RESTful API(POS API) — Built with C# and .NET (Enterprise-Grade Architecture for modern POINT-OF-SALE)

Project Overview

This POS API is a fully-featured, production-ready RESTful backend built using C# .NET, designed to power retail Point-of-Sale (POS) environments with robust performance, modular architecture, and secure multi-device synchronization. It provides a scalable foundation for POS terminals, inventory systems, reporting dashboards, and administrative tools. This API was built following clean architecture principles, with an emphasis on domain-driven design (DDD), asynchronous processing, JWT authentication, role-based authorization, and efficient data synchronization across distributed devices. 🔧 Core Features 1. Complete POS Data Model The system includes a comprehensive set of entities that cover all operational aspects of a POS environment: Product – Catalog items with pricing, categories, metadata, and availability states. Sale, SaleItem, SaleTransaction – Full sales workflow including line items, discounts, tax calculations, payment transactions, and session-based auditing. ReceiptItem – Generated receipt entries for digital or printed receipts. InventoryRecord – Real-time stock tracking with quantity adjustments, history logs, and restocking actions. User – Secure user management with roles, permissions, and audit trails. LicenseInfo – Licensing model for subscription-based or offline-activated POS deployments. QueuedProduct – Supports offline sales caching and background synchronization for unstable network environments. 📊 Advanced Reporting & Business Insights Designed for retail analytics and financial oversight: DailyReport – Summaries of total sales, cash flow, product performance, and operator logs. DeviationReport – Tracks mismatches, shortages, overages, and suspicious activities for fraud prevention. FinancialSettings – Configuration of tax rules, currency settings, exchange rates, and rounding rules. ReportSettings – Manage time ranges, filters, aggregation styles, and reporting formats. ⚙️ Dynamic System Configuration Flexible system-wide configuration entities support fine-tuning the POS experience: SystemSettings – Global flags, store details, terminal IDs, theme preferences, etc. EventSettings – Event-driven triggers for automation (e.g., auto-print, auto-sync, warnings). Inventory thresholds, error policies, UI/UX behavior controls, and more. 🔄 Smart Synchronization Layer Every major entity inherits from: BaseSyncEntity A custom base class enabling: Timestamps for created/updated/soft-deleted items Versioning for optimistic concurrency control Unique sync tokens for conflict resolution Efficient mobile/desktop device sync Offline-first behavior support This structure allows remote POS terminals to operate with intermittent internet while still maintaining accurate centralized data. 🔐 Security & Authentication The API implements: JWT authentication Refresh tokens (optional) Role-based authorization (admin, cashier, supervisor, auditor) IP logging, device IDs & access control Validation filters & custom middleware for error handling Built with best practices to support multi-branch systems with high security requirements. 🚀 Technology Stack C# .NET 10 Entity Framework Core SQL Server / MySQL compatibility LINQ-based querying & repository patterns Swagger / OpenAPI auto-documentation Asynchronous controllers for high throughput Custom Middlewares (logging, exception handling, model validation) 🌐 Developer Experience The API includes: Full OpenAPI (Swagger) documentation for developers Simple integration for desktop, mobile, and web POS clients Consistent naming conventions & clean REST patterns DTO mapping for clean request/response separation Seed data support for testing environments 🎯 Project Outcome SIzzlingPOS API delivers: Reliable sales operations Accurate financial records Real-time product & inventory insights Secure user authentication Offline support for distributed devices Sync-ready architecture, ideal for multiple terminals or multi-branch setups It is engineered to serve as the backbone of a production POS ecosystem — scalable from small shops to enterprise-level retail networks.