Upsert customer by external ID
Create or update a customer identified by external source and ID. Used by integrations (PracticeHub, Wodify) to sync customers.
Related endpoints
GET /customers/{customerId}/invoices— List customer invoicesGET /customers/{customerId}/subscriptions— List customer subscriptionsGET /customers/{customerId}/orders— List customer ordersGET /customers/{customerId}/payments— List customer paymentsPUT /customers/external/batch— Batch upsert customers by external IDPOST /customers— Create a new customerGET /customers— List customersGET /customers/{id}— Get customer by ID
Common errors
400 invalid_request— malformed payload or failed validation.401 unauthenticated— missing, malformed, or revoked API key.
Idempotency
Pass an Idempotency-Key header (UUID v4 recommended) to make retries safe. Keys are valid for 24 hours; see the idempotency guide.
Your RevKeen API key (powered by Unkey). Get it from Dashboard > Settings > API Keys. Use rk_sandbox_* for test mode and rk_live_* for production.
In: header
Path Parameters
External source identifier (e.g., practicehub, wodify)
External ID from the source system
Request Body
application/json
Customer data for upsert. external_id and external_source are set from path params.
TypeScript Definitions
Use the request body type in TypeScript.
Response Body
application/json
application/json
application/json
application/json
curl -X PUT "https://api.revkeen.com/v2/customers/external/practicehub/PAT-12345" \
-H "x-api-key: $REVKEEN_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{
"email": "customer@example.com"
}'{
"data": {
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"merchant_id": "500924a8-3f5e-4c00-beb8-2efcde988aea",
"merchant_ref_id": "string",
"email": "user@example.com",
"name": "string",
"phone": "string",
"company_name": "string",
"address_line1": "string",
"address_line2": "string",
"city": "string",
"state": "string",
"postal_code": "string",
"country": "string",
"auth_user_id": "990d439e-9996-4264-8929-f50029888dd9",
"metadata": {},
"custom_fields": {},
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
},
"created": true,
"warnings": [
"string"
]
}{
"data": {
"id": "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08",
"merchant_id": "500924a8-3f5e-4c00-beb8-2efcde988aea",
"merchant_ref_id": "string",
"email": "user@example.com",
"name": "string",
"phone": "string",
"company_name": "string",
"address_line1": "string",
"address_line2": "string",
"city": "string",
"state": "string",
"postal_code": "string",
"country": "string",
"auth_user_id": "990d439e-9996-4264-8929-f50029888dd9",
"metadata": {},
"custom_fields": {},
"created_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"updated_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
},
"created": true,
"warnings": [
"string"
]
}{
"error": "Bad request"
}{
"error": "Unauthorized"
}