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Shift4 ACTION

Create Customer

Creates a new customer object. See the documentation
  • Action
  • Writes data
  • API key
  • SDK
  • MCP

IMPLEMENTATION

Call this tool

Connect a user's Shift4 account once, then configure and run Create Customer from your backend or agent.

import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"

const pd = new PipedreamClient({
  projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
  clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
  clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
  projectEnvironment: "production",
})

const result = await pd.actions.run({
  id: "shift4-create-customer",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    shift4: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    email: "Email",
    description: "Description",
  },
})

console.log(result)

SCHEMA

Inputs

Pipedream supplies the connected account. Your application provides the operation-specific values below. Dynamic inputs are resolved against that user's account.

Create Customer inputs
Property Type Description
email Email string
The email address of the customer.
Required
description Description string
A description for the customer.
Optional
card Card string
Card token, card details or card identifier.
Optional
metadata Metadata object
Metadata object.
Optional

REFERENCE

Tool details

Behavior hints are published with the component in the Pipedream registry and surface as MCP tool annotations, so an agent can reason about a tool before it calls it.

Registry key
shift4-create-customer
Version
0.0.2
App
Shift4
Authentication
API key
Read-only
No
Destructive
No
Open world
Yes