---
title: "Creates Customer Type"
url: "https://developer.retailexpress.com.au/apis/retail-express-api-21-v2/versions/d3750347-3c58-45e9-b3b1-b23a00e713ed/operations/post-customertypes"
---

> Full API specification: https://developer.retailexpress.com.au/apis/retail-express-api-21-v2/versions/d3750347-3c58-45e9-b3b1-b23a00e713ed.md

# Creates Customer Type

`POST` `/customertypes`

Operation ID: `post-customertypes`

Sample request: POST /customertypes { "name": "name", "active": true, "default": false }

## Header parameters

- `x-api-key` (string, required) - Api subscription key
- `Cache-Control` (string, optional)
- `Authorization` (string, required) - Bearer token for authorization (e.g., Bearer <token>)

## Request body

Content types: `application/json`

## Responses

- `201` - Customer Type created
- `400` - Bad request
- `401` - Unauthorized
- `403` - Forbidden

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.1
info:
  title: Retail Express API
  version: V2
servers:
  - url: https://api.retailexpress.com.au/v2
paths:
  /customertypes:
    post:
      tags:
        - customertypes
      summary: Creates Customer Type
      description: "Sample request:\r

        \r

        \     POST /customertypes\r

        \     {\r

        \         \"name\": \"name\",\r

        \         \"active\": true,\r

        \         \"default\": false\r

        \     }"
      operationId: post-customertypes
      parameters:
        - name: x-api-key
          in: header
          description: Api subscription key
          required: true
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: Cache-Control
          in: header
          required: false
          schema:
            type: string
            default: no-cache
        - name: Authorization
          in: header
          required: true
          description: Bearer token for authorization (e.g., Bearer <token>)
          schema:
            type: string
      requestBody:
        description: Customer Type model
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              title: EmptyExample
              type: object
              additionalProperties: false
      responses:
        "201":
          description: Customer Type created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/V2.CustomerType"
              example:
                id: 0
                name: string
                active: true
                default: true
                deleted: true
                modified_on: string
        "400":
          description: Bad request
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
              example:
                type: string
                title: string
                status: 0
                detail: string
                instance: string
        "401":
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
              example:
                type: string
                title: string
                status: 0
                detail: string
                instance: string
        "403":
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: "#/components/schemas/ProblemDetails"
              example:
                type: string
                title: string
                status: 0
                detail: string
                instance: string
security: []
components:
  schemas:
    V2.CustomerType:
      title: ""
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          description: Customer type identifier
          format: int32
        name:
          maxLength: 60
          minLength: 0
          type: string
          description: Customer type name
          nullable: true
        active:
          type: boolean
          description: Customer type active
          nullable: true
        default:
          type: boolean
          description: Customer type default
          nullable: true
        deleted:
          type: boolean
          description: Customer type deleted
          nullable: true
        modified_on:
          type: string
          description: Customer type last modified
          format: date-time
      additionalProperties: false
      description: Customer type model
    ProblemDetails:
      title: ""
      type: object
      properties:
        type:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        title:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        status:
          type: integer
          format: int32
          nullable: true
        detail:
          type: string
          nullable: true
        instance:
          type: string
          nullable: true
      additionalProperties: {}
```