Perl Stripe: Update a Customer

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Updates the specified customer by setting the values of the parameters passed. Any parameters not provided will be left unchanged.

Documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api/curl#update_customer

CURL Command

curl -X POST https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: \
   -d description="Customer for isabella.williams@example.com"

Perl Example

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("api.stripe.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

$rest->AddQueryParam("description",'Customer for isabella.williams@example.com');

$strResponseBody = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->Load($strResponseBody);

$id = $jsonResponse->stringOf("id");
$object = $jsonResponse->stringOf("object");
$account_balance = $jsonResponse->IntOf("account_balance");
$created = $jsonResponse->IntOf("created");
$currency = $jsonResponse->stringOf("currency");
$default_source = $jsonResponse->IsNullOf("default_source");
$delinquent = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("delinquent");
$description = $jsonResponse->stringOf("description");
$discount = $jsonResponse->IsNullOf("discount");
$email = $jsonResponse->IsNullOf("email");
$livemode = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("livemode");
$shipping = $jsonResponse->IsNullOf("shipping");
$sourcesObject = $jsonResponse->stringOf("sources.object");
$sourcesHas_more = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("sources.has_more");
$sourcesTotal_count = $jsonResponse->IntOf("sources.total_count");
$sourcesUrl = $jsonResponse->stringOf("sources.url");
$subscriptionsObject = $jsonResponse->stringOf("subscriptions.object");
$subscriptionsHas_more = $jsonResponse->BoolOf("subscriptions.has_more");
$subscriptionsTotal_count = $jsonResponse->IntOf("subscriptions.total_count");
$subscriptionsUrl = $jsonResponse->stringOf("subscriptions.url");
$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray("sources.data");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    $i = $i + 1;
}

$i = 0;
$count_i = $jsonResponse->SizeOfArray("subscriptions.data");
while ($i < $count_i) {
    $jsonResponse->put_I($i);
    $i = $i + 1;
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq",
  "object": "customer",
  "account_balance": 0,
  "created": 1516662781,
  "currency": "usd",
  "default_source": null,
  "delinquent": false,
  "description": "Customer for isabella.williams@example.com",
  "discount": null,
  "email": null,
  "livemode": false,
  "metadata": {},
  "shipping": null,
  "sources": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq/sources"
  },
  "subscriptions": {
    "object": "list",
    "data": [
    ],
    "has_more": false,
    "total_count": 0,
    "url": "/v1/customers/cus_CBbgVLJqv487Oq/subscriptions"
  }
}