Retrieve a customer
Overview
Use the getCustomerInformation method to retrieve the details of a customer entity from the 2Checkout system.
Parameters
Parameters |
Type/Description |
sessionID |
Required (string) |
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Session identifier, the output of the Login method. Include sessionID into all your requests. 2Checkout throws an exception if the values are incorrect. The sessionID expires in 10 minutes. |
AvangateCustomerReference |
Required (int) |
System-generated customer reference. Required unless you prefer to use ExternalCustomerReference. |
|
ExternalCustomerReference |
Optional (string) |
|
External customer reference that you control. Optional when you use AvangateCustomerReference. If you include it, it needs to belong to the same customer as the AvangateCustomerReference. |
Response
Object |
Request
<?php $host = "https://api.2checkout.com"; $client = new SoapClient($host . "/soap/6.0/?wsdl", array( 'location' => $host . "/soap/6.0/", "stream_context" => stream_context_create(array( 'ssl' => array( 'verify_peer' => false, 'verify_peer_name' => false ) )) )); function hmac($key, $data) { $b = 64; // byte length for md5 if (strlen($key) > $b) { $key = pack("H*", md5($key)); } $key = str_pad($key, $b, chr(0x00)); $ipad = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x36)); $opad = str_pad('', $b, chr(0x5c)); $k_ipad = $key ^ $ipad; $k_opad = $key ^ $opad; return md5($k_opad . pack("H*", md5($k_ipad . $data))); } $merchantCode = "YOUR_MERCHANT_CODE";// your account's merchant code available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php $key = "YOUR_SECRET_KEY";// your account's secret key available in the 'System settings' area of the cPanel: https://secure.2checkout.com/cpanel/account_settings.php $now = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s'); //date_default_timezone_set('UTC') $string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($now) . $now; $hash = hmac($key, $string); try { $sessionID = $client->login($merchantCode, $now, $hash); } catch (SoapFault $e) { echo "Authentication: " . $e->getMessage(); exit; } $customerReference = 298084139; $externalCustomerReference = 'Apitest123456'; //Optional, but if you include it it needs to belong to the same customer as the internal 2Checkout customer reference try { $customerInfo = $client->getCustomerInformation($sessionID, $customerReference, $externalCustomerReference); } catch (SoapFault $e) { echo "customerInfo: " . $e->getMessage(); exit; } var_dump("customerInfo", $customerInfo);