunning/reminder invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy via Docsaway, Lob, etc.) 📎
tax_ident string Tax ID #/VAT # 📎
total float The sum total amount of all invoices ever issued to this customer (lifetime value) 📎
balance float Balance due for this customer 📎
paid float The lifetime net total payments minus refunds this customer has made 📎
mrr float Current monthly recurring revenue of the customer 📎
arr float Current annual recurring revenue of the customer 📎

Get a list of customers

API Request

GET /api/v3/customer
 

API Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": [
        {
            "superuser_id": "348",
            "external_key": "test-key",
            "company": "Update This Record 755",
            "email": "keith@testjson.com",
            "phone": "",
            "bill_addr1": "16 Dog Lane",
            "bill_addr2": "Suite D",
            "bill_addr3": null,
            "bill_city": "Storrs",
            "bill_state": "CT",
            "bill_postcode": "",
            "bill_country": null,
            "bill_email": null,
            "bill_notes": null,
            "ship_addr1": null,
            "ship_addr2": null,
            "ship_addr3": null,
            "ship_city": null,
            "ship_state": null,
            "ship_postcode": null,
            "ship_country": null,
            "ship_email": null,
            "ship_notes": null,
            "write_datetime": "2012-08-16 16:18:47",
            "write_ipaddr": "172.16.16.104",
            "mod_datetime": "2013-03-21 20:32:57",
            "mod_ipaddr": "172.16.16.11",
            "customer_id": "1"
        }
    ]
}

Query for customers

Available query parameters:

  • customer_id
  • parent_customer_id
  • bill_state
  • ship_state
  • bill_country
  • ship_country
  • external_key
  • token
  • company
  • superuser_id
  • superuser_email
  • custom_1
  • custom_2
  • custom_3
  • custom_4
  • custom_5
  • write_datetime - date/time created
  • mod_datetime - date/time last modified
Valid values for customer_status_state:
  • a (for active customers)
  • i (for customers who have manually been marked "inactive" or who have had no recent activity)
Valid values for customer_status_str:
  • active-current
  • active-overdue
  • inactive-manual
  • inactive-activity

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
customer_id integer Customer ID # 📎
parent_customer_id integer Parent customer ID # 📎
token string Customer Token 📎
superuser_id integer Main contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
display_as string Deprecated 📎
company string Company/customer name 📎
language_id integer Language ID # 📎
currency_id integer Currency ID # 📎
currency_iso4217 string ISO 4217 currency code representation 📎
currency_symbol string Symbol for currency ($, £, etc.) 📎
class_id integer Default class tracking ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
campaign_id integer Campaign/lead source ID # 📎
superuser_username string Main contact username 📎
superuser_email string Main contact e-mail address 📎
superuser_name string Main contact name 📎
superuser_first_name string Main contact first name 📎
superuser_last_name string Main contact last name 📎
superuser_phone string Main contact phone number 📎
superuser_token string Main contact token 📎
superuser_title string Main contact title 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state/province 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
bill_block string Printable billing address 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
ship_block string Printable shipping address 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime string Date/time this customer was created 📎
write_ipaddr string IP address that created this customer 📎
mod_datetime string Date/time this customer was updated 📎
mod_ipaddr string IP address that last updated this customer 📎
brand_id integer Brand ID # 📎
class_name string Class name 📎
terms_id integer Default terms ID # 📎
terms_name string Default payment terms 📎
terms_days integer # of days for the default payment terms 📎
url_statementlink string URL the customer can visit to view their monthly statement 📎
url_paymethodlink string URL the customer can visit to update their payment method 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the customer in the GUI 📎
admin_name string Admin/Worker Name 📎
admin_email string Admin/Worker Email 📎
customer_status_id integer Customer Status ID # 📎
customer_status_name string Human-friendly customer status 📎
customer_status_str string Status string 📎
customer_status_state string Status code 📎
default_paymethod string Default payment method type 📎
default_creditcard_id integer Default credit card ID # (if the default payment method is a credit card) 📎
default_ach_id integer Default ACH/eCheck ID # (if the default payment method is ACH) 📎
no_taxes boolean Flag to disable charging of taxes 📎
no_dunning boolean Flag to disable dunning 📎
no_latefees boolean Flag to disable late fees 📎
no_procfees boolean Flag to disable processing fees 📎
invoice_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for initial invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy) 📎
dunning_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for dunning/reminder invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy via Docsaway, Lob, etc.) 📎
tax_ident string Tax ID #/VAT # 📎
total float The sum total amount of all invoices ever issued to this customer (lifetime value) 📎
balance float Balance due for this customer 📎
paid float The lifetime net total payments minus refunds this customer has made 📎
mrr float Current monthly recurring revenue of the customer 📎
arr float Current annual recurring revenue of the customer 📎

Query for customers

API Request

GET /api/v3/customer?where=bill_country:EQUALS:Canada
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": [
        {
            "superuser_id": 357,
            "external_key": null,
            "company": "CA Test Customer 1",
            "email": "asgdadg@asdgaggd.com",
            "phone": "",
            "bill_addr1": null,
            "bill_addr2": null,
            "bill_addr3": null,
            "bill_city": null,
            "bill_state": null,
            "bill_postcode": null,
            "bill_country": "Canada",
            "bill_email": null,
            "bill_notes": null,
            "ship_addr1": null,
            "ship_addr2": null,
            "ship_addr3": null,
            "ship_city": null,
            "ship_state": null,
            "ship_postcode": null,
            "ship_country": null,
            "ship_email": null,
            "ship_notes": null,
            "write_datetime": "2013-08-22 08:57:09",
            "write_ipaddr": "172.16.16.102",
            "mod_datetime": "2013-08-22 08:57:09",
            "mod_ipaddr": "172.16.16.102",
            "display_as": "CA Test Customer 1",
            "ship_block": "",
            "bill_block": "Canada",
            "customer_id": 7
        }
    ]
}

Get a specific customer

Get a specific customer using their customer_id.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
customer_id integer Customer ID # 📎
parent_customer_id integer Parent customer ID # 📎
token string Customer Token 📎
superuser_id integer Main contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
display_as string Deprecated 📎
company string Company/customer name 📎
language_id integer Language ID # 📎
currency_id integer Currency ID # 📎
currency_iso4217 string ISO 4217 currency code representation 📎
currency_symbol string Symbol for currency ($, £, etc.) 📎
class_id integer Default class tracking ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
campaign_id integer Campaign/lead source ID # 📎
superuser_username string Main contact username 📎
superuser_email string Main contact e-mail address 📎
superuser_name string Main contact name 📎
superuser_first_name string Main contact first name 📎
superuser_last_name string Main contact last name 📎
superuser_phone string Main contact phone number 📎
superuser_token string Main contact token 📎
superuser_title string Main contact title 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state/province 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
bill_block string Printable billing address 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
ship_block string Printable shipping address 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime string Date/time this customer was created 📎
write_ipaddr string IP address that created this customer 📎
mod_datetime string Date/time this customer was updated 📎
mod_ipaddr string IP address that last updated this customer 📎
brand_id integer Brand ID # 📎
class_name string Class name 📎
terms_id integer Default terms ID # 📎
terms_name string Default payment terms 📎
terms_days integer # of days for the default payment terms 📎
url_statementlink string URL the customer can visit to view their monthly statement 📎
url_paymethodlink string URL the customer can visit to update their payment method 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the customer in the GUI 📎
admin_name string Admin/Worker Name 📎
admin_email string Admin/Worker Email 📎
customer_status_id integer Customer Status ID # 📎
customer_status_name string Human-friendly customer status 📎
customer_status_str string Status string 📎
customer_status_state string Status code 📎
default_paymethod string Default payment method type 📎
default_creditcard_id integer Default credit card ID # (if the default payment method is a credit card) 📎
default_ach_id integer Default ACH/eCheck ID # (if the default payment method is ACH) 📎
no_taxes boolean Flag to disable charging of taxes 📎
no_dunning boolean Flag to disable dunning 📎
no_latefees boolean Flag to disable late fees 📎
no_procfees boolean Flag to disable processing fees 📎
invoice_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for initial invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy) 📎
dunning_delivery enum[print,email] Delivery method for dunning/reminder invoices ("email" or "print" for printed hard-copy via Docsaway, Lob, etc.) 📎
tax_ident string Tax ID #/VAT # 📎
total float The sum total amount of all invoices ever issued to this customer (lifetime value) 📎
balance float Balance due for this customer 📎
paid float The lifetime net total payments minus refunds this customer has made 📎
mrr float Current monthly recurring revenue of the customer 📎
arr float Current annual recurring revenue of the customer 📎
tags array A list of tags 📎

Get a specific customer

API Request

GET /api/v3/customer/16
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": {
        "superuser_id": 364,
        "external_key": null,
        "token": "fozdqj169569",
        "company": "Karli Marie",
        "bill_addr1": "56 Wintergreen Street",
        "bill_addr2": "",
        "bill_addr3": "",
        "bill_city": "Hamden",
        "bill_state": "CT",
        "bill_postcode": "06517",
        "bill_country": "United States",
        "bill_notes": null,
        "ship_addr1": null,
        "ship_addr2": null,
        "ship_addr3": null,
        "ship_city": null,
        "ship_state": null,
        "ship_postcode": null,
        "ship_country": null,
        "ship_notes": null,
        "terms_id": 3,
        "class_id": 0,
        "custom_1": "",
        "custom_2": null,
        "custom_3": null,
        "custom_4": null,
        "custom_5": null,
        "custom_6": null,
        "admin_id": 4,
        "campaign_id": 0,
        "currency_id": 1,
        "language_id": 1,
        "brand_id": 1,
        "default_paymethod": "crd",
        "default_creditcard_id": 51,
        "default_ach_id": null,
        "no_taxes": false,
        "no_dunning": false,
        "write_datetime": "2017-05-18 09:36:19",
        "write_ipaddr": "130.215.123.7",
        "mod_datetime": "2017-12-01 21:37:50",
        "mod_ipaddr": "192.168.21.14",
        "terms_name": "Due on Receipt",
        "terms_days": 0,
        "class_name": "",
        "paid": 1145.46,
        "total": 2656.11,
        "balance": 1510.65,
        "url_paymethodlink": "https:\/\/dev.chargeover.com\/r\/paymethod\/i\/fozdqj169569",
        "url_self": "https:\/\/dev.chargeover.com\/admin\/r\/customer\/view\/16",
        "admin_name": "ChargeOver Support",
        "admin_email": "support@chargeover.com",
        "currency_symbol": "$",
        "currency_iso4217": "USD",
        "display_as": "Karli Marie",
        "ship_block": "",
        "bill_block": "56 Wintergreen Street\nHamden CT 06517\nUnited States",
        "superuser_name": "Karli Marie",
        "superuser_first_name": "Karli",
        "superuser_last_name": "Marie",
        "superuser_phone": "860-249-1317",
        "superuser_email": "karli@chargeover.com",
        "superuser_token": "1892mske1j64",
        "customer_id": 16,
        "parent_customer_id": null,
        "invoice_delivery": "email",
        "dunning_delivery": "email",
        "customer_status_id": 2,
        "customer_status_name": "Over Due",
        "customer_status_str": "active-overdue",
        "customer_status_state": "a",
        "superuser_username": "QATPM1zD4CLE",
        "tags": [
            "tag1",
            "tag2"
        ]
    }
}

Delete a customer

Allows you to delete a customer.

Note that you can only delete a customer if:

  • They have no active subscriptions
  • They have no open/unpaid invoices

Delete a customer

API Request

DELETE /api/v3/customer/1553 HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNSj...
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": true
}

Set a customer as inactive

Allows you to set a customer as "Inactive".

Set a customer as inactive

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/2?action=setInactive
Authorization: Basic czI3bEhUNGh4UTNuUkNhRUJQMGR6S2V...
Content-Type: application/json
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": true
}

Set a customer as active

Allows you to set a specified customer as "Active".

Set a customer as active

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/2?action=setActive
Authorization: Basic czI3bEhUNGh4UTNuUkNhRUJQMGR6S2V...
Content-Type: application/json
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": true
}

Set the primary contact for a customer

Specify the user you want to assign as the customer's primary contact using the user's user_id.

Set the primary contact for a customer

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/321?action=setSuperUser
  
{
    "user_id": 789
}

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": true
}

Set the default payment method for a customer

Allows you to set the defaut payment method for a customer.

The update_subscriptions_and_scheduled_invoices field is optional. If you leave it off entirely OR set it to true, we will update any already existing subscriptions for that customer to use this payment method too. If you set it to false, we'll update the customer but NOT their already existing subscriptions.

Set the default payment method for a customer

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/2?action=setPayMethod
  
{
    "creditcard_id": 74,
    "paymethod": "crd",
    "update_subscriptions_and_scheduled_invoices": true
}

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": true
}

Email a customer

Allows you to send an email from a template to a customer.

The message_id field is optional. If left out, the default email will be a welcome message.

Email a customer

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/9?action=email
  
{
    "_comment": "If you wish to use an existing template other than the default, specify the message_id of the template:",
    "message_id": 16
}

API Response

{
	"code": 200,
	"status": "OK",
	"message": "",
	"details": {},
	"response": true
}

Disconnect a customer from its parent customer

Allows you to disconnect a child customer from its parent customer via POST API Request.

A customer's parent can only be disconnected if its parent has not made a payment for the customer.

Note you can also disconnect a parent by updating the customer and setting its parent_customer_id to null

Disconnect a customer from its parent customer

API Request

POST /api/v3/customer/2?action=disconnectParent
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": true
}

Users / Contacts

The primary key field for a user is user_id

Add a contact

Notes:

  • The response/id value will be the user_id value for the newly created user.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
external_key string External key value 📎
username string Customer portal username 📎
password string Customer portal password 📎
name string First and last name of the contact 📎
first_name string First name of contact 📎
middle_name_glob string Middle name/initial 📎
last_name string Last name 📎
name_suffix string Suffix (e.g. "Jr.", "Sr.", "III", etc.) 📎
title string Title 📎
email string E-mail address 📎
phone string Phone number 📎
mobile string Mobile number 📎
user_type_id integer User type ID # 📎
customer_id integer The customer ID # this contact belongs to 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎

Add a contact

API Request

POST /api/v3/user HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNSjNOaWo...
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "customer_id": 21,
    "username": "my_test_username_393",
    "password": "some test password",
    "name": "Ryan Bantz",
    "email": "ryan@adgadgagadg.com",
    "phone": "888-555-1212"
}

API Response

HTTP/1.0 201 Created
Location: https://example.chargeover.com/api/v3/user/379
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 201,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "id": 379
    }
}

Update a contact

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
external_key string External key value 📎
username string Customer portal username 📎
password string Customer portal password 📎
name string First and last name of the contact 📎
first_name string First name of contact 📎
middle_name_glob string Middle name/initial 📎
last_name string Last name 📎
name_suffix string Suffix (e.g. "Jr.", "Sr.", "III", etc.) 📎
title string Title 📎
email string E-mail address 📎
phone string Phone number 📎
mobile string Mobile number 📎
user_type_id integer User type ID # 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎

Update a contact

API Request

PUT /api/v3/user/366
  
{
    "customer_id": 19,
    "username": "my_test_username",
    "password": "my_test_password",
    "name": "Jessica Maye",
    "email": "jmae@example.com",
    "phone": "888-222-3432"
}

API Response

HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 202,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "details": {},
    "response": {
        "id": 366
    }
}

Get a specific contact

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
user_id integer The user/contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
token string Unique token 📎
username string Customer portal username 📎
name string First and last name of the contact 📎
first_name string First name of contact 📎
middle_name_glob string Middle name/initial 📎
last_name string Last name 📎
name_suffix string Suffix (e.g. "Jr.", "Sr.", "III", etc.) 📎
display_as string (deprecated) 📎
title string Title 📎
email string E-mail address 📎
phone string Phone number 📎
mobile string Mobile number 📎
user_type_id integer User type ID # 📎
user_type_name string User type 📎
customer_id integer The customer ID # this contact belongs to 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was created 📎
mod_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was last modified 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the user/contact in the GUI 📎

Get a specific contact

API Request

GET /api/v3/user/362
 

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "user_id": 362,
        "external_key": null,
        "first_name": "Keith",
        "middle_name_glob": null,
        "last_name": "Palmer",
        "name_suffix": null,
        "title": "",
        "email": "keith@chargeover.com",
        "phone": "860-634-1602",
        "write_datetime": "2014-07-08 14:26:01",
        "mod_datetime": "2014-07-08 14:26:01",
        "name": "Keith Palmer",
        "display_as": "Keith Palmer",
        "user_type_id": 1, 
        "user_type_name": "Billing",
        "username": "7yanhoctj6qs"
    }
}

Get a list of contacts

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
user_id integer The user/contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
token string Unique token 📎
username string Customer portal username 📎
name string First and last name of the contact 📎
first_name string First name of contact 📎
middle_name_glob string Middle name/initial 📎
last_name string Last name 📎
name_suffix string Suffix (e.g. "Jr.", "Sr.", "III", etc.) 📎
display_as string (deprecated) 📎
title string Title 📎
email string E-mail address 📎
phone string Phone number 📎
mobile string Mobile number 📎
user_type_id integer User type ID # 📎
user_type_name string User type 📎
customer_id integer The customer ID # this contact belongs to 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was created 📎
mod_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was last modified 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the user/contact in the GUI 📎

Get a list of contacts

API Request

GET /api/v3/user
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": [
        {
            "user_id": 348,
            "external_key": null,
            "first_name": "John",
            "middle_name_glob": "",
            "last_name": "Doe",
            "name_suffix": null,
            "title": "",
            "email": "test1@test1.com",
            "phone": "",
            "write_datetime": "2014-07-02 09:58:37",
            "mod_datetime": "2014-07-02 06:05:24",
            "name": "John Doe",
            "display_as": "John Doe",
            "username": "test1@test1.com"
        },
        ...

Query for contacts

Available query parameters:

  • user_id
  • external_key
  • first_name
  • last_name
  • email
  • phone
  • user_type_id
  • username
  • customers.customer_id - Get contacts belonging to a specific customer

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
user_id integer The user/contact ID # 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
token string Unique token 📎
username string Customer portal username 📎
name string First and last name of the contact 📎
first_name string First name of contact 📎
middle_name_glob string Middle name/initial 📎
last_name string Last name 📎
name_suffix string Suffix (e.g. "Jr.", "Sr.", "III", etc.) 📎
display_as string (deprecated) 📎
title string Title 📎
email string E-mail address 📎
phone string Phone number 📎
mobile string Mobile number 📎
user_type_id integer User type ID # 📎
user_type_name string User type 📎
customer_id integer The customer ID # this contact belongs to 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
write_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was created 📎
mod_datetime datetime Date/time the user/contact was last modified 📎
url_self string URL for viewing the user/contact in the GUI 📎

Query for contacts

API Request

GET /api/v3/user?where=first_name:EQUALS:Keith
 

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": [
        {
            "user_id": 362,
            "external_key": null,
            "first_name": "Keith",
            "middle_name_glob": null,
            "last_name": "Palmer",
            "name_suffix": null,
            "title": "",
            "email": "keith@chargeover.com",
            "phone": "860-634-1602",
            "write_datetime": "2014-07-02 09:58:37",
            "mod_datetime": "2014-07-08 14:26:01",
            "name": "Keith Palmer",
            "display_as": "Keith Palmer",
            "username": "7yanhoctj6qs"
        },
        ...

Send a password reset

By default, calling the password action will send an e-mail to the end-user containing a link. The end-user will follow the link to reset their password.

If you’d instead prefer to explicitly set the password to something for the user, you can tell password to set the password to a passed in value. An email will be sent to the end-user containing the new password.

IMPORTANT: In either of the above two cases, the default behavior sends an e-mail. If you don’t want the e-mail to be sent, use the _flag_emails=0 advanced flag to suppress the outgoing e-mail.

Send a password reset

API Request

POST /api/v3/user/372?action=password HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNSjNOaWo1aGZMeERSYjg6OXZDSmJtZFpLU2llVmNoeXJSSXRGUXc4TUJONGxPSDM=
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": true
}

Set a password

Set a password

API Request

POST /api/v3/user/372?action=password HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNSjNOaWo1aGZMeERSYjg6OXZDSmJtZFpLU2llVmNoeXJSSXRGUXc4TUJONGxPSDM=
  
{
    "password": "here is the new password"
}

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": true
}

Log in a user

This fetches a short-lived, one-time-use login URL that you can use to automatically log a user into the ChargeOver customer portal. This link is only valid for a very short amount of time, so you must forward the user to this URL immediately. The user will be immediately and automatically logged into the customer portal.

By default when the user is logged in, they will be dropped on the home page. You can optionally specify a destination attribute to send them to a specific page of the portal after login.

Possible values for destination:

  • subscriptions (for the list of subscriptions)
  • invoices (for the list of invoices)
  • payments (for the list of payments)
  • info (for the "My Info" page with the company/name/phone/etc.)
  • paymethods (for the "Payment Methods" tab with credit card info, etc.)
  • paymethods-creditcard (the "Payment Methods" tab, and prompt the user to save a new credit card)
  • paymethods-ach (the "Payment Methods" tab, and prompt the user to save a new bank account)
  • password (for the "Change My Password" tab)

Log in a user

API Request

POST /api/v3/user/389?action=getLoginURL
  
{
    "_comment": "This JSON payload is optional. If you do NOT specify a 'destination' attribute, the user will be dropped on the home page.",
    "destination": "home"
}

API Response

{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": "https:\/\/dev.chargeover.com\/signup\/r\/logintoken\/3170a017fbfcf660b5004e6e358fbdf9"
}

Delete a contact

Delete a contact

API Request

DELETE /api/v3/user/362
 

API Response

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 200,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": true
}

Invoices

The primary key field for an invoice is invoice_id.

Create an invoice

Requirements

  • You must specify an existing customer_id, customer_token, or customer_external_key value.
  • You must specify at least one line item.
  • Each line item must refer to an existing item_id value.

Notes

  • The response/id value is the invoice_id value of the newly created invoice.
  • The Location: header will provide a direct API link to the newly created invoice.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
refnumber string Invoice reference number 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
customer_id integer Customer ID # 📎
date date Invoice date 📎
currency_id integer Currency ID # 📎
class_id integer Class ID # 📎
paycycle string Payment cycle 📎
terms_id integer Terms ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
bill_notes string (deprecated) 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping address country 📎
ship_notes string (deprecated) 📎
memo string Memo/notes to customer 📎
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1 📎
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2 📎
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3 📎
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4 📎
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5 📎
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6 📎
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7 📎
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8 📎
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9 📎
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10 📎
custom_11 mixed Custom field #11 📎
custom_12 mixed Custom field #12 📎
custom_13 mixed Custom field #13 📎
custom_14 mixed Custom field #14 📎
custom_15 mixed Custom field #15 📎
custom_16 mixed Custom field #16 📎
custom_17 mixed Custom field #17 📎
custom_18 mixed Custom field #18 📎
custom_19 mixed Custom field #19 📎
custom_20 mixed Custom field #20 📎
line_items - array

A list of line items for the invoice
Attribute Type Description  
item_id integer Item ID # for this line
paycycle string Payment cycle
descrip string Description
line_rate float Rate
line_quantity float Quantity
custom_1 mixed Custom field #1
custom_2 mixed Custom field #2
custom_3 mixed Custom field #3
custom_4 mixed Custom field #4
custom_5 mixed Custom field #5
custom_6 mixed Custom field #6
custom_7 mixed Custom field #7
custom_8 mixed Custom field #8
custom_9 mixed Custom field #9
custom_10 mixed Custom field #10
tags array A list of tags 📎

Create an invoice

API Request

POST /api/v3/invoice HTTP/1.1
Authorization: Basic N3N1dFdGRU8yektWWUlHbVpNSjNOaWo1aGZMeERSYjg6OXZDSmJtZFpLU2llVmNoeXJSSXRGUXc4TUJONGxPSDM=
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "customer_id": 1,
    "bill_addr1": "72 E Blue Grass Road",
    "bill_city": "Willington",
    "bill_state": "Connecticut",
    "bill_postcode": "06279",
    "line_items": [
        {
            "item_id": 307,
            "descrip": "My description goes here",
            "line_rate": 29.95,
            "line_quantity": 12
        },
        {
            "item_id": 293,
            "descrip": "Another description",
            "line_rate": 12.95,
            "line_quantity": 2
        }
    ]
}

API Response

HTTP/1.0 201 Created
Location: https://example.chargeover.com/api/v3/invoice/17073
Content-Type: application/json
  
{
    "code": 201,
    "status": "OK",
    "message": "",
    "response": {
        "id": 17073
    }
}

Update an invoice

If you want to keep a line item unchanged, pass just the line_item_id value of the existing line item.

Object Attributes

Attribute Type Description  
refnumber string Invoice reference number 📎
external_key string External key value 📎
paycycle string Payment cycle 📎
terms_id integer Terms ID # 📎
admin_id integer Admin/Worker ID # 📎
bill_addr1 string Billing address line 1 📎
bill_addr2 string Billing address line 2 📎
bill_addr3 string Billing address line 3 📎
bill_city string Billing address city 📎
bill_state string Billing address state 📎
bill_postcode string Billing address postal code 📎
bill_country string Billing address country 📎
bill_notes string (deprecated) 📎
ship_addr1 string Shipping address line 1 📎
ship_addr2 string Shipping address line 2 📎
ship_addr3 string Shipping address line 3 📎
ship_city string Shipping address city 📎
ship_state string Shipping address state 📎
ship_postcode string Shipping address postal code 📎
ship_country string Shipping addr