Square POS Api vs Square Terminal

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Since more then a year we are using the Point-of-Sale-API from a WebApp with an iPad in a Stare Stand and it work great !

For an other business we also use the Square Stand with just the Square App and decided to also buy a Square Terminal to be the " client facing " screen and be able to print receipt since the terminal can now print receipt for cash transaction done with the Square Point of Sale App on iPad ( Connect Square Terminal with your Point of Sale | Square Support Center - US )

But at my surprise, when I tried to use our custom web app ( that use point-of-sale-api ) I don’t have the choice to make the payment via the terminal ? How come ?

If I open the Square App by itself, I can do payment via the terminal, but if I call via the POS API ( https://developer.squareup.com/docs/pos-api/web-technical-reference / Mobile Web on iOS ) I don’t have the " Terminal " choice ?

The supported_tender_types CREDIT_CARD should allow the use of the terminal to complete the payment.

I know our web app could directly use the terminal-api to pay via terminal, but for now we wanted to be able to use the terminal without changing the workflow of Webapp → Square POS App → WebApp and don’t have to do extensive modification / training with our staff.

I put it as a feature request, but maybe it could be flag as a bug in the IOS Square POS app ?

It will be really great if the " terminal payment " option will be show when we call the Point of Sale app on IOS from Mobile Web.

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We’re constantly working to improve our features based on feedback like this, so I’ll be sure to share your request to the API product team. :slight_smile:

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Just to help you to put the feature request to the correct team

In fact just a small change in the Square Point of Sale iOS application ( to allow to pay via the paired terminal when the supported_tender_types include CREDIT_CARD ) could be done for it to work without any change to the API.

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@Bryan-Square have you check with the Square POS team if the UI can just be changed to show " Square Terminal " when they receive the call with supported_tender_types = CREDIT_CARD ?

Like they show the " Square Terminal " option as payment method if I do a transaction directly in the App.

I don’t think any change have to be make to the API, it’s just the Square POS ( specifically on Apple device in my case ) that don’t present the full list of payment method ( including the square terminal ) when called via the Point of Sale API !

It’s almost more like a UI bug in the square POS app on IOS

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At this time processing a payment with the Terminal with Point of Sale API isn’t currently available. If you’d like to process a payment with the Terminal from your custom application you’ll need to have your mobile app make an API call to CreateTerminalCheckout. :slightly_smiling_face: