Python client library for the Square API

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Square Python SDK

Build PyPi version Apache-2 license

Use this library to integrate Square payments into your app and grow your business with Square APIs including Catalog, Customers, Employees, Inventory, Labor, Locations, and Orders.

Requirements

Use of the Python SDK requires:

  • Python 3 version 3.7 or higher

Installation

For more information, see Set Up Your Square SDK for a Python Project.

Quickstart

For more information, see Square Python SDK Quickstart.

Usage

For more information, see Using the Square Python SDK.

Tests

First, clone the repo locally and cd into the directory.

git clone https://github.com/square/square-python-sdk.git
cd square-python-sdk

Next, install dependencies.

python3 -m pip install .

Before running the tests, find a sandbox token in your Developer Dashboard and set a SQUARE_SANDBOX_TOKEN environment variable.

export SQUARE_SANDBOX_TOKEN="YOUR SANDBOX TOKEN HERE"

Ensure you have pytest installed:

python3 -m pip install pytest

And lastly, run the tests.

pytest

SDK Reference

Payments

Terminal

Orders

Subscriptions

Invoices

Items

Customers

Loyalty

Gift Cards

Bookings

Business

Team

Financials

Online

Authorization

Webhook Subscriptions

Deprecated APIs

The following Square APIs are deprecated:

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