Cloud terminal API overview

October 29, 2024

Cloud Terminal API allows you to easily and securely integrate an Ultra or Ultra P terminal with your point of sale (POS) system through a Rest API. With this integration, you can perform sales or cancellation operations.

Features

Terminals

Below is the list of readers supported by Cloud Terminal API integrations:

• Ultra
• Ultra P

Operations

These are the operations available for integrations through Cloud Terminal API:

• Sale
• Tipping
• Deferred payments
• Transaction search
• Voids and refunds

Supported card brands

The following card networks and brands are accepted through Cloud Terminal API integrations:

• Visa
• Mastercard
• Carnet
• American Express
• Sodexo
• Sí Vale
• Edenred

Requirements

Before you can perform an integration, you must meet the following requirements:

• Create a test account.
• Have a compatible and configured test terminal.
• Have the payment application installed and updated on the terminal. Minimum application version: 4.3.26.
• Stable internet connection.
• Allow communication with our external services through firewalls and similar services.

Environments

Test any adjustments to your system in a dev development environment. environment. Remember that no real transactions will be processed in this environment.

You can switch to the live environment to process real transactions when ready.

Flow

Learn more about the step-by-step payment process through Cloud Terminal API.

Payment Request

During this stage of the flow:

1. Your point of sale system is responsible for making a request to the Kushki API. You must send the request with the payment configuration that will appear in the payment application on the terminal.
2. The Kushki API receives the request with the payment information for processing.
3. The API returns a response to the request indicating the status.
4. If the request is correct, the payment application is displayed with the configuration sent to the terminal.

Payment process

During this stage of the flow:

1. The customer enters the payment information in the terminal.
2. The terminal is responsible for reading, encrypting and sending the payment information to Kushki to be processed.
3. Kushki sends a webhook with the result of the operation.
4. The flow continues according to the result of the operation.