Setting Up a 3rd Party Web App

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dmkrebsbach asked Aug 19, '19 David Marginian Deactivated commented Aug 21, '19

Setting Up a 3rd Party Web App

Hello everyone. I am working on setting up a Wep Application that integrates with Clover. I have not had much luck in the way of initial setup requirements....admittedly, I am a novice at Web Development. Do any of you know of a tutorial / git / etc that has a walkthrough or setup documentation that is a bit more intuitive for new developers than what is available on docs.Clover.com?

For example, if I have a web app that is hosted locally (for test-purposes), can I use Localhost:xxxx to test my web application in the Development Kit? Or do I need a fully functioning, hosted, secure Web App to begin developing on the POS side?

@Robin Walmsley, I saw you had some similar questions a few years ago, could you point me in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

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Answer 1 · 2019-08-19T20:50:26Z

David Marginian Deactivated answered Aug 19, '19

Are you trying to take payment directly from your web app or are you trying to initiate taking a payment on a Clover device from your web app?

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Answer 2 · 2019-08-19T21:13:00Z

dmkrebsbach answered Aug 19, '19

David

I am not taking payments at all. I would like to take information from a merchant, and provide them analysis. I have a Web App that I have built on my end (not deployed, still in development) that would take the information and then render the completed analysis. The only payment would be a merchant paying a monthly few to use.

I cannot find an example oauth file that shows requirements or syntax. I see the OAUTH information on the site, but don't know what the file looks like as a whole, how its linked to the rest of my program, etc. It's probably far more simple than I am thinking, but I still need a point in the right direction. Thanks for responding.

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Answer 3 · 2019-08-19T21:32:51Z

David Marginian Deactivated answered Aug 19, '19

It sounds like you just want access to our REST API. Have you see our REST API docs?

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Answer 4 · 2019-08-19T21:50:36Z

dmkrebsbach answered Aug 19, '19 David Marginian Deactivated commented Aug 19, '19

Yes, Ive been going over them for the last few hours. I am currently reading and re-reading the Using OAuth 2.0 4-Step Flow. For the most part, I understand how those steps are all linked together. What I do not understand is the architecture. Do these four steps need to be replicated on every page? Does this all take place in an oauth-config file? What other requirements apply to my Web App (in development, not deployed) are there to test/debug? These are the answers I cannot find.

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David Marginian ♦♦ commented · Aug 19, 2019 at 10:04 PM

Once you obtain the token it is good for one year. You can securely store it and use it for calls to our REST API. You can test with a locally deployed web application you just need to make sure your CORs URL matches your local url.

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Answer 5 · 2019-08-21T00:20:38Z

dmkrebsbach answered Aug 21, '19 David Marginian Deactivated commented Aug 21, '19

David, thanks for your help. I have a Clover Station 2018 Dev Kit; where is the documentation for testing our Web App on the Development Kit? I found the documentation for an Android App using Android Studio, but cannot find it for Web Applications and REST API.
We created a Hello World page, and would like to test it w/ our test merchant and see if we can replicate our View on the Clover Station Web Browser. Thanks!

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David Marginian ♦♦ commented · Aug 21, 2019 at 12:17 PM

I don't believe you have access to a web browser on a station. You can write an Android app that utilizes web views. Here is an example - https://github.com/cloverhackathons/JavascriptWebviewBinding.

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