# Update a Customer — Stripe

> Update a customer. See the documentation.

- Key: `stripe-update-customer`
- Type: Action (Write)
- Version: 0.1.5
- App: Stripe (`stripe`) — https://pipedream.com/apps/stripe.md
- This page (HTML): https://pipedream.com/apps/stripe/actions/update-customer
- Hints: destructive · open-world
- Source: https://github.com/PipedreamHQ/pipedream/blob/master/components/stripe/actions/update-customer/update-customer.mjs

## Description

Update a customer. [See the documentation](https://stripe.com/docs/api/customers/update).

## Props

| Prop | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| `customer` | `string` | Yes | Example: cus_Jz4ErxGo9t1agg Options are loaded from the connected account. |
| `name` | `string` | No | The customer's full name or business name. |
| `email` | `string` | No | Customer's email address. It's displayed alongside the customer in your dashboard and can be useful for searching and tracking. This may be up to 512 characters. |
| `phone` | `string` | No | The customer's phone number. This field is required when creating a new customer. If you do not provide a phone number, the customer will be created with the phone number of the connected account. |
| `description` | `string` | No | An arbitrary string that you can attach to a the object eg. customer, invoice, etc. |
| `addressCity` | `string` | No | City, district, suburb, town, or village. |
| `addressCountry` | `string` | No | Two-letter country code (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2). |
| `addressLine1` | `string` | No | Address line 1 (e.g., street, PO Box, or company name). |
| `addressLine2` | `string` | No | Address line 2 (e.g., apartment, suite, unit, or building). |
| `addressPostalCode` | `string` | No | ZIP or postal code. |
| `addressState` | `string` | No | State, county, province, or region. |
| `metadata` | `object` | No | Set of key-value pairs that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to metadata. |

## Run it

**MCP**

```ts
import { Client } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/index.js"
import { StreamableHTTPClientTransport } from "@modelcontextprotocol/sdk/client/streamableHttp.js"
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 accessToken = await pd.rawAccessToken

const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
  new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
  {
    requestInit: {
      headers: {
        Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
        "x-pd-project-id": process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
        "x-pd-environment": "production",
        "x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
        "x-pd-app-slug": "stripe",
      },
    },
  },
)

const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)

const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()

// listTools() hands your model this tool's input schema, so it can
// fill the arguments itself:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
  name: "stripe-update-customer",
  arguments: {
    customer: "Customer ID",
    name: "Name",
  },
})
```

**TypeScript**

```ts
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: "stripe-update-customer",
  externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
  configuredProps: {
    stripe: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
    customer: "Customer ID",
    name: "Name",
  },
})

console.log(result)
```

**cURL**

```bash
curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
  -d '{
    "external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
    "id": "stripe-update-customer",
    "configured_props": {
      "stripe": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
      "customer": "Customer ID",
      "name": "Name"
    }
  }'
```

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- App: https://pipedream.com/apps/stripe.md · All apps: https://pipedream.com/apps