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# Update customer

PUT https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/{customerId}
Content-Type: application/json

Updates editable profile fields for an existing customer. Use the same canonical customer terminology even where legacy payload fields remain.

Reference: https://docs.aurasos.com/api-reference/customers/update-customer

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Servers

- `https://staging-panic.aura.services` (Staging, default)
- `https://panic.aura.services` (Production)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `customerId` (integer, required) — Customer identifier.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a CustomerUpdateRequest.

- `customer` (CustomerProfile, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful.

- `message` (string, optional)
- `customer` (Customer, optional) — A customer profile. Read responses include the request profile fields plus the server-managed fields below.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad request.

- `message` (string, optional)
- `errors` (ErrorResponseErrors, optional) — Error detail. May be a string, an array of strings, or an object (some routes return a serialized error object).

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized.

- `message` (string, optional)
- `errors` (ErrorResponseErrors, optional) — Error detail. May be a string, an array of strings, or an object (some routes return a serialized error object).

### 404 Not Found Error

Not found.

- `message` (string, optional)
- `errors` (ErrorResponseErrors, optional) — Error detail. May be a string, an array of strings, or an object (some routes return a serialized error object).

## Types

### CustomerProfile

- `name` (string, optional)
- `surname` (string, optional)
- `mobile` (string, optional) — The customer's unique identifier.
- `email` (string, optional)
- `gender` (string, optional)
- `dateOfBirth` (datetime, optional)
- `businessName` (string, optional)
- `duressCode` (string, optional) — Safe word used to confirm a customer-initiated cancellation.
- `externalReferenceId` (string, optional) — Your own reference for the customer.
- `vehicleMake` (string, optional)
- `vehicleModel` (string, optional)
- `vehicleColour` (string, optional)
- `vehicleLicensePlate` (string, optional)
- `hasMedicalAid` (boolean, optional)
- `medicalConditions` (string, optional)
- `medications` (string, optional)
- `allergies` (string, optional)
- `medicalAidNumber` (string, optional)
- `medicalAidScheme` (string, optional)
- `nextOfKinName` (string, optional)
- `nextOfKinNumber` (string, optional)
- `bloodType` (string, optional)
- `familyDoctorPhoneNumber` (string, optional)
- `medicalOther` (string, optional)

### Customer

A customer profile. Read responses include the request profile fields plus the server-managed fields below.

- `name` (string, optional)
- `surname` (string, optional)
- `mobile` (string, optional) — The customer's unique identifier.
- `email` (string, optional)
- `gender` (string, optional)
- `dateOfBirth` (datetime, optional)
- `businessName` (string, optional)
- `duressCode` (string, optional) — Safe word used to confirm a customer-initiated cancellation.
- `externalReferenceId` (string, optional) — Your own reference for the customer.
- `vehicleMake` (string, optional)
- `vehicleModel` (string, optional)
- `vehicleColour` (string, optional)
- `vehicleLicensePlate` (string, optional)
- `hasMedicalAid` (boolean, optional)
- `medicalConditions` (string, optional)
- `medications` (string, optional)
- `allergies` (string, optional)
- `medicalAidNumber` (string, optional)
- `medicalAidScheme` (string, optional)
- `nextOfKinName` (string, optional)
- `nextOfKinNumber` (string, optional)
- `bloodType` (string, optional)
- `familyDoctorPhoneNumber` (string, optional)
- `medicalOther` (string, optional)
- `id` (integer, optional)
- `customerSourceId` (integer, optional)
- `auth0UserId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `createdAt` (datetime, optional)
- `updatedAt` (datetime, optional)
- `imageId` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `customerTypeId` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `referredByCodeId` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `referredByCustomerId` (integer, optional, nullable)
- `stripeCustomerId` (string, optional, nullable)
- `medicalAidPlan` (string, optional, nullable)
- `hasVehicle` (boolean, optional, nullable)
- `referralCode` (string, optional, nullable) — Present on customer GET responses.
- `hasPanicked` (boolean, optional) — Present on customer GET responses.
- `subscriptions` (list of Subscription, optional) — Present when the customer was created with a subscription or when subscriptions are embedded.

### ErrorResponseErrors

Error detail. May be a string, an array of strings, or an object (some routes return a serialized error object).

- string
- list of string
- map from string to any

### Subscription

- `id` (integer, optional)
- `customerId` (integer, optional)
- `subscriptionTypeId` (integer, optional)
- `validFrom` (datetime, optional)
- `validTo` (datetime, optional)
- `CancelledDate` (datetime, optional, nullable) — Set when the subscription is cancelled. A subscription has no status field — it is active while within `validFrom`–`validTo` and not cancelled.
- `CancelledReason` (string, optional, nullable)
- `subscriptionToken` (string, optional, nullable)
- `dependantCustomerIds` (list of integer, optional)
- `membersFullName` (string, optional) — Present on customer subscription lookup responses.
- `relationship` (string, optional) — Present on customer subscription lookup responses; one of `MAIN` or `DEPENDANT`.
- `numberOfAddedDependents` (string, optional) — Present on customer subscription lookup responses.
- `subscriptionType` (SubscriptionType, optional)

### SubscriptionType

- `id` (integer, optional)
- `description` (string, optional)
- `value` (string, optional)
- `numberOfAllowedDependents` (SubscriptionTypeNumberOfAllowedDependents, optional, nullable)
- `recurringBilling` (boolean, optional)
- `period` (string, optional, nullable)
- `name` (string, optional, nullable)
- `createdAt` (datetime, optional)
- `updatedAt` (datetime, optional)

### SubscriptionTypeNumberOfAllowedDependents

- integer
- string

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "message": "Successfully retrieved customer",
  "customer": {
    "name": "Audit",
    "surname": "Tester",
    "mobile": "+27849990001",
    "email": "audit@example.com",
    "id": 12345,
    "customerSourceId": 3,
    "createdAt": "2026-06-08T15:38:32.455Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-06-08T15:38:32.455Z"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Success
import requests

url = "https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.put(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Success
const url = 'https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Success
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Success
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Success
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php Success
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Success
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Success
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://staging-panic.aura.services/panic-api/v2/customers/12345")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```