> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.streamlinedpayments.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Approve customer application > Approves a pending application, and optionally sets the customer's net terms and exports the customer to Shopify. Returns the customer, plus the export result if you sent `export.shopify`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi.yaml post /customer_applications/{uuid}/approve openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Streamlined API description: > Access customers, customer applications, customer groups, products, payouts, invoices, transactions, and deposit links programmatically through this API, and receive webhooks when deposit links change. All requests must be authenticated with an API key. version: 1.6.0 license: name: Proprietary url: https://streamlinedpayments.com/terms servers: - url: https://api.staging.streamlinedpayments.com/api/v1 description: Sandbox - url: https://api.streamlinedpayments.com/api/v1 description: Production security: - AppIdAuth: [] ApiKeyAuth: [] tags: - name: Customers description: Create, update and delete the businesses you sell to. - name: Customer applications description: >- List the applications your customers submit, and approve them. Approving can also set net terms and export the customer to Shopify. See [Approve customer applications](/guides/customer-applications). - name: Customer groups description: >- Organize customers into groups and manage who's in each one. A group can be linked to a Shopify B2B company. - name: Customer files description: Upload and manage files attached to a customer. - name: Customer addresses description: Manage a customer's addresses and choose their default billing address. - name: Orders description: Create orders, add and remove line items, and schedule them. - name: Invoices description: Create invoices from orders, then list, look up and update them. - name: Transactions description: List transactions and look one up. - name: Payouts description: List payouts, including pending ones, and look one up. - name: Products description: >- Create and update the products and services you sell, import them in bulk, and merge duplicates. - name: Deposit links description: Collect money from a customer before an invoice exists. - name: Webhooks description: >- Register HTTPS endpoints to receive events when something changes. See [Webhooks](/guides/webhooks) for signatures, retries and delivery guarantees. paths: /customer_applications/{uuid}/approve: post: tags: - Customer applications summary: Approve customer application description: >- Approves a pending application, and optionally sets the customer's net terms and exports the customer to Shopify. Returns the customer, plus the export result if you sent `export.shopify`. operationId: approveCustomerApplication parameters: - name: uuid in: path description: The customer's UUID. required: true schema: type: string format: uuid requestBody: required: false content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ApproveCustomerApplicationRequest' examples: NewCompany: summary: Approve on Net 30 and create a Shopify company value: net_terms: 30 export: shopify: shop_domain: acme as: company JoinCompany: summary: Add to an existing group's company at one location value: export: shopify: shop_domain: acme as: company customer_group_uuid: 0c6d2f58-3f0e-4c0a-9d44-2b8d5c1f7a10 shopify_company_location_id: '456' responses: '200': description: Approved. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerApplicationApproval' '401': $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized' '404': $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound' '422': description: >- Refused, or the export failed after approving. See [error codes](/guides/customer-applications#errors). content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerApplicationError' example: errors: - >- Shopify company gid://shopify/Company/99 has several locations; pick one: 45th Street (gid://shopify/CompanyLocation/456), 23rd Street (gid://shopify/CompanyLocation/457) code: shopify_location_required approved: true '502': description: The export failed unexpectedly after approving. Retry. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerApplicationError' example: errors: - Approved, but the Shopify export failed. Try again. code: shopify_export_failed approved: true components: schemas: ApproveCustomerApplicationRequest: type: object properties: net_terms: type: integer nullable: true enum: - 0 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 30 - 45 - 60 - 90 description: >- Days. `0` is due on receipt, `null` uses your default. Omit to keep the current terms. export: type: object properties: shopify: type: object description: Export the customer to Shopify after approving. required: - shop_domain properties: shop_domain: type: string description: The connected store, as `acme` or `acme.myshopify.com`. as: type: string enum: - customer - company default: customer shopify_customer_id: type: string description: >- An existing Shopify customer to link instead of creating one. With `as` set to `company`, it becomes the company contact. customer_group_uuid: type: string format: uuid description: >- Only with `as` set to `company`. The group to add the applicant to. shopify_company_id: type: string description: >- Only with `as` set to `company`. An existing Shopify company to link. shopify_company_location_id: type: string description: >- Only with `as` set to `company`. The location to add the applicant at, when the company has more than one. CustomerApplicationApproval: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerDetail' - type: object properties: export: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomerApplicationExport' CustomerApplicationError: type: object properties: errors: type: array items: type: string code: type: string approved: type: boolean description: True when the application is approved despite the error. CustomerDetail: type: object properties: customer: type: object properties: website: type: string company_name: type: string created_at: type: string format: date-time updated_at: type: string format: date-time tags: type: array items: type: string first_name: type: string last_name: type: string uuid: type: string format: uuid display_name: type: string customer_email: type: string total_open_balance_amount: type: integer quick_pay_enabled: type: boolean average_days_to_pay: type: integer net_terms: type: integer nullable: true enum: - 0 - 7 - 10 - 15 - 30 - 45 - 60 - 90 description: >- Payment terms in days. null means inherit from customer group, then merchant default. net_terms_label: type: string nullable: true description: >- Human-readable label for net_terms (e.g. "Net 30", "Due on receipt"). shopify_customer_id: type: string nullable: true description: >- The Shopify customer this customer is linked to, as a GID. null if not linked. example: gid://shopify/Customer/1234567890 shopify_shop_domain: type: string nullable: true description: >- The Shopify store the linked Shopify customer belongs to. null if not linked. example: your-store application_submitted_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: null if the customer never applied. application_approved_at: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: null until the application is approved. customer_group: type: object nullable: true description: The group this customer belongs to, if any. properties: uuid: type: string format: uuid company_name: type: string billing_address: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address' addresses: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Address' CustomerApplicationExport: type: object description: >- Present when you sent `export.shopify`. Shopify IDs are GIDs. The company fields are null with `as` set to `customer`. properties: shopify_company_id: type: string nullable: true example: gid://shopify/Company/99 shopify_company_url: type: string nullable: true example: https://admin.shopify.com/store/acme/companies/99 shopify_company_location_id: type: string nullable: true example: gid://shopify/CompanyLocation/456 customer_group_uuid: type: string format: uuid nullable: true warnings: type: array description: >- The export succeeded but needs your attention. `net_terms_unsupported_in_shopify` means the company was created without terms; `shopify_address_fields_dropped` means Shopify rejected the address phone or state, so it was left off. items: type: string enum: - net_terms_unsupported_in_shopify - shopify_address_fields_dropped Error: type: object properties: error: type: string message: type: string Address: type: object properties: id: type: integer address1: type: string address2: type: string city: type: string state: type: string postal_code: type: string phone: type: string country: type: string email: type: string cc_email: type: string description: CC email addresses (comma-separated list) first_name: type: string last_name: type: string company_name: type: string responses: Unauthorized: description: Authentication failed content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' examples: AuthenticationRequired: value: error: Authentication required message: >- API endpoint requires authentication. Please provide valid X-App-Id and X-Api-Key headers. InvalidCredentials: value: error: Invalid credentials message: >- The provided API credentials are invalid. Please check your X-App-Id and X-Api-Key values. NotFound: description: Resource not found. content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error' securitySchemes: AppIdAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: X-App-Id description: App ID for authentication ApiKeyAuth: type: apiKey in: header name: X-Api-Key description: API Key for authentication ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.