API Documentation
API Endpoints/Identities

Create or update identity by your customer number

PUT
/identities/{identityReference}
AuthorizationBasic <token>

Basic authentication is a simple authentication scheme built into the HTTP protocol. To use it, send your HTTP requests with an Authorization header that contains the word Basic followed by a space and a base64-encoded string username:password.Example: Authorization: Basic ZGVtbzpwQDU1dzByZA==

In: header

Path Parameters

identityReferencestring

Your identityReference

addresses?array<object>
currency?string

Main currency of the identity

Default"Based on merchant settings"
debtor?string

The debtor number of the identity, if you do not send this Abillify will generate one.

detail?object
emails?array<object>
kind?string

Kind of identity, individual = b2c, incorporate = b2b

Value in"individual" | "incorporate"
meta?object

Merchant information related to the entity, you can store any JSON here. Size limits according to your contract.

name?object
number?string

Your Customernumber

phones?array<object>
referencestring

Your identityReference (A unique identifier in your system), if you don't send this Abillify will generate one.

Response Body

curl -X PUT "https://staging1.abillify.dev/api/identities/string" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "detail": {
      "vatId": "DE123456789"
    },
    "kind": "incorporate",
    "name": {
      "company": "ACME Inc."
    }
  }'
const body = JSON.stringify({
  "detail": {
    "vatId": "DE123456789"
  },
  "kind": "incorporate",
  "name": {
    "company": "ACME Inc."
  }
})

fetch("https://staging1.abillify.dev/api/identities/string", {
  body
})
package main

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

func main() {
  url := "https://staging1.abillify.dev/api/identities/string"
  body := strings.NewReader(`{
    "detail": {
      "vatId": "DE123456789"
    },
    "kind": "incorporate",
    "name": {
      "company": "ACME Inc."
    }
  }`)
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, body)
  req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(res)
  fmt.Println(string(body))
}
import requests

url = "https://staging1.abillify.dev/api/identities/string"
body = {
  "detail": {
    "vatId": "DE123456789"
  },
  "kind": "incorporate",
  "name": {
    "company": "ACME Inc."
  }
}
response = requests.request("PUT", url, json = body, headers = {
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
})

print(response.text)
{
  "addresses": [
    {
      "city": "Berlin",
      "country": "DE",
      "extra": "C/O Mr. Smith",
      "housenumber": "1",
      "info": "string",
      "kind": "shipping",
      "state": "Berlin",
      "street": "Main Street",
      "zipcode": "10115"
    }
  ],
  "created": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "currency": "EUR",
  "debtor": "1234567890",
  "detail": {
    "dunning": {
      "customPeriods": {
        "COLLECTION": 28,
        "DUNNING1": 7,
        "DUNNING2": 7,
        "DUNNING3": 7,
        "REMINDER": 7
      },
      "delayedUntil": "2020-01-01",
      "deliveryKind": "letter",
      "disabled": true
    },
    "locale": "de-DE",
    "vatId": "DE123456789"
  },
  "emails": [
    {
      "email": "foo@bar.com",
      "kind": "default"
    }
  ],
  "id": "5e4a7b2b-1b0b-4c7a-8f0a-5b9b6b7c8d9e",
  "kind": "individual",
  "meta": {
    "custom_key": "custom_value"
  },
  "modified": "2020-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "name": {
    "birthday": "1970-01-01",
    "company": "ACME Inc.",
    "firstname": "John",
    "lastname": "Doe",
    "salutation": "mr"
  },
  "number": "K12345",
  "phones": [
    {
      "active": true,
      "phone": "+49 30 12345678"
    }
  ],
  "reference": "1234567890"
}
{
  "code": 400,
  "details": [
    {
      "error": "Value for field 'debtor' is of wrong type, expected bigint.",
      "fields": [
        "debtor"
      ],
      "hint": "Value must be a number or a string containing only a number."
    }
  ],
  "message": "InvalidValue, see error details",
  "name": "ClientError",
  "type": "ERR_INVALID_VALUE"
}
{
  "code": 400,
  "details": [
    {
      "error": "Value for field 'debtor' is of wrong type, expected bigint.",
      "fields": [
        "debtor"
      ],
      "hint": "Value must be a number or a string containing only a number."
    }
  ],
  "message": "InvalidValue, see error details",
  "name": "ClientError",
  "type": "ERR_INVALID_VALUE"
}