Developer updates

General API updates

API reference documentation includes data object definitions

The Toast API reference documentation now includes detailed information about the values in data objects in a new Data definitions section for each API. You...

August 22, 2022

Labor API Objects, fields, and values

New chosenName value in labor API Employee object

The labor API Employee object now includes a chosenName value. The chosenName value is an optional, preferred name that employees set for themselves. The...

August 5, 2022

Menus API

Alcohol labeling for menus API now available in Toast Web

The setting for returning information about whether a menu item or modifier contains alcohol and would benefit from additional handling is available for...

July 27, 2022

Orders API Error Handling

Orders API prevents inappropriately large orders from being posted

The orders API has been updated to return an HTTP status code 400 response when a client integration attempts to: A top-level selection is defined as a...

July 18, 2022

Menus API Error Handling

Improved error message from the GET /menus endpoint when the Amazon™ S3 service is unavailable

Previously, if the Amazon S3 service was unavailable, the GET /menus endpoint of the menus API would return a 404 HTTP error code with the message: This...

June 16, 2022

Menus API

Menu items and modifiers that contain alcohol are identifiable

The menus API has been updated to return information about whether a menu item or modifier contains alcohol and may require, or benefit from, additional...

May 18, 2022

Labor API Objects, fields, and values

Labor API TimeEntryBreak object includes new guid value

The labor API TimeEntryBreak object now includes a guid value. The GUID value is the Toast platform identifier for an individual break entry.

May 9, 2022

General API updates

Updated Postman collection of example API requests

The Postman collection of API requests that you can use to test Toast API functionality has been updated. The updated collection includes requests for all...

April 15, 2022

Restaurants API Webhooks

New restaurant availability API

The new restaurant availability API retrieves information about a restaurant's availability to accept online orders. The restaurant availability API is a...

April 15, 2022

Stock API Webhooks

Stock API and webhook improvements

Several improvements and updates have been made to the stock API and the stock webhook. New identifier values in stock API and stock webhook payload The...

April 15, 2022