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objectcustomerobjectThe details about a customer in PayPal's system of record.
idstring^[0-9a-zA-Z_-]+$The unique ID for a customer generated by PayPal.
email_addressstringmerchant_common_email_address_v2(?:[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9!#$%&'*+/=?^_`{|}~-]+)*|(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21\x23-\x5b\x5d-\x7f]|\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])*")@(?:(?:[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?\.)+[a-zA-Z0-9](?:[a-zA-Z0-9-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])?|\[(?:(?:(2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9]))\.){3}(?:(2(5[0-5]|[0-4][0-9])|1[0-9][0-9]|[1-9]?[0-9])|[a-zA-Z0-9-]*[a-zA-Z0-9]:(?:[\x01-\x08\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x1f\x21-\x5a\x53-\x7f]|\[\x01-\x09\x0b\x0c\x0e-\x7f])+)\])Email address of the buyer as provided to the merchant or on file with the merchant. Email Address is required if you are processing the transaction using PayPal Guest Processing which is offered to select partners and merchants. For all other use cases we do not expect partners/merchant to send email_address of their customer.
phoneobjectThe phone number of the buyer as provided to the merchant or on file with the merchant. The phone.phone_number supports only national_number.
phone_typestring"FAX", "HOME", "MOBILE", "OTHER", "PAGER"The phone type.
phone_numberrequiredobjectThe phone number, in its canonical international E.164 numbering plan format.
national_numberrequiredstring^[0-9]{1,14}?$The national number, in its canonical international E.164 numbering plan format. The combined length of the country calling code (CC) and the national number must not be greater than 15 digits. The national number consists of a national destination code (NDC) and subscriber number (SN).
merchant_customer_idstring^[0-9a-zA-Z-_.^*$@#]+$Merchants and partners may already have a data-store where their customer information is persisted. Use merchant_customer_id to associate the PayPal-generated customer.id to your representation of a customer.
vaultobjectInstruction to vault the card based on the specified strategy.
store_in_vaultstring"ON_SUCCESS"^[0-9A-Z_]+$Defines how and when the payment source gets vaulted.
verificationobjectInstruction to optionally verify the card based on the specified strategy.
methodstring"SCA_ALWAYS", "SCA_WHEN_REQUIRED", "3D_SECURE", "AVS_CVV"^[0-9A-Z_]+$"SCA_WHEN_REQUIRED"The method used for card verification.