# Can we integrate our web application with Square Terminal for a self-service digital signage?

**URL:** <https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/can-we-integrate-our-web-application-with-square-terminal-for-a-self-service-digital-signage/26844>\
**Category:** Questions\
**Tags:** terminal-api, payments-api\
**Created:** [July 14, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/can-we-integrate-our-web-application-with-square-terminal-for-a-self-service-digital-signage/26844 "2026-07-14T20:23:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Levias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8dc957/32.png) [@Levias](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/Levias)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2026, 8:23pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/can-we-integrate-our-web-application-with-square-terminal-for-a-self-service-digital-signage/26844/1 "2026-07-14T20:23:51Z")

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Hello Square Developer Team,

We are planning to integrate our web application with Square Terminal and would like to confirm whether the following architecture is supported.

Our service is **PRIZE3.0 Games** [https://www.prize3games.com/](https://www.prize3games.com/), an online digital gacha game platform.

Our planned setup is as follows:

- We install a large **digital signage touchscreen** at retail stores and event venues.
- Our **PRIZE3 web application** runs in a web browser on the touchscreen.
- A **Square Terminal** is physically attached next to the touchscreen.
- When a customer selects a game and presses **“Play”** , our web application sends a payment request to the Square Terminal using the Terminal API.
- The customer completes the payment by tapping or inserting their credit card on the Square Terminal.
- Once the payment is approved, our web application continues the game flow.

Our questions are:

1. Is this type of integration supported using the Square Terminal API?
2. Can a browser-based web application communicate with a paired Square Terminal (through our backend) to initiate payments?
3. Are there any limitations or recommended architecture for this type of self-service kiosk / digital signage implementation?

We are **not** trying to run our application on the Square Terminal itself. The Terminal would only be used to securely accept card payments, similar to how payment terminals are used with self-service ordering kiosks.

Any guidance or examples would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you!

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**Author:** ![josh-square](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/77aa72/32.png) [@josh-square](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/u/josh-square)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://developer.squareup.com/forums/t/can-we-integrate-our-web-application-with-square-terminal-for-a-self-service-digital-signage/26844/4 "2026-07-17T20:27:17Z")

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Hey @Levias!

Strictly from an engineering perspective, there aren’t any issues with connecting Terminal API to a browser-based web application. Terminal API only requires that an HTTP request is sent to the CreateTerminalCheckout endpoint to initiate a transaction, so any stack that’s capable of doing that can be integrated with Terminal API. Using Terminal API with a web-app for a self-service kiosk is a very common use case.

Please note however that this should not be used for a _fully unattended_ use case. An employee should be present at all times within view of the kiosk, and it should only be active during business hours.