The Locations API
Discover how to manage business location data with the Square Locations API. Learn to create new locations, update existing ones, and retrieve location details essential for various Square API operations like payments and orders.
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Sellers provide core business information on Square when they create an account. This information might include the business name, business address, location type (physical or mobile location), phone number, and website URL. Square stores this information in a Location object. The Locations API allows us to create, retrieve, or update a location in a Square seller account.
When we create an account on Square, an initial location is created. This is referred to as the default or main location. However, many sellers use multiple locations for their business.
The Location object is not only used to store information about a business but is also required in many Square API operations. For example, several operations related to payments, invoices, gift cards, ...