create_customer.go
create_customer.go
/*
Create a customer.
Important manual pages
http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/services/SoftLayer_Brand/createCustomerAccount
http://sldn.softlayer.com/reference/datatypes/SoftLayer_Account
License: http://sldn.softlayer.com/article/License
Author: SoftLayer Technologies, Inc. <sldn@softlayer.com>
*/
package main
import (
"fmt"
"encoding/json"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/sl"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/datatypes"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/session"
"github.com/softlayer/softlayer-go/services"
)
func main() {
// SoftLayer API username and key
username := "set me"
apikey := "set me"
//Bypass validation for duplicate account
byPassDuplicateAccountCheck := sl.Bool(false)
// Build the skeleton of SoftLayer_Account object with the account's information
templateObject := datatypes.Account{
CompanyName : sl.String("My company"),
Email : sl.String("email@example.com"),
Address1 : sl.String("Address 1"),
Country : sl.String("US"),
State : sl.String("TX"),
City : sl.String("Ohio"),
FirstName : sl.String("First Name"),
LastName : sl.String("Last Name"),
OfficePhone : sl.String("A Number"),
PostalCode : sl.String("A Postal Number"),
BrandId : sl.Int(4),
}
// Create SoftLayer API session
sess := session.New(username, apikey)
// Get SoftLayer_Brand service
service := services.GetBrandService(sess)
// Create new customer
customer, err := service.CreateCustomerAccount(&templateObject, byPassDuplicateAccountCheck)
if err != nil {
fmt.Printf("\n Unable to get subscribers - %s\n", err)
return
}
// Following helps to print the result in json format.
jsonFormat, jsonErr := json.MarshalIndent(customer, ""," ")
if jsonErr != nil {
fmt.Println(jsonErr)
return
}
fmt.Println(string(jsonFormat))
}