REST API Order consumer v2 (legacy)

Create an order consumer (legacy)

Important

A newer version of this REST API (v2.1) is available. If you're new to this REST API, use the new version. Alternatively, if you're already using the old version, read about the differences between v2 and v2.1 so you can upgrade.

POST /v2/orders/<orderRef>/consumers

Creates a consumer on an order.

Attribute	Type	Description	Example
`orderRef`	string	The reference of the order. If you do not know the order reference, first retrieve orders.	`d680c9be-4c07-4731-857e-9602034b15f2`

At a minimum, you must provide the following required attributes in the request body:

Attribute	Type	Description	Example
`firstName`	string (title case recommended)	The first name of the order consumer.	`"John"`
`lastName`	string (title case recommended)	The last name of the order consumer.	`"Doe"`

In the response, ref contains the order consumer reference.

curl -X POST <baseURL>/v2/orders/d680c9be-4c07-4731-857e-9602034b15f2/consumers' \
-u '<username>:<password>' \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "title": "Mr",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "gender": "male",
    "guest": {
       "href": "<baseURL>/v2/guests/567A697E-4E79-4F2C-96D1-A7249A44744F"
    },
    "orderItems": {
       "items" : [{
            "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orderItems/FECBB7ED-6DFE-4E8C-85A9-B894B17EF4F3"
         }]
    }
}'

{
    "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orderConsumers/C439E8B9-53F3-48BB-BD98-EE3657416FBE",
    "ref": "C439E8B9-53F3-48BB-BD98-EE3657416FBE",
    "createdAt": "2026-08-15T16:`00:55`.554Z",
    "modifiedAt": "2026-08-21T16:`00:51`.882Z",
    "title": "Mr",
    "firstName": "John",
    "lastName": "Doe",
    "gender": "male",
    "guest": {
       "href": "<baseURL>/v2/guests/567A697E-4E79-4F2C-96D1-A7249A44744F"
    },
    "orderItems": {
       "items" : [{
             "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orderItems/FECBB7ED-6DFE-4E8C-85A9-B894B17EF4F3"
        }]
   },
    "order": {
       "href": "<baseURL>/v2/orders/056621C2-C955-492D-B7EE-C77C6BDDFDEE"
    }
}

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