Entity
is the legal owner of an account, and is the primary object for many of Method’s API endpoints.
Entities should be persisted with a 1:1 relationship throughout the lifecycle
of your end-user.
PII Requirements
Entity
PII requirements are pre-defined during onboarding based on your team’s specific use case. Entities require at a minimum name + phone number for most services.
Some Products
and Subscriptions
may require additional information to be provided to Method to enable certain features. Contact your Method CSM for more information.
Entity Objects
Unique identifier for the Entity.
The type of Entity. Must be
individual
Individual information of the Entity.
An object representing an error that occurred while processing this Entity. See Entity errors.
The Entity's address.
Status of the Entity.
The Entity has completed all
The Entity has not completed all
The Entity has been disabled and no longer has access to Method's products. Entities can transition into the
Possible enum values
Possible enum values
active
The Entity has completed all
Verification
and can access most of Method's products. Verification requirements are set on a team-by-team basis and some verification might be auto populated.incomplete
The Entity has not completed all
Verification
requirements based on the PII provided and your team's restrictions.disabled
The Entity has been disabled and no longer has access to Method's products. Entities can transition into the
disabled
status if an Entity withdraws consent (via the Consent endpoint or via a Payment failure)Verification status of the Entity. Verification requirements are set on a team-by-team basis.
ID of the Connect record. .
ID of the CreditScore record. .
ID of the Attribute record. .
ID of the Vehicle record. .
A list of products that the Entity has access to. See Product Names.
A list of products that the Entity can have access to but is missing some requirements. (e.g. Missing
Verification
requirements) See Product Names.A list of products that the Entity is subscribed to. See Subscription Names.
A list of products that the Entity can enroll into a subscription with. See Subscription Names.
A list of products that the Entity can subscribe to but is missing some requirements. (e.g. Missing
Verification
requirements) See Subscription Names.Timestamp of when the Entity was created.
Timestamp of when the Entity was last updated.