# Customer commands: activate, exempt

URL: /code/cli/customer/verbs · Id: `page:code/cli/customer/verbs`

> The Customer Verbs activate, exempt as CLI commands, with inputs, result, refusals and an example.

Reference for [Customer](/business/nouns/customer), one group of [Customer commands](/code/cli/customer).

### Customer.activate
Activate marks a Customer activated on an Offer once its declared activation Event reaches the count within the window. [Verb page](/business/nouns/customer/activate?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Customer.activate --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits [`Customer.activated`](/business/events/Customer.activated).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `customer` | [Customer](/business/nouns/customer) | Yes | The Customer who crossed the line. |
| `offer` | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | Yes | The Offer whose `activation` was met. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `customer` | [Customer](/business/nouns/customer) | Yes | The activated Customer. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Customer.activate --json '{"customer":"cus_K1BROJhqzZ","offer":"offer_2hzYe1ERo0"}'
```

### Customer.exempt
Exempt records a Customer’s exemption or resale certificate, verifies it, and stops tax on its Orders where the certificate applies. [Verb page](/business/nouns/customer/exempt?interface=cli).

```text
npx startup-builder do Customer.exempt --json '<input>' [--try | --send | --do]
```

Emits [`Customer.exempted`](/business/events/Customer.exempted).

**Inputs**

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `customer` | [Customer](/business/nouns/customer) | Yes | The buying Customer. |
| `certificate` | [File](/business/nouns/file) | Yes | The certificate as uploaded through the Portal or received by email. |
| `jurisdictions` | `string[]` | Yes | Where the certificate applies, such as `US-TX`. |
| `expiresOn` | `date` | No | When the certificate lapses; empty when it does not. |

**Returns**

| Output | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `credential` | [Credential](/business/nouns/credential) | Yes | The certificate, held by the Customer’s Organization. |
| `customer` | [Customer](/business/nouns/customer) | Yes | The Customer, now exempt where the certificate applies. |

**Refuses when**

| Check | Error | Fix | Then call |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| The key is valid, but its scopes do not allow this operation. | [`forbidden`](/code/api/errors/forbidden) | Use a key whose scopes cover the operation, or ask an owner of the namespace to grant them. | None. |

**Example**

```bash
npx startup-builder do Customer.exempt --json '{"customer":"cus_K1BROJhqzZ","certificate":"file_V1AuhyCTsH","jurisdictions":["US-TX"]}'
```