Order API default limit

Questions
1

Hi there,

I’ve been trying to pull data using the order API, but the data returned never exceeded the default amount of 500 even when I set different limit. Here are my codes for your reference:

headers = {
‘Square-Version’: ‘2022-06-16’,
‘Authorization’: ‘MY_TOKEN’,
‘Content-Type’: ‘application/json’,
}

json_data = {
‘query’: {
‘filter’: {
‘date_time_filter’: {
‘created_at’: {
‘start_at’: ‘2022-04-01T00:00:00Z’,
‘end_at’: ‘2022-04-30T00:00:00Z’,
},
},
},
},
‘location_ids’: [
‘MY_LOCATION_ID’,
],
‘limit’: 5000,
}

response = requests.post(‘https://connect.squareup.com/v2/orders/search’, headers=headers, json=json_data)

2

:wave: With the Orders API the limit is the maximum number of results to be returned in a single page. It is possible to receive fewer results than the specified limit on a given page. At this time the maximum amount that can be returned is the default: 500. :slightly_smiling_face:

3

Thank Bryan

So does using oauth method surpass the 500 limit?

4

No, OAuth wouldn’t change the limit of orders that’s returned in the response. At this time the maximum about of orders that are returned in a response are 500. If the limit exceeds that the payload would be too big and you may experience performance issues. :slightly_smiling_face: