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API Reference overview

Welcome to the Clover Platform REST API reference. This reference describes the use of each REST API endpoint in the sandbox environment. See Get started for more information about setting up your developer account and retrieving your first API token. The API token provides the necessary permissions to access test merchant data.

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To learn more, see our blog post Fiddling Through Digital Keys: Clover Auth Tokens and Ecommerce Keys.

Use the API reference

To make a sample REST API call:

  1. Select MERCHANTS > Get a single merchant.
  2. In the Path Params section, enter your test merchant ID in the mId field. Your test merchant ID is a 13-character sequence of numbers. See Locate your test merchant ID for more information.
  3. In the Authentication section, enter your access token in the Bearer field. This value is the test API token you generated in the sandbox Developer Dashboard.
  4. Click Try It. In the JSON output response, the name value is your test merchant’s name.

Sample REST API requests

To retrieve information about your test merchant, send a GET request to /v3/merchants/mId:

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://sandbox.dev.clover.com/v3/merchants/{mId}' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \  
  --header 'authorization: Bearer {auth_token}'

In this request, mId is the test merchant UUID and auth_token is the API token (or access token). See Test merchant IDs & API tokens for more information.

To update your test merchant's name, send a POST request to /v3/merchants/mId:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://sandbox.dev.clover.com/v3/merchants/{mId}' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \  
  --header 'authorization: Bearer {auth_token}'
  --data '{"name":"{updated_merchant_name}"}'

Set additional query parameters

To retrieve more information from your REST API requests, set query parameters for supported endpoints in the following format.

[Endpoint URI]?field=value[,additionalValues...]&[additionalQueryParameters...]

In the API documentation, the Query Params section lists additional parameters. For example, use the expand query parameter for additional information about a merchant.

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://sandbox.dev.clover.com/v3/merchants/{mId}?expand=openingHours' \
  --header 'accept: application/json' \  
  --header 'authorization: Bearer {auth_token}'

See Expanding Fields for more information.

Sandbox base URLs

Use the Android emulator or Developer Kits in the sandbox environment for building and testing your apps with test merchants. In the sandbox environment, Clover provides base URLs for different services.

  • Platform API: https://sandbox.dev.clover.com
  • Tokenization service API: https://token-sandbox.dev.clover.com
  • Ecommerce service API: https://scl-sandbox.dev.clover.com

See the Ecommerce API tutorials for more information.

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NOTE

The Ecommerce API and all related features are currently available in the US and Canada. We will provide updated information as Clover extends availability for more regions.

Production base URLs

In the production environment, Clover provides base URLs for different services in supported markets.

  • Platform API (US and Canada): https://api.clover.com
  • Platform API (Europe): https://api.eu.clover.com
  • Platform API (LATAM): https://api.la.clover.com
  • Tokenization service API: https://token.clover.com
  • Ecommerce service API: https://scl.clover.com