# Swan Retail System (prebuilt connector)

## Description

**Swan Retail System (SRS)** is an all-in-one solution encompassing customer ordering, stock management and an accounting system that's uniquely capable of handling both big and small ticket items.

## API documentation

API documentation should be obtained via your Swan Retail account manager.

## Authentication 

When adding connector instances for **Swan Retail System (SRS)**, the following authentication methods are supported:

* [No auth](#no-auth)

### No auth

When a user chooses to [add a connector instance](/product-documentation/connectors-and-instances/working-with-instances/adding-an-instance.md) for this connector, no authentication details are requested. This is because the **Swan Retail System** is typically hosted on a company's own hardware, so authentication is handled internally.

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## Required Additional setup

Having installed the **Swan Retail System** connector and created required instances, some additional setup is required for use in process flows. 

Please see the [Swan Retail Systems response script](/product-documentation/connectors-and-instances/patchworks-connectors/swan-retail-system-prebuilt-connector/swan-retail-system-pagination-update-timestamp-response-script.md) page for details.


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