Source_id for CreateCard

Questions
1

Hey! :slight_smile:

To use square for CC processing through the API – do I have to put your UI on my front end to capture the CC details?

This seems to make it a 4-step process.

  1. Create customer with your API
  2. Use YOUR UI in MY frontend to capture the card info.
  3. Use that token to create a card with your API
  4. Use your API to create a the transaction which charges the card.

With your competitors like Authorize.net I can use my own UI and call a single API to charge the card. I’m assuming I’m reading the documentation wrong, and that there is a more simple way… So I wanted to take the time to ask. :slight_smile:

Thanks!

2

Hello! :wave:

Yes, before processing a payment with Square’s APIs you’ll need to tokenize the card using one of Square’s client-side libraries (i.e. Web Payments SDK or In-App Payments SDK). However, if you’re just looking to charge a one-time payment you won’t need to create a customer or card, you can just charge the generated payment token directly.

You’ll only need to use the Customers or Cards API if you’re interested in setting up recurring payments.

3

Yes, we’ll be charging more than once. :frowning: Thanks for the response.