---
title: Target APIs
description: >-
  APIs available for POS UI extension targets that provide access to cart,
  customer, order, product, and other POS data.
api_version: 2024-07
api_name: pos-ui-extensions
source_url:
  html: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis'
  md: 'https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis.md'
---

# Target APIs

## Contextual APIs

[Cart API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/cart-api)

[The Cart API provides comprehensive access to POS cart management functionality, enabling extensions to read cart state, modify line items, apply discounts, manage customer information, and handle cart properties through a subscribable interface that delivers real-time updates.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/cart-api)

[Customer API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/customer-api)

[The Customer API provides read-only access to customer data.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/customer-api)

[Draft Order API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/draft-order-api)

[The Draft Order API provides read-only access to draft order data.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/draft-order-api)

[Order API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/order-api)

[The Order API provides read-only access to order data.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/order-api)

[Product API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/product-api)

[The Product API provides read-only access to product data.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/contextual-apis/product-api)

## Platform APIs

[Connectivity API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/connectivity-api)

[The Connectivity API provides access to device connectivity information, allowing you to monitor Internet connection status and respond to connectivity changes in real-time.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/connectivity-api)

[Device API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/device-api)

[The Device API provides access to device information and capabilities, allowing you to retrieve device details, check device types, and adapt your extension behavior based on the POS hardware characteristics.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/device-api)

[Navigation API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/navigation-api)

[The Navigation API provides screen-based navigation functionality for POS UI extensions, allowing you to navigate between screens, manage navigation stacks, and dismiss modal interfaces within full-screen modal workflows.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/navigation-api)

[Scanner API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/scanner-api)

[The Scanner API provides access to barcode and QR code scanning functionality on POS devices, allowing you to subscribe to scan events, monitor available scanner sources, and process scanned data through subscription callbacks.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/platform-apis/scanner-api)

## Standard APIs

[Action API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/action-api)

[The Action API provides modal presentation functionality for POS UI extensions, allowing you to launch full-screen modal interfaces from menu items, tiles, and block targets.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/action-api)

[Locale API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/locale-api)

[The Locale API provides access to the merchant's current locale information in IETF format, allowing you to internationalize your extension content and respond to locale changes through subscription callbacks.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/locale-api)

[Product Search API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/product-search-api)

[The Product Search API provides access to POS native product search functionality, allowing you to search for products, fetch product details, and retrieve product variants with pagination support and flexible sorting options.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/product-search-api)

[Session API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/session-api)

[The Session API provides access to current POS session information and secure authentication tokens, allowing you to retrieve shop details, user information, location data, and generate tokens for secure backend communication.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/session-api)

[Toast API](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/toast-api)

[The Toast API provides temporary notification functionality for POS UI extensions, allowing you to display brief, non-intrusive messages to users for feedback, confirmations, and status updates that automatically disappear after a specified duration.](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/pos-ui-extensions/2024-07/target-apis/standard-apis/toast-api)

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