WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller::create_item() public WC 1.0

Create a single customer.

{} It's a method of the class: WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller{}

Return

WP_Error|WP_REST_Response.

Usage

$WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller = new WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller();
$WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller->create_item( $request );

$request(WP_REST_Request) (required)

Full details about the request.

Code of WC_REST_Customers_V1_Controller::create_item() WC REST Customers V1 Controller::create item ^{WC 5.0.0}

<?php
public function create_item( $request ) {
	try {
		if ( ! empty( $request['id'] ) ) {
			throw new WC_REST_Exception( 'woocommerce_rest_customer_exists', __( 'Cannot create existing resource.', 'woocommerce' ), 400 );
		}

		// Sets the username.
		$request['username'] = ! empty( $request['username'] ) ? $request['username'] : '';

		// Sets the password.
		$request['password'] = ! empty( $request['password'] ) ? $request['password'] : '';

		// Create customer.
		$customer = new WC_Customer;
		$customer->set_username( $request['username'] );
		$customer->set_password( $request['password'] );
		$customer->set_email( $request['email'] );
		$this->update_customer_meta_fields( $customer, $request );
		$customer->save();

		if ( ! $customer->get_id() ) {
			throw new WC_REST_Exception( 'woocommerce_rest_cannot_create', __( 'This resource cannot be created.', 'woocommerce' ), 400 );
		}

		$user_data = get_userdata( $customer->get_id() );
		$this->update_additional_fields_for_object( $user_data, $request );

		/**
		 * Fires after a customer is created or updated via the REST API.
		 *
		 * @param WP_User         $user_data Data used to create the customer.
		 * @param WP_REST_Request $request   Request object.
		 * @param boolean         $creating  True when creating customer, false when updating customer.
		 */
		do_action( 'woocommerce_rest_insert_customer', $user_data, $request, true );

		$request->set_param( 'context', 'edit' );
		$response = $this->prepare_item_for_response( $user_data, $request );
		$response = rest_ensure_response( $response );
		$response->set_status( 201 );
		$response->header( 'Location', rest_url( sprintf( '/%s/%s/%d', $this->namespace, $this->rest_base, $customer->get_id() ) ) );

		return $response;
	} catch ( Exception $e ) {
		return new WP_Error( $e->getErrorCode(), $e->getMessage(), array( 'status' => $e->getCode() ) );
	}
}