> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.plude.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Overview

> Introduction to customers

# Customer

A Customer is the first entity you will encounter in Plude. Recurring billing without a Customer is impossible. A Customer hold different kind of information.

* Contact information such as `name`, `email` and `phone`.
* Identification information such as a `handle`.
* Customer preferred `currency`.

Use the following snippet to create your first Customer:

```bash theme={null}
curl -X POST \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer {your_token_here}" \
     -H "X-environment: {your_environment_id_here}" \
     -H "X-version: 2022-03" \
     -d '{ "name": "Jake Hulk Pondoman", "currency" : "eur" }' \
     https://api.plude.io/customers/
```