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# CustomerService

Provides layer to manipulate customers.

## constructor

### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"__namedParameters","type":"`InjectedDependencies`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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## Properties

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"__container__","type":"`any`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"addressRepository_","type":"Repository&#60;[Address](../../entities/classes/entities.Address.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"customerRepository_","type":"Repository&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62; & `object`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"eventBusService_","type":"[EventBusService](services.EventBusService.mdx)","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"manager_","type":"`EntityManager`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"transactionManager_","type":"`undefined` \\| `EntityManager`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"Events","type":"`object`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"Events.CREATED","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"\"customer.created\"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"Events.PASSWORD_RESET","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"\"customer.password_reset\"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"Events.UPDATED","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"\"customer.updated\"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"__configModule__","type":"`Record<string, unknown>`","description":"","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"__moduleDeclaration__","type":"`Record<string, unknown>`","description":"","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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## Accessors

### activeManager\_

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"EntityManager","type":"`EntityManager`","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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## Methods

### addAddress

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"address","type":"[AddressCreatePayload](../../medusa/classes/medusa.AddressCreatePayload.mdx)","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx) \\| [Address](../../entities/classes/entities.Address.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### atomicPhase\_

Wraps some work within a transactional block. If the service already has
a transaction manager attached this will be reused, otherwise a new
transaction manager is created.

#### Type Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"TResult","type":"`object`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"TError","type":"`object`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"work","type":"(`transactionManager`: `EntityManager`) => Promise&#60;TResult&#62;","description":"the transactional work to be done","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"isolationOrErrorHandler","type":"`IsolationLevel` \\| (`error`: TError) => Promise&#60;void \\| TResult&#62;","description":"the isolation level to be used for the work.","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"maybeErrorHandlerOrDontFail","type":"(`error`: TError) => Promise&#60;void \\| TResult&#62;","description":"Potential error handler","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;TResult&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the transactional work","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### count

Return the total number of documents in database

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;number&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the count operation","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### create

Creates a customer from an email - customers can have accounts associated,
e.g. to login and view order history, etc. If a password is provided the
customer will automatically get an account, otherwise the customer is just
used to hold details of customers.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customer","type":"`CreateCustomerInput`","description":"the customer to create","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of create","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### delete

Deletes a customer from a given customer id.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"the id of the customer to delete. Must be\n  castable as an ObjectId","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;void \\| [Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the delete operation.","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### generateResetPasswordToken

Generate a JSON Web token, that will be sent to a customer, that wishes to
reset password.
The token will be signed with the customer's current password hash as a
secret a long side a payload with userId and the expiry time for the token,
which is always 15 minutes.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"the customer to reset the password for","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;string&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the generated JSON web token","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### hashPassword\_

Hashes a password

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"password","type":"`string`","description":"the value to hash","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;string&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"hashed password","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### list

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"selector","type":"[Selector](../../medusa/types/medusa.Selector.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62; & `object`","description":"the query object for find","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"the config object containing query settings","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)[]&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the find operation","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### listAndCount

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"selector","type":"[Selector](../../medusa/types/medusa.Selector.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62; & `object`","description":"the query object for find","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"the config object containing query settings","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)[], number]&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the find operation","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### listByEmail

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"email","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)[]&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### removeAddress

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"addressId","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;void&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### retrieve

Gets a customer by id.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"the id of the customer to get.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"the config object containing query settings","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the customer document.","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### retrieveByEmail

Gets a registered customer by email.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"email","type":"`string`","description":"the email of the customer to get.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"the config object containing query settings","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the customer document.","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Deprecated

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### retrieveByPhone

Gets a customer by phone.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"phone","type":"`string`","description":"the phone of the customer to get.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"the config object containing query settings","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the customer document.","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### retrieveRegisteredByEmail

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"email","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### retrieveUnregisteredByEmail

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"email","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### retrieve\_

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"selector","type":"[Selector](../../medusa/types/medusa.Selector.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"config","type":"[FindConfig](../../medusa/interfaces/medusa.FindConfig.mdx)&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"{}","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### shouldRetryTransaction\_

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"err","type":"`Record<string, unknown>` \\| `object`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"boolean","type":"`boolean`","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### update

Updates a customer.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"the id of the variant. Must be a string that\n  can be casted to an ObjectId","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"update","type":"`UpdateCustomerInput`","description":"an object with the update values.","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"resolves to the update result.","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### updateAddress

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customerId","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"addressId","type":"`string`","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"address","type":"[StorePostCustomersCustomerAddressesAddressReq](../../medusa/classes/medusa.StorePostCustomersCustomerAddressesAddressReq.mdx)","description":"","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;[Address](../../entities/classes/entities.Address.mdx)&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### updateBillingAddress\_

Updates the customers' billing address.

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"customer","type":"[Customer](../../entities/classes/entities.Customer.mdx)","description":"the Customer to update","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]},{"name":"addressOrId","type":"`undefined` \\| `string` \\| DeepPartial&#60;[Address](../../entities/classes/entities.Address.mdx)&#62;","description":"the value to set the billing address to","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"Promise","type":"Promise&#60;void&#62;","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"the result of the update operation","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

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### withTransaction

#### Parameters

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"transactionManager","type":"`EntityManager`","description":"","optional":true,"defaultValue":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />

#### Returns

<ParameterTypes parameters={[{"name":"this","type":"`this`","optional":false,"defaultValue":"","description":"","expandable":false,"children":[]}]} />