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updatedAt: 2026-08-03T18:46:35.000Z
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# Retrieve a customer by UUID

Retrieve a customer by the assigned UUID.

# OpenAPI definition

```json
{
  "openapi": "3.0.3",
  "info": {
    "title": "Certificate Center APIs",
    "description": "API documentation for Certificate Center Certificate, Customer and supporting services.",
    "version": "1.0.1",
    "contact": {
      "name": "Vertex",
      "url": "https://vertexinc.com"
    },
    "termsOfService": "https://www.vertexinc.com/terms-of-use"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://vertex-enterprise-group.readme.io",
      "description": "Staging"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://ccservices.vertexsmb.com",
      "description": "Production"
    }
  ],
  "security": [],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Customer",
      "description": "Operations related to customers"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/certificate-center/v1/customer/{uuid}": {
      "get": {
        "summary": "Retrieve a customer by UUID",
        "description": "Retrieve a customer by the assigned UUID.",
        "operationId": "getCustomerByUuid",
        "tags": [
          "Customer"
        ],
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "uuid",
            "in": "path",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string",
              "format": "uuid"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "200": {
            "description": "OK",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomerResponseV1"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/BadRequest"
          },
          "401": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/Unauthorized"
          },
          "404": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/NotFound"
          },
          "500": {
            "$ref": "#/components/responses/InternalServerError"
          },
          "default": {
            "description": "Unexpected error",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "Error": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "code",
          "error",
          "message",
          "timestamp",
          "path"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "code": {
            "description": "HTTP status code",
            "type": "integer"
          },
          "error": {
            "description": "HTTP status code description",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "message": {
            "description": "A human-readable message providing more details about the error",
            "type": "string"
          },
          "timestamp": {
            "description": "The timestamp when the error occurred",
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time"
          },
          "path": {
            "description": "The path of the request that caused the error",
            "type": "string"
          }
        }
      },
      "EntityStub": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "code",
          "name",
          "uuid"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "uuid": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "uuid",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "code": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "name": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          }
        }
      },
      "EffectivityRange": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "startDate"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "startDate": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date",
            "readOnly": true
          },
          "endDate": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date",
            "readOnly": true
          }
        }
      },
      "CustomerResponseV1": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityStub"
          },
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomerBaseV1"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "taxpayer"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "parent": {
                "allOf": [
                  {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityStub"
                  }
                ],
                "readOnly": true
              },
              "taxpayer": {
                "allOf": [
                  {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityStub"
                  }
                ],
                "readOnly": true
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "CustomerBaseV1": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EffectivityRange"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "status",
              "isParentInd"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "status": {
                "readOnly": true,
                "description": "Customers created by the APIs are automatically assigned 'Approved' status.",
                "allOf": [
                  {
                    "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomerStatusTypeV1"
                  }
                ]
              },
              "approvalDate": {
                "type": "string",
                "format": "date",
                "readOnly": true
              },
              "isParentInd": {
                "type": "boolean",
                "readOnly": true
              },
              "customFields": {
                "description": "Custom fields are user-defined. See Customer Custom Field Configuration API for details.",
                "type": "array",
                "items": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/EntityCustomFieldV1"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "CustomerStatusTypeV1": {
        "type": "string",
        "enum": [
          "Approved",
          "In-progress",
          "Pending"
        ]
      },
      "EntityCustomFieldV1": {
        "allOf": [
          {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomFieldConfigurationV1"
          },
          {
            "type": "object",
            "required": [
              "value"
            ],
            "properties": {
              "value": {
                "type": "string",
                "minLength": 1,
                "maxLength": 60,
                "pattern": ".*\\S.*",
                "description": "CustomField must not be blank and must be less than or equal to 60 characters."
              }
            }
          }
        ]
      },
      "CustomFieldConfigurationV1": {
        "type": "object",
        "required": [
          "id",
          "label"
        ],
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64"
          },
          "label": {
            "type": "string",
            "readOnly": true
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "responses": {
      "BadRequest": {
        "description": "Bad Request",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "Unauthorized": {
        "description": "Unauthorized",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "NotFound": {
        "description": "Not Found",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      },
      "InternalServerError": {
        "description": "Internal Server Error",
        "content": {
          "application/json": {
            "schema": {
              "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "x-readme": {
    "explorer-enabled": false
  }
}
```