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Customer is required to validate an address

You're adding an address to a transaction that has no customer, but a customer is needed to validate the address.

Example response
{
"error": {
"type": "request_error",
"code": "transaction_customer_is_required_with_address",
"detail": "A `customer_id` is required to validate an address.",
"documentation_url": "https://developer.paddle.com/errors/transactions/transaction_customer_is_required_with_address"
},
"meta": {
"request_id": "00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000"
}
}

Details

Status code
400
Error code
transaction_customer_is_required_with_address
Error message
A `customer_id` is required to validate an address.

Common causes

  • The transaction has no customer_id, but you're trying to add an address_id to it. An address is validated against its customer.

Troubleshooting

  • Add a valid customer_id to the transaction, then set the address_id.

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