Create an account under a specific customer

The POST {URI}/customers/{customerIdentifier}/accounts endpoint allows you to create an account under a a specific customer. In Tango API each customer can have one or more accounts to manage different reward programs, budgets, or departments. Creating an account under a specific customer allows for better organization, tracking, and control of reward distribution. This is especially useful for platforms managing multiple clients or internal teams, as it enables separate funding, reporting, and alert configurations for each account.

Use case

Acme Wellness has a customer, Zanzibar Health Group, that wants to launch a new rewards initiative for their employee wellness program. To manage this program separately from their other initiatives, Acme needs to create a new account under the existing customer profile. Each account can represent a different budget, department, or rewards program.

Use the following endpoint to create an account under a specific customer:

The following path parameters are used with this endpoint. customerIdentifier is a string used to identify the Group (Customer) that contains the account you are transacting from:

The following body parameters are used with this endpoint. accountIdentifier is a string used to identify the account you are transacting from:

The following payload is an example for when you use POST {URI}/customers/{customerIdentifier}/accounts . The account identifier must be lowercase:

{
  "accountIdentifier": "string", (5-100 chars)
  "displayName": "string", (100 chars)
  "contactEmail": "string", (100 chars)
  "currencyCode": "USD", (3 chars)
  "fundingNotification": [
    {
      "emailAddress": "string"
    }
  ]
}

Here's an example payload for when you receive an error:

{
  "timestamp": "2025-02-21T23:23:13.930Z",
  "requestId": "string",
  "path": "string",
  "httpCode": 0,
  "httpPhrase": "string",
  "i18nKey": "string",
  "message": "The error message will show here for error codes ",
  "errors": [
    {}
  ]
}

The possible response codes for this endpoint are as follows. For details, see i18nkey codes and their error messages: