Action: Create a Customer

Netsuite Operation

Create a new customer in Netsuite

Example User Story

As a sales manager, I want to create a new customer in NetSuite so that I can manage their account and track sales activities.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
companyName	String	Yes
firstName	String	No
lastName	String	No
email	String	Yes
phone	String	No

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Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "create-customer",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Create Customer",
    "description": "Creates a new customer in NetSuite."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "companyName",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The name of the company."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "firstName",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The first name of the contact."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "lastName",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The last name of the contact."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "email",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The email address of the contact."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "phone",
      "type": "String",
      "required": false,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The phone number of the contact."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "customerId",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["id"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The ID of the created customer."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": ["status"],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The status of the operation."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/services/rest/record/v1/customer",
        "headers": {
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"companyName\": \"{{companyName}}\", \"firstName\": \"{{firstName}}\", \"lastName\": \"{{lastName}}\", \"email\": \"{{email}}\", \"phone\": \"{{phone}}\"}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "accessToken",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The access token for NetSuite API.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "companyName",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The name of the company.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "firstName",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The first name of the contact.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "lastName",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The last name of the contact.",
              "required": false
            },
            {
              "name": "email",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The email address of the contact.",
              "required": true
            },
            {
              "name": "phone",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "The phone number of the contact.",
              "required": false
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}