This document provides the comprehensive, professional API documentation for the PantheraHive Customer Management API. This deliverable is the result of the "API Documentation Writer" workflow, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and ease of use for developers integrating with our services.
Welcome to the PantheraHive Customer Management API documentation. This API provides a robust and secure way to programmatically manage customer data within the PantheraHive ecosystem. Developers can use this API to create, retrieve, update, and delete customer records, integrate with existing systems, and automate customer-related workflows.
Our goal is to provide a clear, consistent, and easy-to-understand interface, allowing you to quickly integrate and leverage our customer management capabilities.
The PantheraHive Customer Management API is a RESTful API that uses standard HTTP methods and JSON for request and response bodies. It is designed to be intuitive and follow common API design principles.
Key Features:
All API requests should be prefixed with the following base URL:
https://api.pantherahive.com/v1/customers
All requests to the PantheraHive Customer Management API must be authenticated using an API key. Your API key should be included in the Authorization header of every request as a Bearer token.
Header Example:
**Common Error Codes and Statuses:**
| HTTP Status Code | Error Code | Description |
| :--------------- | :---------------------- | :------------------------------------------------- |
| `200 OK` | | Request was successful. |
| `201 Created` | | Resource was successfully created. |
| `204 No Content` | | Request was successful, but no content to return. |
| `400 Bad Request`| `INVALID_INPUT` | The request body or parameters are invalid. |
| `401 Unauthorized`| `UNAUTHORIZED` | Authentication credentials were missing or invalid.|
| `403 Forbidden` | `FORBIDDEN` | The authenticated user does not have permission. |
| `404 Not Found` | `NOT_FOUND` | The requested resource does not exist. |
| `405 Method Not Allowed`| `METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED`| The HTTP method used is not supported for this endpoint.|
| `409 Conflict` | `CONFLICT` | A conflict occurred (e.g., resource already exists).|
| `429 Too Many Requests`| `RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED`| You have sent too many requests in a given amount of time.|
| `500 Internal Server Error`| `INTERNAL_ERROR`| An unexpected error occurred on the server. |
### 6. Rate Limiting
To ensure fair usage and system stability, the PantheraHive Customer Management API enforces rate limits.
* **Limit:** 100 requests per minute per API key.
* **Headers:**
* `X-RateLimit-Limit`: The maximum number of requests allowed in the current rate limit window.
* `X-RateLimit-Remaining`: The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
* `X-RateLimit-Reset`: The time at which the current rate limit window resets, in UTC epoch seconds.
If you exceed the rate limit, you will receive a `429 Too Many Requests` HTTP status code.
### 7. Data Formats
All requests and responses use `application/json` content type. Ensure your requests include the `Content-Type: application/json` header for requests with a body.
### 8. Endpoints
This section details all available endpoints, their methods, parameters, and expected responses.
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#### 8.1. List All Customers
Retrieves a list of all customer records.
* **HTTP Method:** `GET`
* **Path:** `/`
* **Description:** Returns a paginated list of customer objects.
* **Query Parameters:**
| Parameter | Type | Description | Required |
| :-------- | :------ | :------------------------------------------------------ | :------- |
| `limit` | `integer`| Maximum number of customers to return (default: 10, max: 100). | No |
| `offset` | `integer`| The number of customers to skip before starting to collect results. | No |
| `email` | `string`| Filter customers by email address. | No |
* **Example Request:**
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bash
curl -X PUT \
'https://api.pantherahive.com/v1/customers/cust_123abc' \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
"firstName": "Alicia",
"lastName": "Smith-