{"id":46689,"date":"2025-04-08T14:10:44","date_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:10:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icreativetechnologies.com\/?p=46689"},"modified":"2025-04-08T14:10:44","modified_gmt":"2025-04-08T14:10:44","slug":"how-to-connect-an-existing-customer-with-a-cart-created-with-sales-channel-api-in-shopware-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icreativetechnologies.com\/de\/how-to-connect-an-existing-customer-with-a-cart-created-with-sales-channel-api-in-shopware-6\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Connect an Existing Customer with a Cart Created with Sales Channel API in Shopware 6"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"46689\" class=\"elementor elementor-46689\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e81de7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e81de7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3947c7e\" data-id=\"3947c7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69dd4a9 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"69dd4a9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Introduction<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-141710f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"141710f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shopware 6 is a powerful and flexible eCommerce platform that enables developers to build seamless shopping experiences. One of its key strengths is the comprehensive API system, especially the Sales Channel API, which allows you to programmatically manage customer sessions, carts, and checkouts.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whether you&#8217;re building a headless storefront, a custom integration, or just need more control over your checkout process, being able to connect an existing customer to a cart is essential. This guide walks you through the step-by-step process of creating a cart and linking it to an existing customer using Shopware 6\u2019s Sales Channel API.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let\u2019s dive into the technical steps to ensure your cart and customer connection runs smoothly.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c9e1c4 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0c9e1c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 1: Set Up Your Environment<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-013bfb2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"013bfb2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API credentials (Sales Channel ID and API Key)<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">API client (like Postman or any HTTP client)<\/span><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-456311c at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"456311c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 2: Create a New Cart<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f566819 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f566819\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First, create a new cart using the Sales Channel API.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2ab27e8 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2ab27e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Request<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e08301c elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"e08301c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>POST \/sales-channel-api\/v3\/checkout\/cart\r\nAuthorization: Bearer <your_access_token><\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de43058 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"de43058\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Response:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-99f1352 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"99f1352\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n  \"token\": \"cart-token\"\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b49203 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7b49203\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This will return a <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cart-token<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which will be used to identify the cart in subsequent requests.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18563c6 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"18563c6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 3: Get the Customer's ID<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9ca0598 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9ca0598\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Retrieve the existing customer&#8217;s ID. If you don&#8217;t have it, you can search for the customer using their email or other identifying information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0613952 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0613952\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Request<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d0712e elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8d0712e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>GET \/api\/v3\/search\/customer\r\nAuthorization: Bearer <your_admin_access_token>\r\nContent-Type: application\/json\r\n{\r\n  \"filter\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"type\": \"equals\",\r\n      \"field\": \"email\",\r\n      \"value\": \"customer@example.com\"\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c0c71f at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7c0c71f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Response<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60af592 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"60af592\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n  \"data\": [\r\n    {\r\n      \"id\": \"customer-id\",\r\n      \"attributes\": {\r\n        \"firstName\": \"John\",\r\n        \"lastName\": \"Doe\",\r\n        \"email\": \"customer@example.com\"\r\n      }\r\n    }\r\n  ]\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7150553 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7150553\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 4: Connect the Customer to the Cart<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-248c4bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"248c4bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Now, assign the customer to the cart using the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">customer-login<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> endpoint.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bfdc5d0 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bfdc5d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Request<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bdc3bea elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"bdc3bea\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>POST \/sales-channel-api\/v3\/checkout\/cart\/customer-login\r\nAuthorization: Bearer <your_access_token>\r\nContent-Type: application\/json\r\n\r\n{\r\n  \"username\": \"customer@example.com\",\r\n  \"password\": \"customer-password\",\r\n  \"cartId\": \"cart-token\"\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1a8c4f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f1a8c4f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ensure that the <\/span><b>username<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>password<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> are correct for the customer. The <\/span><b>cartId<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> should be the <\/span><b>cart-token<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> received when the cart was created.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b8e6ee8 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b8e6ee8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Response<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8466d60 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"8466d60\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n  \"contextToken\": \"new-context-token\"\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5c08656 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5c08656\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This response provides a new <\/span><b>contextToken<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which you will use for further operations on this cart.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9839aa at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c9839aa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Step 5: Verify the Connection<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2d303d8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2d303d8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To verify that the customer is connected to the cart, you can retrieve the cart details and check if the customer information is present.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-33f5238 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"33f5238\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Request<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-03b5265 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"03b5265\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>GET \/sales-channel-api\/v3\/checkout\/cart\r\nAuthorization: Bearer <new-context-token><\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-feab8c1 at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"feab8c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Response<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-324d3b1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-code-highlight\" data-id=\"324d3b1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"code-highlight.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"prismjs-default copy-to-clipboard \">\n\t\t\t<pre data-line=\"\" class=\"highlight-height language-javascript \">\n\t\t\t\t<code readonly=\"true\" class=\"language-javascript\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<xmp>{\r\n  \"data\": {\r\n    \"name\": \"Test\",\r\n    \"email\": \"customer@example.com\",\r\n    ...\r\n  }\r\n}<\/xmp>\n\t\t\t\t<\/code>\n\t\t\t<\/pre>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc434e at-heading-animation at-animation-heading-none elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"efc434e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclusion<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e2c75b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"e2c75b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You have successfully connected an existing customer to a cart created using the Sales Channel API in Shopware 6. You can now proceed with adding items to the cart, and updating customer details. 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