Create Customer Metafields
Creates Customer metafields by passing the customerId in the query parameters.
Authentication
X-Auth-Tokenstring
### OAuth scopes
| UI Name | Permission | Parameter |
|:--------|:-----------|:----------|
| Customers | modify | `store_v2_customers` |
| Customers | read-only | `store_v2_customers_read_only` |
| Stored Payment Instruments | modify | `store_stored_payment_instruments` |
| Stored Payment Instruments | read-only | `store_stored_payment_instruments_read_only` |
### Authentication header
| Header | Argument | Description |
|:-------|:---------|:------------|
| `X-Auth-Token` | `access_token` | For more about API accounts that generate `access_token`s, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#api-accounts). |
### Further reading
For example requests and more information about authenticating BigCommerce APIs, see [Authentication and Example Requests](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#x-auth-token-header-example-requests).
For more about BigCommerce OAuth scopes, see our [Guide to API Accounts](/developer/docs/overview/api-accounts#oauth-scopes).
For a list of API status codes, see [API Status Codes](/developer/api-reference/rest/overview#rest-http-status-codes).
Path parameters
customerId
The ID of the customer.
Request
This endpoint expects an object.
permission_set
Determines the visibility and writeability of the field by other API consumers.
| Value | Description |
| :--- | :--- |
| `app_only` | Private to the app that owns the field. |
| `read` | Visible to other API consumers. |
| `write` | Open for reading and writing by other API consumers. |
| `read_and_sf_access` | Visible to other API consumers, including on the storefront. |
| `write_and_sf_access` | Open for reading and writing by other API consumers, including on the storefront. |
Allowed values:
namespace
Namespace for the metafield, for organizational purposes.
key
The name of the field, for example: location_id, color.
value
The value of the field, for example: 1, blue.
description
Description for the metafields.
Response
Response payload for the BigCommerce API.
data
errors
Empty for 200 responses.
meta
Data about the response, including pagination and collection totals.
Errors
400
Bad Request Error
409
Conflict Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error