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Customers and stored cards

Pre-requisites
  • Have the card data capture implemented.
  • Customers and cards are the way to store card data of your customers safely to improve the shopping experience.

    This will allow your customers to complete their purchases much faster and easily, since they will not have to complete their card data again.

    The customers represent your customers. The cards that you store will be valid for this specific customer.

    Creation of a customer and a card

    To create a Customer and a Card at the same time it is necessary to send at least the email and token fields.

    The token is the one you capture when you handle the answer of the Web Tokenize Checkout.

    Note
    We recommend storing the card data after you have made a payment successfully, to make sure they are correct.
    • php
    • java
    • node
    • ruby
    • csharp
              
    <?php   
    
      MercadoPago\SDK::setAccessToken("ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    
      $customer = new MercadoPago\Customer();
      $customer->email = "test@test.com";
      $customer->save();
    
      $card = new MercadoPago\Card();
      $card->token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda";
      $card->customer_id = $customer->id();
      $card->save();
    
    ?>
    
            
              
    import com.mercadopago.*;
    MercadoPago.SDK.configure("ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    
    Customer customer = new Customer();
    customer.setEmail("john@yourdomain.com");
    customer.save();
    
    Card card = new Card();
    card.setToken("9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda");
    card.setCustomerId(customer.getId());
    card.save();
    
    
            
              
    var mercadopago = require('mercadopago');
    mercadopago.configure({
        access_token: 'ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN'
    });
    
    customer_data = { "email": "test@test.com" }
    
    mercadopago.customers.create(customer_data).then(function (customer) {
    
      card_data = {
        "token": "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda",
        "customer_id": customer.body.id
      }
    
      mercadopago.card.create(card_data).then(function (card) {
    
      }).catch(function (error) {
       // Do Stuff...
      });
    
    }).catch(function (error) {
     // Do Stuff...
    });
    
    
            
              
    require 'mercadopago'
    MercadoPago::SDK.configure(ACCESS_TOKEN: ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN)
    
    customer = MercadoPago::Customer.new()
    customer.email = "test@test.com"
    customer.save
    
    card = MercadoPago::Card.new()
    card.token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda"
    card.customer_id = customer.id
    card.save
    
    
            
              
    MercadoPago.SDK.AccessToken = "YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN";
    
      Customer customer = new Customer()
        {
          Email = "test@test.com"
        };
        customer.Save();
    
      Card card = new Card()
        {
          Token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda",
          CustomerId = customer.Id
        };
    
          card.Save();
    
            

    Server response:

    json

    {
    	"id": "123456789-jxOV430go9fx2e",
    	"email": "test@test.com",
    	...
    	"default_card": "1490022319978",
    	"default_address": null,
    	"cards": [{
    		"id": "1490022319978",
    		"expiration_month": 12,
    		"expiration_year": 2020,
    		"first_six_digits": "415231",
    		"last_four_digits": "0001",
    		...
    	}],
    	"addresses": [],
    	"live_mode": false
    }
    Note
    All payment methods with master as the payment_method_id value, must send a issuer_id when created. issuer_id is the identifier of the issuing bank.

    Receive a payment from a Customer

    In order to receive a payment from a stored card, it is necessary to include in the HTML code the customer ID and the IDs of the user cards through the attributes data-customer-id and data-card-ids .

    For example:

    html

    <form action="/procesar-pago" method="POST">
      <script
        src="https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/integrations/v1/web-tokenize-checkout.js"
        data-public-key="ENV_PUBLIC_KEY"
        data-transaction-amount="100.00"
        data-customer-id="209277402-FqRqgEc3XItrxs"
        data-card-ids="1518023392627,1518023332143">
      </script>
    </form>
    Note
    Card IDs should be separated by commas.

    1. Get the IDs of the stored cards

    You can list the stored cards in the Web Tokenize Checkout so your customer can choose which one he wants to pay with.

    You can get the complete list of Cards from a customer by doing a HTTP GET request:

    • php
    • java
    • node
    • ruby
    • csharp
              
    <?php
    	$customer = MercadoPago\Customer::find_by_id($id);
      $cards = $customer->cards();
    ?>
    
            
              
      Customer customer = Customer.load(customerId)
      ArrayList<Cards> cards = customer.getCards();
    
    
            
              
      var filters = {
        id: customer_id
      };
    
      mercadopago.customers.search({
        qs: filters
      }).then(function (customer) {
        // customer.cards ...
      }).catch(function (error) {
        // Do Stuff...
      });
    
    
            
              
    	customer = MercadoPago::Customer.load(customer_id);
      cards = customer.cards;
    
    
            
              
    customer = Customer.FindById("customer.Id");
    List<Card> cards = customer.Cards; 
    
            

    Stored card information:

    json

    [{
    	"id": "1490022319978",
    	"expiration_month": 12,
    	"expiration_year": 2020,
    	"first_six_digits": "415231",
    	"last_four_digits": "0001",
    	...
    }]

    2. Use the card ids in the checkout

    With this card information you can invoke the Web Tokenize Checkout.

    For example:

    html

    <form action="/procesar-pago" method="POST">
      <script
        src="https://www.mercadopago.com.ar/integrations/v1/web-tokenize-checkout.js"
        data-public-key="ENV_PUBLIC_KEY"
        data-transaction-amount="100.00"
        data-customer-id="209277402-FqRqgEc3XItrxs"
        data-card-ids="<?php
          foreach ($cards["response"] as $card) {
            echo $card["id"];
          }
        ?>">
      </script>
    </form>

    Adding new cards to a customer

    It is possible to add new cards to your Customer. For this you must create a token and make a HTTP POST request to Customer.

    • php
    • java
    • node
    • ruby
    • csharp
              
    <?php  
    
      MercadoPago\SDK::setAccessToken("ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    
      $customer = MercadoPago\Customer::find_by_id("247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e");
    
      $card = new MercadoPago\Card();
      $card->token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda";
      $card->customer_id = $customer->id;
      $card->save();
    
      print_r($card);
    
    ?>
    
            
              
    import com.mercadopago.*;
    MercadoPago.SDK.configure("ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN");
    
    Customer customer = Customer.load("247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e")
    
    Card card = new Card();
    card.setToken("9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda");
    card.setCustomerId(customer.getID());
    card.save();
    
    System.out.print(card.toString());
    
    
            
              
    var mercadopago = require('mercadopago');
    mercadopago.configure({
        access_token: 'ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN'
    });
    
    var filters = {
      id: "247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e"
    };
    
    mercadopago.customers.search({
      qs: filters
    }).then(function (customer) {
      card_data = {
        "token": "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda",
        "customer": customer.id
      }
    
      mercadopago.cards.create(card_data).then(function (card) {
        console.log(card);
      }).catch(function (error) {
       // Do Stuff...
      });
    }).catch(function (error) {
      // Do Stuff...
    });
    
    
    
            
              
    require 'mercadopago'
    MercadoPago::SDK.configure(ACCESS_TOKEN: ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN)
    
    customer = MercadoPago::Customer.load("247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e")
    
    card = MercadoPago::Card.new()
    card.token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda"
    card.customer_id = customer.id
    card.save
    
    puts card
    
    
            
              
    MercadoPago.SDK.AccessToken = "ENV_ACCESS_TOKEN";
    
      Customer customer = Customer.FindById("247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e");
    
      Card card = new Card()
        {
          Token = "9b2d63e00d66a8c721607214cedaecda",
          CustomerId = customer.Id
        };
    
      card.Save();
    
      Console.WriteLine(card.Id);
    
            

    Response:

    json

    {
    	"id": "1493990563105",
    	"expiration_month": 12,
    	"expiration_year": 2020,
    	"first_six_digits": "503175",
    	"last_four_digits": "0604",
    	"payment_method": {
    		"id": "master",
    		"name": "master",
    		"payment_type_id": "credit_card",
    		"thumbnail": "http://img.mlstatic.com/org-img/MP3/API/logos/master.gif",
    		"secure_thumbnail": "https://www.mercadopago.com/org-img/MP3/API/logos/master.gif"
    	},
    	"security_code": {
    		"length": 3,
    		"card_location": "back"
    	},
    	"issuer": {
    		"id": 3,
    		"name": "Mastercard"
    	},
    	"cardholder": {
    		"name": "Card holdername",
    		"identification": {
    			"number": "12345678",
    			"type": "DNI"
    		}
    	},
    	"date_created": "2017-05-05T09:22:30.893-04:00",
    	"date_last_updated": "2017-05-05T09:22:30.893-04:00",
    	"customer_id": "255276729-yLOTNHQjpDWw1X",
    	"user_id": "255276729",
    	"live_mode": false
    }

    Search a Customer

    In case you do not know what the id of your Customer is, you can use the Customer Search API by doing a HTTP GET request. The required parameter for this is email:

    • php
    • java
    • node
    • ruby
    • csharp
              
    <?php
    
      $filters = array(
        "id"=>"247711297-jxOV430go9fx2e"
      );
    
      $customers = MercadoPago\Customer::search($filters);
    
    ?>
    
            
              
      Map<String, String> filters = new HashMap<>();
      filters.put("email", "test@test.com");
    
      ArrayList<Customer> customers = MercadoPago\Customer::search(filters).resources();
    
    
    
            
              
      var filters = {
        email: "test@test.com"
      };
    
      mercadopago.customers.search({
        qs: filters
      }).then(function (customer) {
        // customer.cards ...
      }).catch(function (error) {
        // Do Stuff...
      });
    
    
            
              
    	customers = MercadoPago::Customer.search(email: "test@test.com");
    
    
            
              
    Dictionary<string, string> filters = new Dictionary<string, string>();
    filters.Add("email", "test@test.com");
    
    List<Customer> customers = Customer.Search(filters);
    
            

    Response:

    json

    {
        "paging": {
            "limit": 10,
            "offset": 0,
            "total": 1
        },
        "results": [
            {
                "address": {
                    "id": null,
                    "street_name": null,
                    "street_number": null,
                    "zip_code": null
                },
                "addresses": [],
                "cards": [
                    {
                        ...
                    }
                ],
                "date_created": "2017-05-05T00:00:00.000-04:00",
                "date_last_updated": "2017-05-05T09:23:25.021-04:00",
                "date_registered": null,
                "default_address": null,
                "default_card": "1493990563105",
                "description": null,
                "email": "test@test.com",
                "first_name": null,
                "id": "123456789-jxOV430go9fx2e",
                "identification": {
                    "number": null,
                    "type": null
                },
                "last_name": null,
                "live_mode": false,
                "metadata": {},
                "phone": {
                    "area_code": null,
                    "number": null
                }
            }
        ]
    }

    Get the Cards of a Customer

    You can get the complete list of Cards of a client by making a HTTP GET request:

    • php
    • java
    • node
    • ruby
    • csharp
              
    <?php
    	$customer = MercadoPago\Customer::find_by_id($customer_id);
      $cards = $customer->cards();
    ?>
    
            
              
      Customer customer = Customer.load(customerId)
      ArrayList<Cards> cards = customer.getCards();
    
    
            
              
      var filters = {
        id: customer_id
      };
    
      mercadopago.customers.search({
        qs: filters
      }).then(function (customer) {
        // customer.cards ...
      }).catch(function (error) {
        // Do Stuff...
      });
    
    
            
              
    	customer = MercadoPago::Customer.load(customer_id);
      cards = customer.cards;
    
    
            
              
    Customer customer = Customer.FindById("customer.Id");
    List<Card> cards = customer.Cards;
    
            

    Response:

    json

    [{
    	"id": "1490022319978",
    	"expiration_month": 12,
    	"expiration_year": 2020,
    	"first_six_digits": "415231",
    	"last_four_digits": "0001",
    	...
    }]
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