# Creating a customer with Ruby

DevFeed: [Creating a customer with Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/creating-a-customer-with-ruby-15589.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developer.squareup.com/blog/creating-a-customer-with-ruby>)

Author: Tristan Sokol

Published: 2017-10-06T20:17:40Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Square Corner Blog RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/square-corner-blog-rss-feed.md>)

Topics: [Ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ruby.md>), [API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/api.md>), [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>), [Authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/authentication.md>), [Command-line interface](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cli.md>)

Tags: [account](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/account.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [apis](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/apis.md>), [authentication](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/authentication.md>), [command-line](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/command-line.md>), [customer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/customer.md>), [ruby](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ruby.md>), [script](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/script.md>), [sdk](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/sdk.md>)

## AI overview

This tutorial shows how to add a customer to a Square account using a Ruby script and Square's Ruby SDK. It explains that the SDK handles authentication and parsing API responses, and notes that the script can be adapted for bulk imports from another database or a backup file.

## Source excerpt

Adding customers to your Square account is a snap with a simple ruby script.