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Ask HN: Point of Sale system APIs for integration?

3 points by lionheart ↗ HN
Does anyone here know of any good APIs or software that lets you integrate with multiple point of sale systems?

My software needs to be able to integrate with POSs in bars and restaurants and I'm looking at my options.

I haven't seen anything out there that looks very good.

Does anybody have experience with this?

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snorty
Look at OPOS for peripheral interfaces. If I remember correctly there is a java version as well.
nickler
http://ethor.com/

Last I talked with these guys this is their secret sauce.

lionheart
This looks perfect. Do you know how long they've been around?
nickler
not long, about a year I think.
makerops
eThor.com looks interesting, what POS systems do they integrate with? The market is very fractured (RMS touch, aloha, positouch etc); I used to install them, and at one point flirted with developing an app to integrate (went a different way and used qrcodes :( instead). Each company requires a developer license, and they are expensive, 7-25,000$ each.