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Square CashDrawers API

The CashDrawers API from Square — 3 operation(s) for cashdrawers.

Square CashDrawers 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 Cash Drawers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

This API exposes 3 operations across 3 paths, and defines 15 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.

3 operations 3 paths 15 schemas 3 GET

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 CashDrawers 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 3

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

CashDrawers 3
GET
/v2/cash-drawers/shifts
Square List Cash Drawer Shifts
ListCashDrawerShifts 6 params → 200
GET
/v2/cash-drawers/shifts/{shift_id}
Square Retrieve Cash Drawer Shift
RetrieveCashDrawerShift 2 params → 200
GET
/v2/cash-drawers/shifts/{shift_id}/events
Square List Cash Drawer Shift Events
ListCashDrawerShiftEvents 4 params → 200

Schemas 15

The contract defines 15 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are CashDrawerShift (21 properties), CashDrawerShiftSummary (12 properties), CashDrawerShiftEvent (6 properties), Error (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Currency
string
Indicates the associated currency for an amount of money. Values correspond to [ISO 4217](https://wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO4217).
ListCashDrawerShiftsResponse
object
3 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
ErrorCode
string
Indicates the specific error that occurred during a request to a Square API.
RetrieveCashDrawerShiftResponse
object
2 properties
CashDrawerShiftSummary
object
The summary of a closed cash drawer shift. This model contains only the money counted to start a cash drawer shift, counted at the end of the shift, and the am…
12 properties
CashDrawerShiftEvent
object
6 properties
Money
object
Represents an amount of money. Money fields can be signed or unsigned. Fields that do not explicitly define whether they are signed or unsigned are considered…
2 properties
CashDrawerShiftState
string
The current state of a cash drawer shift.
CashDrawerEventType
string
The types of events on a CashDrawerShift. Each event type represents an employee action on the actual cash drawer represented by a CashDrawerShift.
ListCashDrawerShiftEventsResponse
object
3 properties
ErrorCategory
string
Indicates which high-level category of error has occurred during a request to the Connect API.
CashDrawerShift
object
This model gives the details of a cash drawer shift. The cashpaymentmoney, cashrefundmoney, cashpaidinmoney, and cashpaidoutmoney fields are all computed by su…
21 properties
SortOrder
string
The order (e.g., chronological or alphabetical) in which results from a request are returned.
CashDrawerDevice
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

square-cashdrawers-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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