Uploaded July 2020 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
We know that sometimes you want to create an order, but there might not be a corresponding catalog item yet. This is where you can use ad hoc line-items on an order, so that you can itemize everything to show up correctly on a customer’s receipt.
Follow along as we show you how you can use the Orders API to easily create ad hoc line-items on an order and link that order to a payment created with the Payments API.
Create Orders: developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/create-orders
Pay for Orders: developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/pay-for-orders
Idempotency: youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8UdQx_4bE
Square Developer Forums – developer.squareup.com/forums
Square Developer Community – https://squ.re/slack
Square Developer Twitter – twitter.com/squaredev
Square Developer Blog – developer.squareup.com/blog
We know that sometimes you want to create an order, but there might not be a corresponding catalog item yet. This is where you can use ad hoc line-items on an order, so that you can itemize everything to show up correctly on a customer’s receipt.
Follow along as we show you how you can use the Orders API to easily create ad hoc line-items on an order and link that order to a payment created with the Payments API.
Create Orders: developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/create-orders
Pay for Orders: developer.squareup.com/docs/orders-api/pay-for-orders
Idempotency: youtube.com/watch?v=Hx8UdQx_4bE
Square Developer Forums – developer.squareup.com/forums
Square Developer Community – https://squ.re/slack
Square Developer Twitter – twitter.com/squaredev
Square Developer Blog – developer.squareup.com/blog
