Getting detailed information about multiple orders

You can use the orders API to retrieve details about orders that were modified or created during a specified time period.

Note

Toast support recommends using the orders updated webhook to receive order updates as they occur instead of pulling order updates with the /ordersBulk endpoint.

How to make the request

To retrieve the orders, you send a GET request to the /ordersBulk endpoint.

The /ordersBulk endpoint returns an array of Order objects for each order that is selected based on the specified time period.

Specifying the time period for the request

When you send a GET request to the /ordersBulk endpoint, you specify the period of time that you want to return orders.

To specify the time period, you use one of the following options:

  • Select the orders that were last modified during a specified time period.

    To use this option, specify dates and times in the startDate and endDate query parameters.

    Order creation is considered an order modification. The request results include orders that were created during the specified time period.

  • Select the orders that were created during a single restaurant business day.

    To use this option, set the businessDate query parameter.

    In the restaurants API, the restaurant's business day cutoff is determined by the closeoutHour value in the General object within the RestaurantInfo object.

Toast support recommends that you use the startDate and endDate query parameters. These parameters select orders based on the modification time stamp. The request returns orders that were either created or modified during that time period.

The businessDate query parameter selects orders based on the creation date. The request only returns orders that were created on that business day. It does not return orders that were modified on that business day, but created on an earlier day.

Paginating the request results

To control the number of Order objects that the /ordersBulk endpoint returns for each request, use the pageSize query parameter. The maximum pageSize that you can specify is 100.

If the number of matching orders is greater than the value of pageSize, use the page parameter to specify the sequence number of the set of objects to return.

For example, the time period you specify selects 100 orders. You set pageSize to 10. To return the first ten orders, set page to 1. To return the next ten orders, set page to 2.

The response header fields for the /ordersBulk endpoint include a set of response pagination links that you can use to send requests that return each Order object in the set of orders you select in a time period. These link header fields follow the pattern described in the proposed Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) web linking standard.

For an example of the pagination links in a /ordersBulk endpoint response, see Example response data pagination header fields. For more information about Toast API response pagination, see Paginating response data.

Note

Unlike the endpoints of the Toast configuration API, the /ordersBulk endpoint does not return a last link field.

Note

The /ordersBulk endpoint has a lower rate limit than most other Toast API endpoints. API clients can poll the /orderBulk endpoint up to five times per location per second. For more information about API rate limits, see Toast rate limit values.

Example request for detailed information about multiple orders

The following example shows a request for detailed information about orders that were last modified during a period of time.

curl -X GET \
-H "Authorization: Bearer eyJzI1NiJ9hbGciOiJSU.eyJhd9yaXR5Ij
oiQ1JVTkNIVElNRSIsInJzR3VpZCI6IjE4YzQ5YWJlLWFlODItNGFlYy04ND
M1LWJhYTRjMjVlYTY2MiIsInNjb3BlIjpbImxWQiOlsidG9hc3QiXSwibmFt
aW5nQXV0aGhYm9yIiwib3JkZXJzIiwidXNlcm1nbXQiXSwiZXhwIjoxNDg0M
zg5ODUwLCJqdGkiOiJlMDYzZjJkMy1jNGYyLTRiZjItODJmNi01MTg1NWMzZ
DAxM2YiLCJjbGllbnRfaWQiOiJjcnVuY2h0aW1lIn0.X1_0y9Hzj5F9gdOw2
o6VSYTyZwooAJiFMDmNakbZrtiUdYwLzuLwLpCMQzX5pKYtOqDUz_cetGJL3
txKL1L-K2j1Enoq8An8hEM6e8J0KdAiwrYFO3W3CmWedaoz95K9ghNZVCs28
Td2Sp3Ix3fObxbrvanocx9_OT8S9uM8hdSXmBI_ykTWvOVgK4hO24V3DJy4b
9bz1FtgOvrClhELxCe8dJy7jiwAR60xczlCF5rna98RMLN6zY4ffjmljKFZ6
QV0KkVppWjEiJn7oFHiIylCX1sSg7sddrGatj0xJzts3GJ8u8_lryUNHaEvJ
dWq4Yzwo007AMgxjH9d241Y-g" \1
-H "Toast-Restaurant-External-ID: 4622e7a9-b4be-3fef-9220-b3dad273e0b4" \2
"https://[toast-api-hostname]/orders/v2/ordersBulk?3
startDate=2020-03-02T19:10:30.000Z&endDate=2020-03-02T22:00:00.000Z&4
pageSize=10&page=2"5

1

Include an authentication token. For more information, see Authentication and restaurant access.

2

Specify the GUID of the restaurant that created the orders. This must be the GUID of an individual restaurant. It cannot be the GUID of a restaurant group.

3

Send a GET request to the /ordersBulk endpoint of the orders API.

4

To specify a period of time to return orders for, use the startDate and endDate query parameters.

5

In the pageSize query parameter, specify the maximum number of objects to include in the response. In the page query parameter, specify the sequence number of the set of objects to return. For more information, see Paginating response data.

Example response data containing multiple orders

The following example shows the response data from the /ordersBulk endpoint. It contains detailed information about multiple orders.

[
  {
    "guid": "5274c0f8-bf61-4e37-ad04-cf4ca1326822",1
    "entityType": "Order",
    "externalId": null,
    "revenueCenter": null,
    "server": {
      "guid": "dc9b7cd6-4389-4a6d-83c3-2fde7f033567",
      "entityType": "RestaurantUser",
      "externalId": null
    },
    "lastModifiedDevice": {
      "id": null
    },
    "source": "API",
    "voidDate": null,
    "duration": null,
    "businessDate": 20200302,
    "paidDate": null,
    "restaurantService": null,
    "voided": false,
    "estimatedFulfillmentDate": "2020-03-03T19:55:00.000+0000",
    "table": null,
    "requiredPrepTime": "PT30M",
    "approvalStatus": "FUTURE",
    "deliveryInfo": {2
      "address1": "401 Park Drive",
      "address2": "Suite 801",
      "city": "Boston",
      "state": "MA",
      "zipCode": "02215",
      "latitude": 42.3446671,
      "longitude": -71.1023575,
      "notes": ""
    },
    "serviceArea": null,
    "curbsidePickupInfo": {3
      "entityType": "CurbsidePickup",
      "notes": "Convertible with top down",
      "transportColor": "blue",
      "transportDescription": "Street Cruiser"
    },
    "numberOfGuests": 1,
    "diningOption": {
      "guid": "18855a26-40d4-4a8f-b484-c6af211dd597",
      "entityType": "DiningOption",
      "externalId": null
    },
    "openedDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.552+0000",
    "voidBusinessDate": null,
    "checks": [
      {
        "guid": "df38b30c-04b3-4eb3-923e-7cec05357674",
        "entityType": "Check",
        "externalId": null,
        "displayNumber": "pdesjardins-api-1583176621",
        "payments": [],
        "appliedDiscounts": [],
        "lastModifiedDevice": {
          "id": null
        },
        "voidDate": null,
        "paidDate": null,
        "appliedLoyaltyInfo": null,
        "voided": false,
        "paymentStatus": "OPEN",
        "amount": 111,
        "tabName": null,
        "taxExempt": false,
        "openedDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.552+0000",
        "totalAmount": 111,
        "selections": [
          {
            "guid": "2e917d92-04e5-4a2b-bb1a-bde41009feb3",
            "entityType": "MenuItemSelection",
            "externalId": null,
            "deferred": false,
            "preDiscountPrice": 111,
            "voidReason": null,
            "optionGroup": null,
            "displayName": "Rejected",
            "appliedDiscounts": [],
            "modifiers": [],
            "seatNumber": -1,
            "voidDate": null,
            "fulfillmentStatus": "NEW",
            "salesCategory": {
              "guid": "c0915e46-341e-4ec0-b46e-cb87fab729fd",
              "entityType": "SalesCategory",
              "externalId": null
            },
            "selectionType": "NONE",
            "price": 111,
            "voided": false,
            "appliedTaxes": [],
            "itemGroup": {
              "guid": "c639a684-7245-4259-b9c5-f913e481347e",
              "entityType": "MenuGroup",
              "externalId": null
            },
            "item": {
              "guid": "88aebc5f-4635-4141-9c0f-5a9be6324218",
              "entityType": "MenuItem",
              "externalId": null
            },
            "taxInclusion": "INCLUDED",
            "quantity": 1,
            "unitOfMeasure": "NONE",
            "tax": 0,
            "diningOption": {
              "guid": "18855a26-40d4-4a8f-b484-c6af211dd597",
              "entityType": "DiningOption",
              "externalId": null
            },
            "voidBusinessDate": null,
            "createdDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.583+0000",
            "preModifier": null,
            "modifiedDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.583+0000"
          }
        ],
        "voidBusinessDate": null,
        "deleted": false,
        "createdDevice": {
          "id": null
        },
        "closedDate": null,
        "deletedDate": null,
        "modifiedDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.609+0000",
        "taxAmount": 0,
        "appliedServiceCharges": [],
        "customer": {4
          "entityType": "Customer",
          "firstName": "Jack",
          "lastName": "Jones",
          "phone": "333-555-5555",
          "email": "jack@example.com"
         }
      }
    ],
    "deleted": false,
    "createdDevice": {
      "id": null
    },
    "closedDate": null,
    "deletedDate": null,
    "modifiedDate": "2020-03-02T19:17:02.612+0000",
    "promisedDate": "2020-03-03T19:55:00.000+0000",
    "pricingFeatures": [
      "TAXESV2"
    ]
  },
  {
    "guid": "529d9853-e28a-482b-9ee7-41580b0a53d0",5
    "entityType": "Order",

    [contents omitted]

  },
  {
    "guid": "c3f0c5bd-3b06-4b5d-8035-be57ae38a02a",
    "entityType": "Order",

    [contents omitted]

  }
]

1

The first Order object in the array provides detailed information about a single order.

2

The deliveryInfo JSON value is only populated if your Toast API client has the delivery_info.address:read scope. For more information about scopes, see Scopes.

3

The curbsidePickupInfo JSON value is only populated if your Toast API client has the guest.pi:read scope. For more information about scopes, see Scopes.

4

The customer JSON value is only populated if your Toast API client has the guest.pi:read scope. For more information about scopes, see Scopes.

5

Each subsequent Order object in the array provides detailed information about a different order.

Example response data pagination header fields

The following example shows the header fields that provide response data pagination URLs for the /ordersBulk endpoint. For more information, see Paginating response data.

link: <https://[hostname]/orders/v2/ordersBulk?endDate=2020-03-30T21%3A00%3A00.000Z
  &startDate=2020-03-30T20%3A00%3A00.000Z&pageSize=1>; rel="first"
link: <https://[hostname]/orders/v2/ordersBulk?endDate=2020-03-30T21%3A00%3A00.000Z
  &startDate=2020-03-30T20%3A00%3A00.000Z&pageSize=1&page=3>; rel="self"
link: <https://[hostname]/orders/v2/ordersBulk?endDate=2020-03-30T21%3A00%3A00.000Z
  &pageSize=1&page=2&startDate=2020-03-30T20%3A00%3A00.000Z>; rel="prev"
link: <https://[hostname]/orders/v2/ordersBulk?endDate=2020-03-30T21%3A00%3A00.000Z
  &pageSize=1&page=4&startDate=2020-03-30T20%3A00%3A00.000Z>; rel="next"