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Gain insights into integrating Square APIs in Python to enhance business operations. Learn about payment, order, and invoice APIs and implement an e-commerce web application with Square's seamless workflow.

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Square offers digital payments and financial services to its customers. Developers can learn to integrate Square APIs to help businesses of almost all types and sizes grow. This course provides a strong foundation with Square APIs for business operations. You'll get introduced to different payment, order, and invoice APIs. By the end of the course, you'll get hands-on experience with an e-commerce web application integrated with Square APIs. You’ll use these APIs to complete the purchase and payment workflow. Such a workflow usually requires creating an order, generating an invoice, and finally paying for it. Square takes care of all of it with just a few API calls.

Square offers digital payments and financial services to its customers. Developers can learn to integrate Square APIs to help bu...Show More

WHAT YOU'LL LEARN

Get familiarized with various Square APIs for business operations.

Get a working knowledge of order creation and retrieval mechanisms using Square API.

Learn how to generate and update invoices attached to order records using Square API.

Learn how to make, record, and refund payments using Square API.

Get hands-on experience integrating Square business and payment functions into a Django application using Square APIs.

Get familiarized with various Square APIs for business operations.

Content

15 Lessons

Introduction

2 Lessons

Get familiar with leveraging Square API for payments, refunds, orders, and invoices in Python.

Introduction to the Course

Get Started with Square API

Square Business APIs

2 Lessons

Walk through managing merchant and location data using Square Business APIs.

The Merchants API

The Locations API

Manage Payments

4 Lessons

Work your way through creating, retrieving, completing, canceling, and refunding payments using Square API.

Create a Payment

Retrieve Payments

Cancel or Complete Payments

Refund a Payment

Process Orders

3 Lessons

Break down the steps to creating, retrieving, and paying for orders using Square API.

Create an Order

Retrieve Orders

Pay for Orders

Handle Invoices

2 Lessons

Solve problems in creating, retrieving, and managing invoices with the Square API.

Create an Invoice

Retrieve Invoices

APIs Integration in Django

1 Lessons

Simplify complex topics in integrating Square APIs within Django for e-commerce.

Demo E-commerce Application

Conclusion

1 Lessons

Build on integrating financial services with Square API, and explore further APIs.

Wrap Up!

Certificate of Completion

Showcase your accomplishment by sharing your certificate of completion.

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