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description: 'Learn how to implement customer group functionalities for admins using the REST APIs. This includes listing customer groups, creating a customer group, managing customers in the group, and more.'
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# How to Manage Customer Groups

In this document, you’ll learn how to use the customer groups admin APIs to manage customer groups and their associated customers and price lists.

## Overview

Using the Admin API you can manage customer groups by creating, retrieving, updating, and deleting them. You can also manage the customers in a customer group.

Using the PriceList API you can specify among the conditions the customer groups that the prices will apply to.

This guide covers how to use these APIs to perform these tasks.

---

## Prerequisites

### Medusa Components

It is assumed that you already have a Medusa backend installed and set up. If not, you can follow our [quickstart guide](../../../development/backend/install.mdx) to get started.

### JS Client

This guide includes code snippets to send requests to your Medusa backend using Medusa’s JS Client, among other methods.

If you follow the JS Client code blocks, it’s assumed you already have [Medusa’s JS Client](../../../js-client/overview.mdx) installed and have [created an instance of the client](../../../js-client/overview.mdx#configuration).

### Medusa React

This guide also includes code snippets to send requests to your Medusa backend using Medusa React, among other methods.

If you follow the Medusa React code blocks, it's assumed you already have [Medusa React installed](../../../medusa-react/overview.mdx) and have [used MedusaProvider higher in your component tree](../../../medusa-react/overview.mdx#usage).

### Authenticated Admin User

You must be an authenticated admin user before following along with the steps in the tutorial.

You can learn more about [authenticating as an admin user in the API reference](https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin#authentication).

---

## Create Customer Groups

You can create a customer group by sending a request to the Create Customer Group API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.create({
      name: "VIP",
    })
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { useAdminCreateCustomerGroup } from "medusa-react"

    const CreateCustomerGroup = () => {
      const createCustomerGroup = useAdminCreateCustomerGroup()
      // ...

      const handleCreate = () => {
        createCustomerGroup.mutate({
          name,
        })
      }

      // ...
      
      return (
        <form>
          {/* Render form */}
        </form>
      )
    }

    export default CreateCustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

    ```ts
    fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups`, {
      method: "POST",
      credentials: "include",
      headers: {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
      },
      body: JSON.stringify({
        name: "VIP",
      }),
    })
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "name": "VIP"
    }'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request requires the `name` parameter and optionally accepts the `metadata` object parameter to be passed in the body. It returns the created customer group.

---

## List Customer Groups

You can get a list of all customer groups by sending a request to the List Customer Groups API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.list()
    .then(({ customer_groups, limit, offset, count }) => {
      console.log(customer_groups.length)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { CustomerGroup } from "@medusajs/medusa"
    import { useAdminCustomerGroups } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroups = () => {
      const { 
        customer_groups,
        isLoading,
      } = useAdminCustomerGroups()

      return (
        <div>
          {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
          {customer_groups && !customer_groups.length && (
            <span>No Customer Groups</span>
          )}
          {customer_groups && customer_groups.length > 0 && (
            <ul>
              {customer_groups.map(
                (customerGroup: CustomerGroup) => (
                  <li key={customerGroup.id}>
                    {customerGroup.name}
                  </li>
                )
              )}
            </ul>
          )}
        </div>
      )
    }

    export default CustomerGroups
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

    ```ts
    fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups`, {
      credentials: "include",
    })
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_groups, limit, offset, count }) => {
      console.log(customer_groups.length)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X GET '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request returns an array of customer groups, as well as pagination fields.

You can also pass filters and other selection query parameters to the request. Check out the [API reference](https://docs.medusajs.com/api/admin#customer-groups_getcustomergroups) for more details on available query parameters.

---

## Retrieve a Customer Group

You can retrieve a single customer group by sending a request to the Get a Customer Group API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.retrieve(customerGroupId)
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { useAdminCustomerGroup } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroup = () => {
      const { customer_group, isLoading } = useAdminCustomerGroup(
        customerGroupId
      )

      return (
        <div>
          {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
          {customer_group && <span>{customer_group.name}</span>}
        </div>
      )
    }

    export default CustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

    ```ts
    fetch(
      `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}`,
      {
        credentials: "include",
      }
    )
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X GET '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts the ID of the customer group to retrieve as a path parameter. It returns the customer group of that ID.

---

## Update a Customer Group

You can update a customer group’s data by sending a request to the Update Customer Group API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.update(customerGroupId, {
      metadata: {
        is_seller: true,
      },
    })
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { useAdminUpdateCustomerGroup } from "medusa-react"

    const UpdateCustomerGroup = () => {
      const updateCustomerGroup = useAdminUpdateCustomerGroup(
        customerGroupId
      )
      // ..

      const handleUpdate = () => {
        updateCustomerGroup.mutate({
          name,
        })
      }

      // ...
      
      return (
        <form>
          {/* Render form */}
        </form>
      )
    }

    export default UpdateCustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

    ```ts
    fetch(
      `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}`,
      {
        method: "POST",
        credentials: "include",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          metadata: {
            is_seller: true,
          },
        }),
      }
    )
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "metadata": {
          "is_seller": true
        }
    }'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts the ID of the customer group as a path parameter, and optionally accepts the `name` or `metadata` fields as body parameters. It returns the updated customer group.

---

## Delete Customer Group

You can delete a customer group by sending a request to the Delete a Customer Group API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.delete(customerGroupId)
    .then(({ id, object, deleted }) => {
      console.log(id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { useAdminDeleteCustomerGroup } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroup = () => {
      const deleteCustomerGroup = useAdminDeleteCustomerGroup(
        customerGroupId
      )
      // ...

      const handleDeleteCustomerGroup = () => {
        deleteCustomerGroup.mutate()
      }

      // ...
    }

    export default CustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

    ```ts
    fetch(
      `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}`, 
      {
        method: "DELETE",
        credentials: "include",
      }
    )
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ id, object, deleted }) => {
      console.log(id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X DELETE '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts the ID of the customer group to delete as a path parameter. It returns the ID of the deleted entity.

---

## Manage Customers

### Add Customer to Group

You can add a customer to a group by sending a request to the Customer Group’s Add Customer API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.addCustomers(customerGroupId, {
      customer_ids: [
        {
          id: customerId,
        },
      ],
    })
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { 
      useAdminAddCustomersToCustomerGroup,
    } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroup = () => {
      const addCustomers = useAdminAddCustomersToCustomerGroup(
        customerGroupId
      )
      // ...

      const handleAddCustomers= (customerId: string) => {
        addCustomers.mutate({
          customer_ids: [
            {
              id: customerId,
            },
          ],
        })
      }

      // ...
    }

    export default CustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

<!-- eslint-disable max-len -->

    ```ts
    fetch(
      `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}/customers/batch`,
      {
        method: "POST",
        credentials: "include",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          customer_ids: [
            {
              id: customerId,
            },
          ],
        }),
      }
    )
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X POST '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>/customers/batch' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "customer_ids": [
            {
                "id": "<CUSTOMER_ID>"
            }
        ]
    }'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts the ID of the customer group as a path parameter. In its body, it accepts a `customer_ids` array of objects. Each object in the array must have the `id` property with its value being the ID of the customer you want to add.

### List Customers

You can retrieve a list of all customers in a customer group using the List Customers API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.listCustomers(customerGroupId)
    .then(({ customers, count, offset, limit }) => {
      console.log(customers.length)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { Customer } from "@medusajs/medusa"
    import { useAdminCustomerGroupCustomers } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroup = () => {
      const { 
        customers, 
        isLoading,
      } = useAdminCustomerGroupCustomers(
        customerGroupId
      )

      return (
        <div>
          {isLoading && <span>Loading...</span>}
          {customers && !customers.length && (
            <span>No customers</span>
          )}
          {customers && customers.length > 0 && (
            <ul>
              {customers.map((customer: Customer) => (
                <li key={customer.id}>{customer.first_name}</li>
              ))}
            </ul>
          )}
        </div>
      )
    }

    export default CustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

<!-- eslint-disable max-len -->

    ```ts
    fetch(`<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}/customers`, {
      credentials: "include",
    })
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customers, count, offset, limit }) => {
      console.log(customers.length)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X GET '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>/customers' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts the ID of the customer group as a path parameter. It returns an array of customers along with pagination fields.

### Remove Customers from a Group

:::info

Removing customers from a group does not remove them entirely. They’ll still be available in your store.

:::

You can remove customers from a customer group by sending a request to the Remove Customers API Route:

<Tabs groupId="request-type" isCodeTabs={true}>
  <TabItem value="client" label="Medusa JS Client" default>

    ```ts
    medusa.admin.customerGroups.removeCustomers(
      customer_group_id,
      {
        customer_ids: [
          {
            id: customer_id,
          },
        ],
      }
    )
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="medusa-react" label="Medusa React">

    ```tsx
    import { Customer } from "@medusajs/medusa"
    import { 
      useAdminRemoveCustomersFromCustomerGroup,
    } from "medusa-react"

    const CustomerGroup = () => {
      const removeCustomers = 
        useAdminRemoveCustomersFromCustomerGroup(
          customerGroupId
        )
      // ...

      const handleRemoveCustomer = (customer_id: string) => {
        removeCustomers.mutate({
          customer_ids: [
            {
              id: customer_id,
            },
          ],
        })
      }

      // ...
    }

    export default CustomerGroup
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="fetch" label="Fetch API">

<!-- eslint-disable max-len -->

    ```ts
    fetch(
      `<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/${customerGroupId}/customers/batch`,
      {
        method: "DELETE",
        credentials: "include",
        headers: {
          "Content-Type": "application/json",
        },
        body: JSON.stringify({
          customer_ids: [
            {
              id: customerId,
            },
          ],
        }),
      }
    )
    .then((response) => response.json())
    .then(({ customer_group }) => {
      console.log(customer_group.id)
    })
    ```

  </TabItem>
  <TabItem value="curl" label="cURL">

    ```bash
    curl -L -X DELETE '<BACKEND_URL>/admin/customer-groups/<CUSTOMER_GROUP_ID>/customers/batch' \
    -H 'Authorization: Bearer <API_TOKEN>' \
    -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
    --data-raw '{
        "customer_ids": [
            {
                "id": "<CUSTOMER_ID>"
            }
        ]
    }'
    ```

  </TabItem>
</Tabs>

This request accepts as a path parameter the ID of the customer group to remove customers from. In its body, it accepts a `customer_ids` array of objects. Each object in the array must have the `id` property with the value being the ID of the customer to remove from the group.

This request returns the customer group.

---

## Use Customer Groups as Conditions in a Price List

When you create or update a price list, you can specify one or more customer groups as conditions for the price list. You can learn how to do that in the [PriceList API documentation](../../price-lists/admin/manage-price-lists.mdx).