Braintree · Schema
TransactionRequest
Request body for creating a new payment transaction. Either payment_method_nonce, payment_method_token, or customer_id is required.
Properties
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| amount | string | The billing amount for the transaction as a decimal string. Must be greater than 0 and match the currency decimal format. |
| payment_method_nonce | string | A one-time-use reference to payment information collected by the Braintree client SDK. Consumed upon transaction creation. |
| payment_method_token | string | The token of a vaulted payment method to charge for this transaction. |
| customer_id | string | The identifier of a customer whose default vaulted payment method will be used for this transaction. |
| order_id | string | A merchant-defined order identifier associated with this transaction for reconciliation. |
| merchant_account_id | string | The identifier of the merchant account to process this transaction. If omitted, the default merchant account is used. |
| device_data | string | Customer device data string collected by the Braintree data collector for fraud prevention analysis. |
| descriptor | object | |
| billing | object | |
| shipping | object | |
| options | object | |
| tax_amount | string | The tax amount included in the transaction total for Level 2 and Level 3 processing. |
| shipping_amount | string | The shipping amount included in the transaction total for Level 3 processing. |
| customer | object | |
| line_items | array | Line items for Level 3 processing. Up to 249 line items may be included. |
| transaction_source | string | Indicates the origin of this transaction for network reporting. |
JSON Schema
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"$id": "#/components/schemas/TransactionRequest",
"title": "TransactionRequest",
"type": "object",
"description": "Request body for creating a new payment transaction. Either payment_method_nonce, payment_method_token, or customer_id is required.",
"properties": {
"amount": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The billing amount for the transaction as a decimal string. Must be greater than 0 and match the currency decimal format.",
"example": "10.00"
},
"payment_method_nonce": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A one-time-use reference to payment information collected by the Braintree client SDK. Consumed upon transaction creation."
},
"payment_method_token": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The token of a vaulted payment method to charge for this transaction."
},
"customer_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The identifier of a customer whose default vaulted payment method will be used for this transaction.",
"maxLength": 36
},
"order_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A merchant-defined order identifier associated with this transaction for reconciliation.",
"maxLength": 255
},
"merchant_account_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The identifier of the merchant account to process this transaction. If omitted, the default merchant account is used."
},
"device_data": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Customer device data string collected by the Braintree data collector for fraud prevention analysis."
},
"descriptor": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Descriptor"
},
"billing": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Address"
},
"shipping": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/Address"
},
"options": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/TransactionOptions"
},
"tax_amount": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The tax amount included in the transaction total for Level 2 and Level 3 processing.",
"example": "1.00"
},
"shipping_amount": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The shipping amount included in the transaction total for Level 3 processing.",
"example": "2.00"
},
"customer": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/CustomerRequest"
},
"line_items": {
"type": "array",
"description": "Line items for Level 3 processing. Up to 249 line items may be included.",
"maxItems": 249,
"items": {
"$ref": "#/components/schemas/LineItem"
}
},
"transaction_source": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Indicates the origin of this transaction for network reporting.",
"enum": [
"recurring",
"recurring_first",
"unscheduled",
"moto"
]
}
}
}
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