Set up your integration

Server-driven integrations use the Stripe API instead of a Terminal SDK to connect to WisePOS E or Stripe Reader S700 smart readers and collect in-person payments. This allows you to:

• Use Terminal even if your infrastructure doesn’t support iOS, Android, or JavaScript SDKs
• Build a Terminal integration that’s powered by your custom middleware or cloud-based infrastructure
• Integrate a .NET-based point of sale to Terminal
• Improve reader network connections using an internet connection instead of the local area network
• Make curl requests to prototype an integration

You can start your server-driven integration with the following components:

• Your point of sale application: The operator-facing UI that employees see when creating a transaction.
• Your backend infrastructure: Mediates requests from your point of sale application and makes requests to the Stripe API during the transaction.
• The Stripe API: Receives requests and forwards them to a smart reader, such as the BBPOS WisePOS E reader or Stripe Reader S700. Stripe also sends webhooks to your backend infrastructure with the payment status.
• A BBPOS WisePOS E reader, Stripe Reader S700, or simulated reader: Prompts the cardholder for payment and communicates with Stripe and our financial infrastructure to process the payment. You can create a simulated reader if you don’t yet have a physical reader.