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etoister asked David Marginian Deactivated commented

What the purposes of Generating API Token from Production Merchant dashboard screen

What the purposes of Generating API Token from Production Merchant Dashboard screen ?



https://community.clover.com/questions/18151/merchant-api-tokens.html

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etoister avatar image etoister commented ·

Thank you David for the quick response.


I have a web portal that I use for my business which is not an app and cannot be installed on clover devices as Clover/Android application. The Clover's documentation describes behaviors of Clover/Android App only.


The question is how do I use API Token and Clover RESTful API from our internal portal, without publishing our in-house (not public) web-based system to Clover Market ?


Based on the community comment below, the author states that it is possible to use a token in production without registering web app. Looking forward to your reply.


https://community.clover.com/questions/18151/merchant-api-tokens.html

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David Marginian Deactivated answered etoister commented

https://docs.clover.com/clover-platform/docs/create-an-api-token

Tokens generated with the Setup app should only be used when testing the API in sandbox. Using these merchant tokens in production is forbidden.


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etoister avatar image etoister commented ·

Thank you David for the quick response.


I have a web portal that I use for my business which is not an app and cannot be installed on clover devices as Clover/Android application. The Clover's documentation describes behaviors of Clover/Android App only.


The question is how do I use API Token and Clover RESTful API from our internal portal, without publishing our in-house (not public) web-based system to Clover Market ?


Based on the community comment below, the author states that it is possible to use a token in production without registering web app. Looking forward to your reply.


https://community.clover.com/questions/18151/merchant-api-tokens.html

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etoister answered cloveruser808 commented

@David, I accidentally deleted your reply, can you please reply again

Thank you very much

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

Jeff's post is accurate. You can use the merchant token at your own risk. I can't guarantee it will always work and I can't guarantee that it will work in all situations. Limitations are put on merchant tokens and production.

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cloveruser808 avatar image cloveruser808 David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

Previous comment was accidentally deleted by OP.

I said something to the effect of: I hope you guys are working on allowing internal, in-house OAuth apps soon. With the COVID-19 issues, our business needs to use the Pay APIs to take online orders. But we don't have the personnel or time to make public apps.

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ cloveruser808 commented ·

I think you should contact appmarketbusiness@clover.com and stress the importance of this. With what is going on now is a good time to push the issue.

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etoister answered David Marginian Deactivated commented

Thank you, David


So based on your reply, if I generate an API token on the production environment, and it pulls sufficient information I need from the profile (merchant) . I can omit to register as a Clover Developer, and I do not violate any Clover's terms of service?

As you and Jeff have noted, "Use at your own risk."


Looking forward to your reply.

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David Marginian avatar image David Marginian ♦♦ commented ·

I recommend contacting appmarketbusiness@clover.com. I am a developer and not an expert on our terms of service.

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