# Admin Directory API . customers

## Instance Methods

Retrieves a customer.

Updates a customer. This method supports patch semantics.

Updates a customer.

### Method Details

`get(customerKey)`

    Retrieves a customer.

    Args:
      customerKey: string, Id of the customer to be retrieved (required)

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Customer Resource object in Directory API.
          "customerDomain": "A String", # The customer's primary domain name string. Do not include the www prefix when creating a new customer.
          "language": "A String", # The customer's ISO 639-2 language code. The default value is en-US
          "alternateEmail": "A String", # The customer's secondary contact email address. This email address cannot be on the same domain as the customerDomain
          "customerCreationTime": "A String", # The customer's creation time (Readonly)
          "kind": "admin#directory#customer", # Identifies the resource as a customer. Value: admin#directory#customer
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "phoneNumber": "A String", # The customer's contact phone number in E.164 format.
          "postalAddress": { # JSON template for postal address of a customer. # The customer's postal address information.
            "organizationName": "A String", # The company or company division name.
            "countryCode": "A String", # This is a required property. For countryCode information see the ISO 3166 country code elements.
            "locality": "A String", # Name of the locality. An example of a locality value is the city of San Francisco.
            "region": "A String", # Name of the region. An example of a region value is NY for the state of New York.
            "addressLine2": "A String", # Address line 2 of the address.
            "addressLine3": "A String", # Address line 3 of the address.
            "contactName": "A String", # The customer contact's name.
            "addressLine1": "A String", # A customer's physical address. The address can be composed of one to three lines.
            "postalCode": "A String", # The postal code. A postalCode example is a postal zip code such as 10009. This is in accordance with - http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#address_element.
          },
          "id": "A String", # The unique ID for the customer's Google account. (Readonly)
        }

`patch(customerKey, body)`

    Updates a customer. This method supports patch semantics.

    Args:
      customerKey: string, Id of the customer to be updated (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # JSON template for Customer Resource object in Directory API.
        "customerDomain": "A String", # The customer's primary domain name string. Do not include the www prefix when creating a new customer.
        "language": "A String", # The customer's ISO 639-2 language code. The default value is en-US
        "alternateEmail": "A String", # The customer's secondary contact email address. This email address cannot be on the same domain as the customerDomain
        "customerCreationTime": "A String", # The customer's creation time (Readonly)
        "kind": "admin#directory#customer", # Identifies the resource as a customer. Value: admin#directory#customer
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "phoneNumber": "A String", # The customer's contact phone number in E.164 format.
        "postalAddress": { # JSON template for postal address of a customer. # The customer's postal address information.
          "organizationName": "A String", # The company or company division name.
          "countryCode": "A String", # This is a required property. For countryCode information see the ISO 3166 country code elements.
          "locality": "A String", # Name of the locality. An example of a locality value is the city of San Francisco.
          "region": "A String", # Name of the region. An example of a region value is NY for the state of New York.
          "addressLine2": "A String", # Address line 2 of the address.
          "addressLine3": "A String", # Address line 3 of the address.
          "contactName": "A String", # The customer contact's name.
          "addressLine1": "A String", # A customer's physical address. The address can be composed of one to three lines.
          "postalCode": "A String", # The postal code. A postalCode example is a postal zip code such as 10009. This is in accordance with - http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#address_element.
        },
        "id": "A String", # The unique ID for the customer's Google account. (Readonly)
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Customer Resource object in Directory API.
          "customerDomain": "A String", # The customer's primary domain name string. Do not include the www prefix when creating a new customer.
          "language": "A String", # The customer's ISO 639-2 language code. The default value is en-US
          "alternateEmail": "A String", # The customer's secondary contact email address. This email address cannot be on the same domain as the customerDomain
          "customerCreationTime": "A String", # The customer's creation time (Readonly)
          "kind": "admin#directory#customer", # Identifies the resource as a customer. Value: admin#directory#customer
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "phoneNumber": "A String", # The customer's contact phone number in E.164 format.
          "postalAddress": { # JSON template for postal address of a customer. # The customer's postal address information.
            "organizationName": "A String", # The company or company division name.
            "countryCode": "A String", # This is a required property. For countryCode information see the ISO 3166 country code elements.
            "locality": "A String", # Name of the locality. An example of a locality value is the city of San Francisco.
            "region": "A String", # Name of the region. An example of a region value is NY for the state of New York.
            "addressLine2": "A String", # Address line 2 of the address.
            "addressLine3": "A String", # Address line 3 of the address.
            "contactName": "A String", # The customer contact's name.
            "addressLine1": "A String", # A customer's physical address. The address can be composed of one to three lines.
            "postalCode": "A String", # The postal code. A postalCode example is a postal zip code such as 10009. This is in accordance with - http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#address_element.
          },
          "id": "A String", # The unique ID for the customer's Google account. (Readonly)
        }

`update(customerKey, body)`

    Updates a customer.

    Args:
      customerKey: string, Id of the customer to be updated (required)
      body: object, The request body. (required)
        The object takes the form of:

    { # JSON template for Customer Resource object in Directory API.
        "customerDomain": "A String", # The customer's primary domain name string. Do not include the www prefix when creating a new customer.
        "language": "A String", # The customer's ISO 639-2 language code. The default value is en-US
        "alternateEmail": "A String", # The customer's secondary contact email address. This email address cannot be on the same domain as the customerDomain
        "customerCreationTime": "A String", # The customer's creation time (Readonly)
        "kind": "admin#directory#customer", # Identifies the resource as a customer. Value: admin#directory#customer
        "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
        "phoneNumber": "A String", # The customer's contact phone number in E.164 format.
        "postalAddress": { # JSON template for postal address of a customer. # The customer's postal address information.
          "organizationName": "A String", # The company or company division name.
          "countryCode": "A String", # This is a required property. For countryCode information see the ISO 3166 country code elements.
          "locality": "A String", # Name of the locality. An example of a locality value is the city of San Francisco.
          "region": "A String", # Name of the region. An example of a region value is NY for the state of New York.
          "addressLine2": "A String", # Address line 2 of the address.
          "addressLine3": "A String", # Address line 3 of the address.
          "contactName": "A String", # The customer contact's name.
          "addressLine1": "A String", # A customer's physical address. The address can be composed of one to three lines.
          "postalCode": "A String", # The postal code. A postalCode example is a postal zip code such as 10009. This is in accordance with - http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#address_element.
        },
        "id": "A String", # The unique ID for the customer's Google account. (Readonly)
      }

    Returns:
      An object of the form:

        { # JSON template for Customer Resource object in Directory API.
          "customerDomain": "A String", # The customer's primary domain name string. Do not include the www prefix when creating a new customer.
          "language": "A String", # The customer's ISO 639-2 language code. The default value is en-US
          "alternateEmail": "A String", # The customer's secondary contact email address. This email address cannot be on the same domain as the customerDomain
          "customerCreationTime": "A String", # The customer's creation time (Readonly)
          "kind": "admin#directory#customer", # Identifies the resource as a customer. Value: admin#directory#customer
          "etag": "A String", # ETag of the resource.
          "phoneNumber": "A String", # The customer's contact phone number in E.164 format.
          "postalAddress": { # JSON template for postal address of a customer. # The customer's postal address information.
            "organizationName": "A String", # The company or company division name.
            "countryCode": "A String", # This is a required property. For countryCode information see the ISO 3166 country code elements.
            "locality": "A String", # Name of the locality. An example of a locality value is the city of San Francisco.
            "region": "A String", # Name of the region. An example of a region value is NY for the state of New York.
            "addressLine2": "A String", # Address line 2 of the address.
            "addressLine3": "A String", # Address line 3 of the address.
            "contactName": "A String", # The customer contact's name.
            "addressLine1": "A String", # A customer's physical address. The address can be composed of one to three lines.
            "postalCode": "A String", # The postal code. A postalCode example is a postal zip code such as 10009. This is in accordance with - http://portablecontacts.net/draft-spec.html#address_element.
          },
          "id": "A String", # The unique ID for the customer's Google account. (Readonly)
        }