thread Re: API with card reader in Archived Discussions (Read Only)

API with card reader

sarseneau — Wed, 14 Nov 2018 14:25:51 GMT

If I integrate the POS API into a Windows-based application, can I use a standard mag-strip-reader to read credit-cards and feed it into the POS API?

If so, is there one that Square recommends as it looks like that, going through the forums, that there is currently not a Square-offered solution for a PC-based app to directly process credit-card info.

Re: API with card reader

Tom — Thu, 15 Nov 2018 00:02:42 GMT

Hey @sarseneau, thanks for bringing this up! A few options come to mind.

At this time, we aren't able to support Windows-based applications, but we do have in-person payment solutions for Android and iOS. For more details, have a look at this resource: Your app, powered by Square hardware.

We do offer the ability to process payments on a PC with Square Virtual Terminal. For more information on how it works, have a look at this article: Get Started with Virtual Terminal.

In addition, feel free to check out Square Connect's Stack Overflow page. It's been a great resource for our developer community, and there's already a ton of questions that have been answered there.

Hope this helps get you in the right direction! Please don't hesitate to let us know if any questions remain. 🙂

Can Square Hardware/ Readers integrate with my app via API ?

veteranfnb — Thu, 07 May 2020 16:11:53 GMT

The title of this thread has been edited from the original: How we can integrate swipe card payments to my own POS app

Hello, we got a question regarding the square card swipe hardware we gonna use, does this device (https://squareup.com/us/en/hardware/reader) has an API to integrate with our software (cloud)?. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Re: How we can integrate swipe card payments to my own POS app

JustinC — Thu, 07 May 2020 16:08:07 GMT

Check out @Tom's post on this thread. He provides some helpful resources that points you in the right direction for what you're looking to accomplish.

I hope this helps @veteranfnb !