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title: customers.setAutopay | Doing Work API
description: Turn auto-pay on or off for a customer (owner or office). On needs a saved card. With auto-pay on, each invoice sent to them is charged to the card on its 
url: https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/customers-setautopay/
---

# customers.setAutopay

Turn auto-pay on or off for a customer (owner or office). On needs a saved card. With auto-pay on, each invoice sent to them is charged to the card on its due date (or the day it is sent if it has none). A failed charge is not retried; you get an email and the pay link still works.

|  |  |
|---|---|
| Who | Agents can call this |
| REST | `POST /v1/customers/autopay` |
| MCP tool | `customers_setAutopay` |
| Writes | yes, send an Idempotency-Key |
| Area | [Shop](https://doingwork.work/docs/reference/#shop) |

## When to use it

Turn auto-pay on or off for a customer (owner or office). On needs a saved card.

## What to tell the owner

Say what you did in plain words and what happens next.

## Input

| Field | Type | Required |
|---|---|---|
| `customer_id` | string (uuid) | yes |
| `enabled` | boolean | yes |

## Example

```http
POST https://doingwork.work/v1/customers/autopay
content-type: application/json
Idempotency-Key: 3f1c...

{
  "customer_id": "00000000-0000-4000-8000-000000000000",
  "enabled": true
}
```

## Output

JSON. The response shape isn't published yet; read the fields you need and ignore the rest. Errors are `{code, message, status}`.

## Errors

| Code | Status | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| `invalid_input`, `invalid_token`, `rate_limited` |  | Can happen on any call. See [errors](https://doingwork.work/docs/errors/). |