Is it possible to set items as available for pickup in Square API?

Question

I am creating items using the Square API. In the Square dashboard > item library, in the "online store settings" section, there is "available for pickup" and "available for shipping". Is there a way I can have 'available for pickup' checked by default when I create an item with the API?

I know the documentation says "You cannot currently manage pickup orders with the Connect API." But what I want to do has to do with managing items, not orders.

Answer 1

Yes. When creating an item, set the available_for_pickup field to true in your request body, like so:

{
  "name": "Milkshake",
  "visibility": "PUBLIC",
  "variations": [
    {
      "name": "Small",
      "pricing_type": "FIXED_PRICING",
      "price_money": {
        "currency_code": "USD",
        "amount": 400
      },
    }
  ],
  "available_for_pickup": true
}

A couple of clarifications:

• An item's visibility must be set to PUBLIC for it to appear in the online store.
• The available_online field (not shown in the above example) controls only whether an item can be added to shipping orders. You only need to set the available_for_pickup and visibility fields for pickup-only items.