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Search customers

Last updated: 30-Aug-2021
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Overview

Use the searchCustomers method via JSON-RPC API 6.0 to be able to identify customers by applying a set of filters.

Request parameters

Parameter name Type Required/Optional Description
Email String Optional Strict match of the email address. It should be case insensitive.
Phone String Optional Strict match of the phone number.
CountryCode String Optional Strict match of the customer's country code.
Language String Optional Strict match of the customer's language.
Trial Boolean Optional  
Status Enum Optional Can be active, inactive.
Pagination Object Optional  

Limit

Int Optional  

Page

Int Optional  

Request example

<?php
declare(strict_types=1);
class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = '';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = '';
    //public const URL = 'http://api.2checkout.com/rpc/6.0';
    public const URL = 'http://api.avangate.local:8081/rpc/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'searchCustomers';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    //array or JSON
    public const PAYLOAD = <<<JSON
{
  "Email": "test@email.com",
  "Language": "en",
  "CountryCode": "us",
  "Trial": true,
  "Status": "ACTIVE",
  "Phone": "403324433234",
  "Pagination": {
    "Limit": 10,
    "Page": 1
  }
}
JSON;
}
class Client
{
    private const LOGIN_METHOD = 'login';
    private $calls = 1;
    private $sessionId;
    private function generateAuth(): array
    {
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($date) . $date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);
        return compact('merchantCode', 'date', 'hash');
    }
    public function login(string $url)
    {
        $payload = $this->generateAuth();
        $response = $this->call($url, array_values($payload), self::LOGIN_METHOD);
        $this->sessionId = $response['result'];
    }
    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ): ?array {
        if (empty($this->sessionId) && $action !== self::LOGIN_METHOD) {
            $this->login($url);
        }

        if(is_string($payload)) {
            $payload = json_decode($payload, true);
        }
        if (!empty($this->sessionId)) {
            $payload = [$this->sessionId, $payload];
        }
        $payload = array_filter($payload);

        $request = json_encode([
            'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
            'method' => $action,
            'params' => $payload,
            'id' => $this->calls++,
        ]);

        $curl = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, array('Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json', 'Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM'));
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request);
        $response = curl_exec($curl);
        if(empty($response)) {
            die('Server unavailable');
        }
        echo $response . '</br>';
        return json_decode($response, true);;
    }
}
$client = new Client();
$result = $client->call();
var_dump($result);

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