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Square Cards API

The Cards API from Square — 3 operation(s) for cards.

Square Cards API is one of 45 APIs that Square publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.

Tagged areas include Cards. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 4 operations across 3 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 2.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://connect.squareup.com.

4 operations 3 paths 16 schemas 2 GET2 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
2.0
Server
https://connect.squareup.com
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, API Key
License
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Square Cards API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 57 scopes. An API key is passed in the header as Authorization (oauth2ClientSecret).

Paths & Operations 4

Across 3 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 2 GET, 2 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Cards 4
GET
/v2/cards
Square List Cards
ListCards 5 params → 200
POST
/v2/cards
Square Create Card
CreateCard body → 200
GET
/v2/cards/{card_id}
Square Retrieve Card
RetrieveCard 1 param → 200
POST
/v2/cards/{card_id}/disable
Square Disable Card
DisableCard 1 param → 200

Schemas 16

The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Card (17 properties), Address (14 properties), CreateCardRequest (4 properties), Error (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Country
string
Indicates the country associated with another entity, such as a business. Values are in [ISO 3166-1-alpha-2 format](http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/count…
Address
object
Represents a postal address in a country. For more information, see [Working with Addresses](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/working-with-addr…
14 properties
Error
object
Represents an error encountered during a request to the Connect API. See [Handling errors](https://developer.squareup.com/docs/build-basics/handling-errors) fo…
4 properties 2 required
CardBrand
string
Indicates a card's brand, such as VISA or MASTERCARD.
ErrorCode
string
Indicates the specific error that occurred during a request to a Square API.
CreateCardResponse
object
Defines the fields that are included in the response body of a request to the [CreateCard](api-endpoint:Cards-CreateCard) endpoint. Note: if there are errors p…
2 properties
CardType
string
Indicates a card's type, such as CREDIT or DEBIT.
DisableCardResponse
object
Defines the fields that are included in the response body of a request to the [DisableCard](api-endpoint:Cards-DisableCard) endpoint. Note: if there are errors…
2 properties
Card
object
Represents the payment details of a card to be used for payments. These details are determined by the payment token generated by Web Payments SDK.
17 properties
CardCoBrand
string
Indicates the brand for a co-branded card.
ErrorCategory
string
Indicates which high-level category of error has occurred during a request to the Connect API.
SortOrder
string
The order (e.g., chronological or alphabetical) in which results from a request are returned.
CardPrepaidType
string
Indicates a card's prepaid type, such as NOTPREPAID or PREPAID.
RetrieveCardResponse
object
Defines the fields that are included in the response body of a request to the [RetrieveCard](api-endpoint:Cards-RetrieveCard) endpoint. Note: if there are erro…
2 properties
CreateCardRequest
object
Creates a card from the source (payment token or payment id). Accessible via HTTP requests at POST https://connect.squareup.com/v2/cards
4 properties 3 required
ListCardsResponse
object
Defines the fields that are included in the response body of a request to the [ListCards](api-endpoint:Cards-ListCards) endpoint. Note: if there are errors pro…
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

square-cards-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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