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APIVerified~180ms avg

Square API

Payments, orders, inventory, customers, and point-of-sale.

Install
npm install square

About

Square's SDK covers the full commerce stack - process payments, manage orders, track inventory, handle customers, and integrate with Square POS hardware. 40K weekly downloads. Well-typed with automatic retries. Good for businesses that need both online and in-person payment processing through a single platform.

Tags

squarepaymentsposcommerceorders

Score Breakdown

CLI Score Breakdown8/11
✓Official SDK on npm/pip+2
✓Env var authentication (no browser OAuth)+2
✓Works in headless/CI environments+2
✗CLI tool available0
✓JSON response for piping/parsing+1
✗Docs have curl/CLI examples0
✓Reasonable rate limits for scripted use+1
✗Machine-readable pricing (md/JSON/static)0
Quality Score Breakdown
npm weekly downloads40k
GitHub stars60
Days since last release17d
Issue close ratio74%
TypeScript typesYes
Docs qualitygood
Breaking changesrare

Performance

Latencyus-east-1 - 2026-03-26
p50
145ms
avg
180ms
p95
430ms

Scores

CLI
7
Quality
7
AuthorSquare
Weekly installs40,000
Last updated3/15/2026
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