SquarePOS - Why isn't the sale appearing on dashboard ? - square

Question

I'm trying to generate a sale from a HTTP POST request using the SquarePOS API
This is the request I fire in Postman
curl -X POST \
https://connect.squareup.com/v2/locations/*****/orders \
-H 'Authorization: Bearer ******' \
-H 'Cache-Control: no-cache' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'Postman-Token: ******' \
-d '{
"idempotency_key": "123456AZD",
"reference_id": "my-order-006",
"line_items": [
{
"name": "Américain - Article de base",
"quantity": "1",
"base_price_money": {
"amount": 1599,
"currency": "EUR"
}
}
],
"taxes": [
],
"discounts": [
]
}'
The server answers with
{
"order": {
"id": "DQYutFAsu5hB8Xr56zBdmiilxd4F",
"location_id": "N7VH9XRBT57MP",
"line_items": [
{
"quantity": "1",
"name": "Américain - Article de base",
"base_price_money": {
"amount": 1599,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"gross_sales_money": {
"amount": 1599,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"total_tax_money": {
"amount": 0,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"total_discount_money": {
"amount": 0,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"total_money": {
"amount": 1599,
"currency": "EUR"
}
}
],
"created_at": "2018-04-30T12:44:47.816Z",
"updated_at": "2018-04-30T12:44:47.816Z",
"status": "OPEN",
"reference_id": "my-order-006",
"total_tax_money": {
"amount": 0,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"total_discount_money": {
"amount": 0,
"currency": "EUR"
},
"total_money": {
"amount": 1599,
"currency": "EUR"
}
}
}
Which seems to say that the order has been successfully created. However, when browsing the SquarePOS dashboard, I don't see the sale appearing in the sales list.
Is there something I'm missing when creating the order ?

Answer 1

The order is being created correctly, but I think you are missing something. The Orders API lets you create an order that you can then charge with the Charge endpoint.You cannot create an order via the APIs at this time and have them show up in the Dashboard or Point of Sale without charging them.