Focus POS API
Focus exposes a REST API plus a legacy XML datafeed, both restricted to licensed integrators. Licenses are issued manually, endpoint scope depends on license type, and production waits on Focus certification. Each store also needs the FocusLink Connector installed locally.
Frequently asked questions
Focus POS scores D+ on the API Report Card. Focus exposes a REST API plus a legacy XML datafeed, both restricted to licensed integrators. Licenses are issued manually, endpoint scope depends on license type, and production waits on Focus certification. Each store also needs the FocusLink Connector installed locally.
Without a usable official API, teams fall back on manual exports, file drops, or one-off vendor integrations. The other option is an unofficial API layer like Supergood that automates the authenticated web app directly.
Focus POS Systems is a Texas-based (San Antonio HQ) restaurant point-of-sale software company that has been selling hospitality POS for more than 20 years.
Vertical: POS / Hospitality (restaurant point-of-sale and back-office). Order entry on Windows-based touchscreen terminals (Toshiba, Elo, Posiflex hardware) with table service, quick service, and bar workflows. Menu, modifier, and pricing management (often dealer-configured at install).
3/10 within restaurant POS. Focus POS does not show up in mainstream restaurant POS market share rankings (Toast ~17-24%, Square ~13-28%, Clover, TouchBistro, Lightspeed, SpotOn, Revel, and Oracle Micros all rank ahead).
Yes - Focus POS is the system of record for restaurant operations at thousands of independent and regional-chain restaurants.
~20+ years old.
Integrator License is manually issued by Focus - no self-serve developer signup, partners must contact Focus and wait for a License Key + Signature. Endpoint access is permissioned by license type - integrators must email focussupport@focuspos.com and justify expanded scope. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Toast, Square for Restaurants, Clover, TouchBistro, Lightspeed Restaurant, SpotOn Restaurant. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? We check six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and roll them into a letter grade. Grades get re-verified, and they only move on evidence.
Yes. Supergood maintains an unofficial Focus POS API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Focus POS data. See the Focus POS integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/focus-pos-api.