Lavu POS API
Lavu advertises an open API, but the surface is a legacy POST endpoint (admin.poslavu.com/cp/reqserv) documented on a page marked confidential. Merchants pull key and token credentials from in-app settings; reviewers say the docs are insufficient to self integrate, and no official SDKs exist.
Frequently asked questions
Lavu POS scores D+ on the API Report Card. Lavu advertises an open API, but the surface is a legacy POST endpoint (admin.poslavu.com/cp/reqserv) documented on a page marked confidential. Merchants pull key and token credentials from in-app settings; reviewers say the docs are insufficient to self integrate, and no official SDKs exist.
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.
Lavu is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale and operating system covering POS, kitchen display, payment processing, online ordering, inventory, labor/payroll, and (newer) AI-driven margin analytics. It is the system-of-record for a restaurant's transactions and operations.
POS / Hospitality, Typically for independent and multi-unit restaurants, bars, and high-volume food-service concepts. Servers ring up orders, route tickets to kitchen displays, process card payments, manage menus, track inventory and labor, and run online ordering; operators use reporting and (Marty AI) analytics to manage margins across locations.
Used by 'thousands of restaurants' across many countries; established G2/Capterra/Merchant Maverick footprint, though smaller than Toast or Square.
Yes, Orders, order contents, payments, menus, inventory/ingredient usage, and labor data are the restaurant's core operating data, trapped behind a login.
Founded ~2010. Mature iPad-POS product; recently adding AI analytics, but core API surface is legacy.
'API documentation is insufficient to integrate Lavu with your app'. Legacy/confidential POST API, no official SDKs (community gem only). Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Toast, Square for Restaurants, TouchBistro, Clover, Aloha (NCR). 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 Lavu POS API and MCP server so AI agents and internal tools can read and write Lavu POS data. See the Lavu POS integration docs at supergood.ai/docs/lavu-pos-api.