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# Creating a customer

Learn how to create a customer.

You can make this request without an access token by passing in your API key as a query parameter. You can also send this request with an anonymous or authenticated customer token.

## POST requests

Send a [`POST /v1/shoppers`](https://docs.digitalriver.com/commerce-api-references/shopper-apis/shoppers/shoppers#v1-shoppers-client-hosted-shopper) request with the customer's information in the request payload.

To send a request with an access token:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="URI" %}

```http
POST https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me HTTP/1.1
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

To send a request without an access token, include your API key:

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="URI" %}

```http
POST https://api.digitalriver.com/v1/shoppers/me?apiKey=your_api_key HTTP/1.1
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Request body

The content required for the payload depends on who maintains the master record for the customer's username and password information. The base customer account information includes the customer's name and email address. The following list displays the minimum [Shopper ](https://docs.digitalriver.com/commerce-api-references/shopper-apis/shoppers/shoppers)resource fields required to create a customer record:

* `username`
* `password` (base64 encoded)
* `emailAddress`
* `externalReferenceId`
* `firstName`
* `lastName`
* `locale`– Required for landed costs.
* `currency`– Required for landed costs.