Lightspeed Commerce

Omnichannel commerce platform with REST APIs for retail and restaurant POS, inventory management, loyalty programs, and e-commerce integrations. Lightspeed serves retailers and restaurateurs with cloud-based point-of-sale systems, enabling custom integrations through APIs for sales, inventory, customers, orders, payments, and loyalty programs across multiple product lines including Retail X-Series, Retail R-Series, Restaurant K-Series, and eCom.

Lightspeed Commerce publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Lightspeed Retail X-Series API. Tagged areas include Commerce, Point of Sale, POS, Retail, and Restaurant.

Lightspeed Commerce’s developer surface includes documentation, engineering blog, pricing, and 9 more developer resources.

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24.2/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 19/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

4 APIs

CommercePoint of SalePOSRetailRestaurantInventoryLoyaltyPaymentsE-CommerceOmnichannel

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 24.2/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 10.8 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 2.2 / 20

Commercial Clarity 3.7 / 20

Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 19/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 4

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Lightspeed Rate Limits

0 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrg

GitHubOrg

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 2

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

StatusPage

StatusPage

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 3

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing

Pricing

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Blog

Blog

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Source (apis.yml)

aid: lightspeed
name: Lightspeed Commerce
description: Omnichannel commerce platform with REST APIs for retail and restaurant POS, inventory management, loyalty programs,
  and e-commerce integrations. Lightspeed serves retailers and restaurateurs with cloud-based point-of-sale systems, enabling
  custom integrations through APIs for sales, inventory, customers, orders, payments, and loyalty programs across multiple
  product lines including Retail X-Series, Retail R-Series, Restaurant K-Series, and eCom.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/lightspeed.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lightspeed/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: 2026-06-13
modified: 2026-06-13
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Commerce
- Point of Sale
- POS
- Retail
- Restaurant
- Inventory
- Loyalty
- Payments
- E-Commerce
- Omnichannel
apis:
- aid: lightspeed:retail-x-series
  name: Lightspeed Retail X-Series API
  description: REST API for Lightspeed Retail X-Series point-of-sale system enabling integrations for sales operations, product
    management, inventory updates, loyalty handling, and webhooks for retail merchants.
  humanURL: https://x-series-api.lightspeedhq.com/
  baseURL: https://api.lightspeedhq.com
  tags:
  - Retail
  - POS
  - Inventory
  - Loyalty
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://x-series-api.lightspeedhq.com/docs
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: https://x-series-api.lightspeedhq.com/reference
  - type: ChangeLog
    url: https://x-series-api.lightspeedhq.com/changelog
  - url: graphql/lightspeed-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: lightspeed:retail-r-series
  name: Lightspeed Retail R-Series API
  description: REST API for Lightspeed Retail R-Series (formerly Vend) providing access to sales, inventory, customers, products,
    and reporting data for retail point-of-sale systems.
  humanURL: https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/retail/
  baseURL: https://api.lightspeedhq.com
  tags:
  - Retail
  - POS
  - Inventory
  - Sales
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/retail/introduction/introduction/
- aid: lightspeed:ecom-c-series
  name: Lightspeed eCom API
  description: REST API for Lightspeed eCom (C-Series) e-commerce platform providing endpoints for products, orders, customers,
    shipments, payments, and inventory management. Requires Advanced or Professional subscription.
  humanURL: https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/ecom/
  baseURL: https://api.shoplightspeed.com
  tags:
  - E-Commerce
  - Orders
  - Products
  - Customers
  - Shipping
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/ecom/introduction/introduction/
- aid: lightspeed:restaurant-k-series
  name: Lightspeed Restaurant K-Series API
  description: REST API for Lightspeed Restaurant K-Series POS system, enabling approved partners to build integrations for
    restaurant operations including menu management, orders, and payments.
  humanURL: https://api-portal.lsk.lightspeed.app/
  baseURL: https://api.lsk-prod.app
  tags:
  - Restaurant
  - POS
  - Menu Management
  - Orders
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api-portal.lsk.lightspeed.app/guides/tutorials/developer-portal
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/lightspeed-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://developers.lightspeedhq.com/
- type: GitHubOrg
  url: https://github.com/lightspeedpos
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lightspeedcommerce
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/blog/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.lightspeedhq.com/pricing/
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.lightspeedhq.com/
- type: X
  url: https://x.com/LightspeedHQ
- type: Plans
  url: plans/lightspeed-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/lightspeed-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/lightspeed-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

Lightspeed Commerce

Kin Score

APIs 4

Lightspeed Retail X-Series API

Lightspeed Retail R-Series API

Lightspeed eCom API

Lightspeed Restaurant K-Series API

GraphQL 1

Lightspeed Commerce GraphQL API

Pricing Plans 1

Lightspeed Plans Pricing