Paladin Data Corporation API
Paladin's e-commerce REST API covers three endpoints: inventory reads, completed invoice posting, and OAuth 2.0 tokens. The spec is a PDF in a GitHub repo, the sandbox is an Excel file, and Paladin Support must enable access store by store; items only sync when flagged per SKU.
Frequently asked questions
Paladin Data Corporation scores D+ on Supergood's API Report Card. Paladin's e-commerce REST API covers three endpoints: inventory reads, completed invoice posting, and OAuth 2.0 tokens. The spec is a PDF in a GitHub repo, the sandbox is an Excel file, and Paladin Support must enable access store by store; items only sync when flagged per SKU.
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. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Paladin Data Corporation (paladinpos.com, redirects to paladinpointofsale.com) is a 45-year-old, privately held retail technology company headquartered in Bend, Oregon, with additional offices in Mesa and Chandler, Arizona.
Vertical: POS / Hospitality, specifically specialty retail POS for independent operators. Target buyers are owner-operated single-store and small multi-store independents in: Hardware stores and home centers (the core franchise). Cashiering and checkout on Windows-based touchscreen terminals at the front counter.
3/10.
Yes - Paladin is the system of record for daily retail operations at thousands of independent hardware, lumber, pharmacy, feed & seed, and pet retailers.
45+ years old. Founded in 1980 in Bend, Oregon, Paladin began as a custom-coded POS for retail and added EDI integration with hardware distributors by the mid-1980s and inventory management in 1990.
No public OpenAPI spec - the API contract lives in a PDF inside a GitHub repo and is updated infrequently. Integration enablement is manual - Paladin Support must turn on each store's API access after the integrator builds against the spec, no self-serve developer signup. Full sourced list under Sources below.
Common alternatives include Epicor Eagle / Eagle for the Aftermarket, Epicor Catapult, ECi Spruce, ECi RockSolid MAX, Rapid Garden POS (Rapid POS), Liberty POS / Resaleworld. Graded alternatives appear under "More from the report card" below.
Supergood's grades measure one thing: can a customer's engineering team get their own data out programmatically? Supergood checks six things (whether a real API exists, how access is gated, data coverage, auth quality, docs and developer experience, and stability) and rolls them into a letter grade. Supergood re-verifies grades, and they only move on evidence.
Yes, via a managed API layer. Supergood builds REST APIs and MCP servers for authenticated enterprise web apps, so AI agents and internal tools can read and write data programmatically. Site terms may apply to any integration approach, and how they apply is a determination each team makes for itself.
Not that we could find. As of August 2026 there is no official Paladin Data Corporation MCP server in any public registry, and no maintained community server we're aware of. We re-verify this periodically — report an inaccuracy below if we missed one.
Not natively. Paladin Data Corporation doesn't publish an MCP server, so MCP clients like Claude, Cursor, and Codex have nothing to connect to out of the box. If that changes, this page will reflect it.