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title: Assign Customer Names when Creating External Profiles with OCAPI
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description: When creating an external customer profile with the OCAPI Shop API /dw/shop/v21_2/customers/ext_profile endpoint, you can now specify a first name and last name.
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# Assign Customer Names when Creating External Profiles with OCAPI

When creating an external customer profile with the OCAPI Shop API `/dw/shop/v21_2/customers/ext_profile` endpoint, you can now specify a first name and last name.