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Accept payments with intermittent, limited, or no internet connectivity.
When you’re operating with intermittent, limited, or no network connectivity, Stripe Terminal allows you to store payments locally on your POS device. When a network connection is restored, the SDK automatically forwards any stored payments to Stripe.
From your application’s perspective, the payment collection process is similar to operating online. While offline, the SDK securely stores the payment information and automatically forwards the stored payments when connectivity is restored. The SDK allows you to handle offline-related events using callbacks to your application.
Availability
Payment methods: Visa, Mastercard, Discover, and American Express.
Customers can present a card or NFC-based mobile wallet belonging to a supported card brand. Swiping cards isn’t allowed. If you’re collecting payments in the European Economic Area, customers are required to insert their card and enter a PIN.
Interac, eftpos, and girocard aren’t supported. Co-branded eftpos cards are routed through the international scheme instead. For more information, see eftpos Australia.
Readers: BBPOS Chipper 2X BT, Stripe Reader M2, BBPOS WisePad 3
Connection type: Bluetooth, USB (Android only)
Integration types: iOS SDK, Android SDK, React Native SDK
Collect a payment while offline
The following diagram describes the payment collection process when the Terminal SDK is offline. When storing payments, the SDK stores the payments to disk. You can safely reboot the POS device even if it has stored offline payments. When you re-initialize the SDK and it has reestablished a connection to the internet, and the SDK resumes forwarding any remaining stored payments.
Forward stored payments when online
The following diagram describes how stored payments are forwarded after connectivity is restored.