Lightspeed
Lightspeed (Lightspeed Commerce) operates a portfolio of Retail, Restaurant, eCom, and Golf POS platforms via series-named product lines: X-Series (Vend), R-Series (Retail Pro/Cloud), C-Series (eCom), E-Series (Ecwid), K-Series (Restaurant Lightspeed), L-Series, O-Series (Kounta), G-Series (Gastrofix), and the ChronoGolf Partner API.
Lightspeed publishes 28 API contracts indexed on the APIs.io network, including Account API, Brands API, Catalog API, and 25 more. Tagged areas include Lightspeed, Point-of-Sale, Retail, Restaurant, and E-Commerce.
The Lightspeed catalog on APIs.io includes 3 JSON-LD contexts and 2 Spectral governance rulesets.
Lightspeed’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 3 more developer resources.
Kin Score
Kin Score
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- MCP Server +12 pts — deployment.mode + probe verdict on the mcp/ manifest, not the pointer; an unprobed slug falls back to authorship
- Idempotency +9 pts — OpenAPI mutating operations declare an idempotency key — a header, a request-body property, or a named de-duplication token whose own description says so (verified); else common[].type matches /idempoten/i (documented)
- A2A Agent Card +8 pts — a2a/
-a2a.yml manifest, graded on conformance.grade against A2A 1.0.0 - Registration Without a Human +6 pts — a `registration_endpoint` in the served RFC 8414 / OIDC discovery document
- Typed Event Surface +6 pts — AsyncAPI document, OR webhooks/callbacks objects in the as-published OpenAPI, OR common[].type includes Webhooks
- Documented Reversibility +6 pts — a reversal operation in the contract, graded up when a window is documented too
- Access Clarity scores 5.3 — up to +18.9 composite points
- Contract Quality scores 27.0 — up to +18.3 composite points
- Developer Ergonomics scores 23.8 — up to +15.2 composite points
Standards implemented 2
Standards this provider implements or carries. De facto ones are profiled and measured by the API Commons; formal ones come from the standards directory and are linked by the provider's own tags. The evidence column says how each claim was established — not that it was made.
APIs 28
Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.
Lightspeed eCom C-Series API
REST API for the Lightspeed eCom C-Series storefront platform.
Lightspeed eCom E-Series API (Ecwid)
REST API for Ecwid-powered Lightspeed eCom E-Series stores.
Lightspeed Restaurant L-Series API
REST API for the Lightspeed Restaurant L-Series cloud POS.
Lightspeed Restaurant O-Series API (Kounta)
REST API for Lightspeed Restaurant O-Series (Kounta).
Lightspeed Restaurant G-Series API (Gastrofix)
REST API for Lightspeed Restaurant G-Series (Gastrofix).
Lightspeed ChronoGolf Partner API
Partner API for ChronoGolf, Lightspeed's tee-time and course management platform.
Lightspeed Account API
The Lightspeed Retail account associated with the access token.
Lightspeed Brands API
The Brands API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for brands.
Lightspeed Catalog API
Categories, manufacturers, and vendors that classify items.
Lightspeed Customer API
Customer records and contact details.
Lightspeed Customers API
The Customers API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for customers.
Lightspeed Financial API
V1 endpoints (`/f/finance/...`) for retrieving sales and financial data. For the newer V2 versions of these endpoints see FinancialV2 ### V1 behaviour - **Sorting**: No guarante...
Lightspeed FinancialV2 API
V2 endpoints (`/f/v2/...`) for retrieving sales and financial data. ### Endpoint Mapping | V1 Endpoint | V2 Endpoint | |-------------|-------------| | `getFinancials` (`/f/finan...
Lightspeed Gift Cards API
The Gift Cards API from Lightspeed — 1 operation(s) for gift cards.
Lightspeed ID Cards API
The ID Cards API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for id cards.
Lightspeed Item API
Inventory items sold and tracked in Lightspeed Retail.
Lightspeed Items API
The Items API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for items.
Lightspeed Order and Pay API
The Order and Pay API from Lightspeed — 18 operation(s) for order and pay.
Lightspeed Order and Pay: Webhook API
The Order and Pay: Webhook API from Lightspeed — 4 operation(s) for order and pay: webhook.
Lightspeed PMS API
The PMS API from Lightspeed — 3 operation(s) for pms.
Lightspeed Products API
The Products API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for products.
Lightspeed Reservations for Platforms API
The Reservations for Platforms API from Lightspeed — 11 operation(s) for reservations for platforms.
Lightspeed Rich Item API
The Rich Item API from Lightspeed — 6 operation(s) for rich item.
Lightspeed Sale API
Point-of-sale transactions and their line items.
Lightspeed Sales API
The Sales API from Lightspeed — 2 operation(s) for sales.
Lightspeed Staff API
Staff API. Authorisation Code grant type is required for this API with permission ROLE_CONFIG_USERS.
Lightspeed Tax Breakdown API
The Tax Breakdown API from Lightspeed — 1 operation(s) for tax breakdown.
Lightspeed PMS Integration API
The PMS Integration API from Lightspeed — 0 operation(s) for pms integration.
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Open Collections 24
Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).
Lightspeed Restaurant K Series Account API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Brands API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Catalog API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Customer API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Customers API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Financial API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account FinancialV2 API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Gift Cards API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account ID Cards API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Item API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Items API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Order and Pay API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account PMS API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Products API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Retail R-Series API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Retail X-Series API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Rich Item API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Sale API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Sales API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Staff API
OPEN COLLECTIONLightspeed Restaurant K Series Account Tax Breakdown API
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Lightspeed API pricing
Not yet checked against Lightspeed's own pricing page. Compiled by API Evangelist on 2026-06-02 from www.lightspeedhq.com/pricing/; confirm before you rely on a figure.
| Plan | Price |
|---|---|
| Lightspeed Retail Tiers paid | — |
Plan details, limits and sources →
Rate limits
- R-Series leaky bucket (per account): bucket size scales with register count; drains at 1 drip/second leaky bucket drips
- R-Series request cost: per-operation drip cost (read operations cheaper than writes/bulk) varies
- X-Series (Vend) request throttle: see x-series-api.lightspeedhq.com/docs/rate_limiting requests per second
Compiled by API Evangelist, not yet checked against Lightspeed's documentation. All 4 limits →
Pricing Plans 1
Published pricing tiers and plan structures.
Rate Limits 1
Documented rate limits and quota policies.
Lightspeed Pos Rate Limits
RATE LIMITSService Levels 1
Uptime the provider promises or reports, as SLA4OAI. Read from its own pages; APIs.io runs no monitors.
Lightspeed
SLAFinOps 1
Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.
Lightspeed Pos Finops
FINOPSSemantic Vocabularies 3
JSON-LD contexts and semantic vocabularies used across these APIs.
Spectral Rules 2
Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.
Lightspeed — jsonschema rules
SPECTRALLightspeed API Rules
SPECTRALJSON Schema 94
Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.
apeAccountProfile
JSON SCHEMAapeAccountProfiles
JSON SCHEMAapeAccountSnapshot
JSON SCHEMAapeBusinessLocationId
JSON SCHEMAapeCustomerInfo
JSON SCHEMAapeDiscount
JSON SCHEMAapeLocalOrderItemLine
JSON SCHEMAapeMenu
JSON SCHEMAapeMenuV2
JSON SCHEMAapeOrderPayment
JSON SCHEMAapePaymentBadRequestError
JSON SCHEMAapePaymentSubmissionResponse
JSON SCHEMAapeProductionInstruction
JSON SCHEMAapeRestrictedItemPaginatedResponse
JSON SCHEMAapeSkusRequest
JSON SCHEMAapeStandalonePayment
JSON SCHEMAapeTable
JSON SCHEMAapeToGoOrderItemLine
JSON SCHEMAapeWebhookEndpointBusinessLocationDto
JSON SCHEMAapeWebhookEndpoint
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiAbortedOrderDto
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiFinancialDto
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiLSPaymentsDto
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiResourcesTaxRate
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiSaleDto
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiSalesDailyExportDto
JSON SCHEMAfinancial-apiSalesExportDto
JSON SCHEMAid-cards-apiCreateIdCardBatchRequest
JSON SCHEMAid-cards-apiCreateIdCardsRequest
JSON SCHEMAid-cards-apiCreateIdCardsResponse
JSON SCHEMAid-cards-apiIdCardBatch
JSON SCHEMAitems-apiCreateItemDTO
JSON SCHEMAitems-apiItemDTO
JSON SCHEMAitems-apiUpdateItemDTO
JSON SCHEMApms-apiBusinessLocationId
JSON SCHEMApms-apiGetProvider
JSON SCHEMApms-apiProviderApiKey
JSON SCHEMApms-apiProviderEndpoint
JSON SCHEMApms-apiProviderFeatures
JSON SCHEMApms-apiProviderName
JSON SCHEMApms-apiRevenueCenterId
JSON SCHEMApms-apiRevenueCenterName
JSON SCHEMAreservation-serviceOnboardingCallbackRequest
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformAPIKeysWebhook
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformBasicAuthWebhook
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformBusinessLocation
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformCourseSettingsDto
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformIntegrationDto
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformOAuth2Webhook
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformProfileResponse
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformProfile
JSON SCHEMAreservation-servicePlatformReservation
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiBOStaff
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiBusinessLocationIds
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiCreatePosStaffDto
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiCreateWebhookRequest
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiPOSStaff
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiReportAccessLevel
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiResponseSchema
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiShift
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiStaffGroup
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiStaff
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiUpdatePosStaffDto
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiUserPermission
JSON SCHEMAstaff-apiWebhookDto
JSON SCHEMAteckelLinkSelfPage
JSON SCHEMAteckelLinkSelf
JSON SCHEMAteckelLocalesDto
JSON SCHEMAteckelPictureSpecDto
JSON SCHEMAteckelRichItemDescriptionDto
JSON SCHEMAteckelRichItemDtoDates
JSON SCHEMAteckelRichItemDtoLinks
JSON SCHEMAteckelRichItemDtoPictures
JSON SCHEMAteckelRichItemDto
JSON SCHEMAAccount
JSON SCHEMAAttributes
JSON SCHEMACategory
JSON SCHEMAContact
JSON SCHEMACustomer
JSON SCHEMAEmployee
JSON SCHEMAItem
JSON SCHEMAManufacturer
JSON SCHEMASaleLine
JSON SCHEMASale
JSON SCHEMAShop
JSON SCHEMAVendor
JSON SCHEMABrand
JSON SCHEMACustomer
JSON SCHEMAProduct
JSON SCHEMASale
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JSON Structure 94
JSON Structure definitions describing this provider's data shapes.
Restaurant K Series Ape Account Profile Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Account Profiles Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Account Snapshot Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Business Location Id Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Customer Info Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Discount Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Local Order Item Line Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Menu Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Menu V2 Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Order Payment Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Production Instruction Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Skus Request Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Standalone Payment Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Table Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape To Go Order Item Line Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Ape Webhook Endpoint Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Financial Api Sale Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Id Cards Api Id Card Batch Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Items Api Create Item Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Items Api Item Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Items Api Update Item Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Get Provider Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Provider Api Key Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Provider Endpoint Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Provider Features Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Provider Name Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Pms Api Revenue Center Id Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Bostaff Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Posstaff Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Response Schema Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Shift Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Staff Group Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Staff Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api User Permission Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Staff Api Webhook Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Link Self Page Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Link Self Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Locales Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Picture Spec Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Rich Item Dto Dates Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Rich Item Dto Links Structure
JSON STRUCTURERestaurant K Series Teckel Rich Item Dto Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Account Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Attributes Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Category Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Contact Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Customer Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Employee Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Item Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Manufacturer Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Sale Line Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Sale Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Shop Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail R Series Vendor Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail X Series Brand Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail X Series Customer Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail X Series Product Structure
JSON STRUCTURERetail X Series Sale Structure
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Examples 85
Example request and response payloads for these APIs.
Retail R Series Item Example
EXAMPLERetail R Series Sale Example
EXAMPLERetail R Series Shop Example
EXAMPLERetail X Series Sale Example
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Security Posture 2
Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.
Scopes 1
OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.
Agentic Access 1
Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.
Resources
Agent Surfaces 1
MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs
Access & Security 3
Authentication, authorization, and security posture
Company 1
The organization behind the API
Source (apis.yml)
Lightspeed API — frequently asked questions
Does Lightspeed have an API?
Yes. APIs.io lists 28 APIs from Lightspeed, including Lightspeed eCom C-Series API, Lightspeed eCom E-Series API (Ecwid) and Lightspeed Restaurant L-Series API, and 25 more.
Is there an OpenAPI specification for the Lightspeed API?
Yes. APIs.io indexes 22 OpenAPI specifications for Lightspeed, each linked for download from this page.
How do I authenticate with the Lightspeed API?
Lightspeed documents its authentication (oauth2 · 1 scheme). The details are profiled on APIs.io as Lightspeed Pos Authentication.
How much does the Lightspeed API cost?
APIs.io lists 1 pricing plan for Lightspeed, with each plan's price, limits and inclusions under Pricing on this page.
Is the Lightspeed API ready for AI agents?
Lightspeed has a Kin Score of 25.3 out of 100 (emerging) and an Agent Readiness score of 35.7 (agent-ready), scored by API Evangelist on 2026-11-06.
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