At what point in the webhook calls can we safely say an order has been paid for?

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Hello,

We are trying to set up an automation system so that when an order is submitted and has been 100% paid for we will run X system with that order.

Currently we have it so that on order.created we will handle that order assuming it has been paid for but I am led to believe that his is possibly not the correct way of doing it. What is the official Square suggested approach to knowing that an order is truly 100% completed?

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Based on the information you’ve provided, the following documentation will help answer your question:

https://developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/pay-for-orders

Additional Documentation

https://developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/what-it-does
Order-Ahead Application Use Case
https://developer.squareup.com/docs/checkout-api/square-order-checkout

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If there is no net_amount_due_money on the order then the order has been fully paid for. :slightly_smiling_face:

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Ah okay so should we be listening to the order.updated webhook then?

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Yes, it’s good to listen to both in case order.created is the only event that’s trigged for a completed order. :slightly_smiling_face: