Connect Square
You need Access token. About two minutes.
1Get your Access token
Access token
EAAA…- Open the Square Developer Console and select your application.
- In the left sidebar choose Credentials, then switch the toggle at the top to Production.
- Under Production Access token, click Show and copy the token.
Square Developer dashboard, your application, Production access token. The token needs the PAYMENTS_READ permission and nothing else: CreditBar never writes to Square.
Open the pagehttps://developer.squareup.com/apps
2Add it to CreditBar
- Open CreditBar from the menu bar and choose Settings, then Accounts.
- Click Add account and pick Square.
- Paste the Access token into the matching field, and give the account a label you will recognise.
- Click Test connection, then Add. Numbers appear in the menu bar within a minute.
Keys are stored in your Mac's Keychain and only ever sent to Square. Nothing passes through a CreditBar server.
3What it reads
- Reports
- completed payments over the window, net of refunds, in their own currency
- Calls
- https://connect.squareup.com/v2/payments
- Refreshes
- At most every 15 minutes
- API docs
- Square reference, checked 2026-09-18
Completed payments only, totalled in the currency each was taken in. Square's processing fee is not deducted: it is reported per payment and not always final.