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Braintree Integration Guide

Connect Braintree payment processing, billing, disputes, settlement reporting, and selected webhook events with enterprise applications through APIs and Martini workflows.

Braintree integration options at a glance

Braintree provides REST-style gateway APIs and official server SDKs for transactions, Customers, Payment Methods, Subscriptions, Plans, Disputes, settlement information, and client-token generation. Its GraphQL API supports selected payment and account operations, although coverage should be verified for each use case. Signed webhook notifications cover selected subscription, dispute, payment-method, merchant-account, and transaction events. Martini can consume these APIs, receive and verify webhook requests, orchestrate scheduled reconciliation, map tokenized payment data, and apply business rules. Settlement reporting supports reconciliation, while dispute evidence provides narrower file-handling capabilities rather than a general file platform.

Integration pointSupported by Braintree?Common use casesHow Martini supports it
REST APIsYesCreate and submit Transactions, refund or void payments, manage Customers and Payment Methods, manage Subscriptions and Plans, retrieve Disputes, and retrieve settlement information.Martini can consume Braintree HTTP APIs, map request and response payloads, apply business rules, and orchestrate calls across enterprise systems.
GraphQL APIsYesUse Braintree's supported GraphQL schema for selected payment and account operations where the required query or mutation is available.Martini can consume the Braintree GraphQL API and transform its responses, while the implementation should verify schema coverage before selecting GraphQL for an operation.
Webhooks / outbound callbacksYesReceive signed notifications for selected subscription, dispute, payment-method, merchant-account, and transaction-related events.Martini can expose an API endpoint, verify the signed notification, deduplicate it, normalize the event, and invoke downstream workflows.
Server SDKsYesUse official Java, .NET, Node.js, PHP, Python, or Ruby SDKs for gateway operations and capabilities that are more convenient through an SDK.Martini can consume the APIs directly or invoke custom JVM-compatible logic when an SDK-specific capability is required.
Bulk / async / batch APIsLimitedUse settlement batch and reporting operations for reconciliation; Braintree is not a general-purpose bulk export or bulk mutation platform.Martini can orchestrate paginated, filtered, rate-aware retrieval with checkpoints and controlled concurrency.
File / attachment APIsLimitedHandle dispute evidence files through the documented dispute evidence operation rather than general document storage.Martini can receive or retrieve the required evidence data, transform it, and invoke the relevant dispute workflow with validation and restricted logging.
Reporting and settlement APIsYesRetrieve settlement batch information and transaction reporting data for accounting, reconciliation, and exception workflows.Martini can schedule retrieval, map monetary values and currencies, compare source records, and route differences for review.
AuthenticationYesUse Merchant ID, public and private keys, HTTP Basic Authentication, client tokens, payment method nonces, or OAuth for supported partner scenarios.Martini can store credentials in protected environment configuration or secrets, separate sandbox and production settings, and verify signed webhook payloads.

How Braintree exposes data and business events

Braintree REST APIs

Braintree's core gateway APIs support Transactions, Customers, Payment Methods, Subscriptions, Plans, Disputes, settlement information, and client-token generation. Official server SDKs are commonly used, but the integration model is API-based.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: a workflow or Martini API receives a business request, calls the required Braintree operation, validates the response, maps the Braintree object to a canonical model, and writes the result to the originating or downstream system.

Implementation sequence

Receive the payment or synchronization request
Authenticate with the Braintree environment
Validate amount, currency, identifiers, and required fields
Call the relevant Braintree API operation
Classify payment and technical outcomes
Map the response to the target system model and store the Braintree identifier

Braintree GraphQL API

Braintree provides a GraphQL API with a schema for selected payment and account operations. Coverage is not necessarily identical to the gateway API or every SDK operation, so each required query or mutation must be verified.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: configure the GraphQL endpoint and credentials, issue a supported query or mutation, transform the response, and route schema or business errors separately from transport failures.

Implementation sequence

Select a required operation supported by the Braintree GraphQL schema
Configure the GraphQL endpoint and protected credentials
Submit the query or mutation from a Martini workflow
Validate GraphQL data and error responses
Map the result to the canonical integration model
Persist correlation and reconciliation identifiers

Braintree Webhooks

Braintree sends signed webhook notifications for selected subscription, dispute, payment-method, merchant-account, and transaction-related events. These notifications are not a universal change-data-capture stream.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: expose a Martini API endpoint, verify the Braintree signature using the documented verification process, persist a deterministic event key, acknowledge accepted input according to the reliability design, and invoke an asynchronous workflow for downstream processing.

Implementation sequence

Receive the Braintree webhook notification
Verify the signed payload before business processing
Persist the notification key and correlation details
Deduplicate retries and out-of-order delivery
Normalize the event and route it to the relevant workflow
Update downstream systems and record processing status

Settlement and Reporting APIs

Braintree provides settlement batch and transaction reporting operations for reconciliation. These interfaces are useful for financial workflows but are not unrestricted analytical database access or a general bulk export API.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: a scheduled workflow retrieves narrow reporting windows, handles pagination or filtering where available, maps monetary values and currencies, compares results with enterprise records, and stores a checkpoint for the next run.

Implementation sequence

Start the scheduled reconciliation workflow
Retrieve the next filtered settlement or transaction window
Map amounts, currencies, fees, refunds, and identifiers
Compare Braintree results with accounting records
Persist the successful checkpoint and reconciliation outcome
Route unmatched or inconsistent records for review

Dispute Evidence Files

Braintree supports file handling in the narrower context of dispute evidence. This should not be treated as a general-purpose file or attachment service.

Martini implementation pattern

Martini implementation pattern: collect approved evidence from internal systems, validate the dispute association and file requirements, invoke the documented dispute evidence operation, and record the submission result without exposing sensitive content in logs.

Implementation sequence

Receive or retrieve approved dispute evidence
Validate the dispute identifier and evidence requirements
Restrict sensitive content from workflow logs
Submit the evidence through the supported Braintree operation
Record the submission result and correlation identifier
Route rejected or incomplete evidence for review

Common Braintree integration patterns

Pattern 1: Process order or invoice payments

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when an ecommerce, order-management, or ERP application needs to authorize or submit a payment through Braintree and receive a consistent payment result. It separates declined payments from technical failures and protects against duplicate transactions after ambiguous timeouts.

Integration direction
Shopify
Martini
Braintree
Example Mapping
Braintree FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
orderIdsourceOrderReferencemerchantOrderReference
amountpaymentAmounttransactionAmount
currencyIsoCodecurrencyCodecurrencyIsoCode
idpaymentProviderTransactionIdtransaction.id
Martini implementation pattern

A Martini API accepts the payment request, validates amount and currency, checks the durable source payment reference, submits the Braintree Transaction, and returns a normalized outcome. Declines become business results, while transient errors use controlled retry and ambiguous outcomes trigger reconciliation rather than blind resubmission.

Martini capabilities used
  • APIs
  • workflows
  • data mapping
  • business rules
  • error handling
  • secure environment configuration

Pattern 2: Synchronize customers and payment methods

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when a CRM, billing platform, or ERP owns customer and billing-account changes that must be reflected in Braintree. The design should exchange payment method nonces or vault references and avoid passing raw card details through integration workflows.

Integration direction
Salesforce
Martini
Braintree
Example Mapping
Braintree FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
externalIdcustomerReferencecustomer.id
emailcustomerEmailcustomer.email
paymentMethodNoncetokenizedPaymentMethodpaymentMethod.nonce
billingAddressbillingAddresscustomer.billingAddress
Martini implementation pattern

A scheduled or event-triggered workflow reads approved source changes, looks up the Braintree Customer, creates or updates the Customer and Payment Method, and stores the provider identifiers. Validation, duplicate checks, protected logging, and dead-letter handling keep synchronization safe.

Martini capabilities used
  • scheduled workflows
  • API consumption
  • data mapping
  • validation
  • business rules
  • error handling

Pattern 3: Synchronize subscription lifecycle events

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern when an external subscription or billing platform creates or changes recurring billing arrangements in Braintree and needs status feedback. It combines API-led commands with selected Braintree webhook notifications.

Integration direction
Zuora
Martini
Braintree
Zuora
Example Mapping
Braintree FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
planIdrecurringPlanReferencesubscription.planId
paymentMethodIdvaultedPaymentMethodReferencesubscription.paymentMethodToken
statussubscriptionStatussubscription.status
nextBillingDatenextBillingDatesubscription.nextBillingDate
Martini implementation pattern

Martini maps approved subscription commands to Braintree Plans and Subscriptions, then receives signed lifecycle notifications and updates the originating billing platform. Event keys, status precedence, and retry handling prevent duplicate or out-of-order updates from corrupting lifecycle state.

Martini capabilities used
  • APIs
  • webhook receiving
  • workflows
  • mapping and transformation
  • idempotency rules
  • monitoring

Pattern 4: Reconcile settlements and disputes

When to use this pattern

Use this pattern for scheduled finance operations that compare Braintree settlement batches, Transactions, refunds, and Disputes with ERP or accounting records. Dispute notifications can also initiate operational case workflows.

Integration direction
Braintree
Martini
NetSuite
Example Mapping
Braintree FieldCanonical FieldTarget Field
settlementBatchIdsettlementReferencesettlement.externalReference
transactionIdpaymentProviderTransactionIdtransaction.providerReference
amountsettledAmountsettlement.amount
dispute.statusdisputeStatuscase.status
Martini implementation pattern

A scheduled Martini workflow retrieves filtered reporting data, handles pagination and checkpoints, normalizes currency and monetary values, compares records with the target system, and routes differences to ServiceNow or Jira. Disputes are correlated with Transactions and routed for evidence or review where appropriate.

Martini capabilities used
  • scheduler triggers
  • API consumption
  • data transformation
  • reconciliation rules
  • checkpointing
  • error handling

Applications commonly integrated with Braintree

Braintree can be integrated with surrounding commerce, billing, finance, CRM, and operational applications through its APIs, SDKs, reporting interfaces, and selected webhook notifications. These relationships are typical enterprise architecture patterns and should be validated against the specific Braintree and application deployment.

Application Scenario Direction Martini Pattern
Salesforce Synchronize customer, payment, subscription, dispute, and payment-status information with CRM and service workflows. Braintree → Martini → Salesforce Martini consumes Braintree transaction, subscription, dispute, or webhook data, maps it to Salesforce objects, and applies idempotent upsert and exception-routing rules. Approved billing actions can flow from Salesforce through Martini to Braintree.
NetSuite Reconcile transactions, refunds, settlement batches, and fees with orders, invoices, and accounting records. Braintree → Martini → NetSuite A scheduled Martini workflow retrieves filtered Braintree transactions and settlement information, transforms amounts and currencies into the NetSuite model, checkpoints progress, and routes reconciliation differences for review.
Shopify Coordinate ecommerce orders and Braintree payment outcomes in commerce workflows where both platforms are used. Shopify → Martini → Braintree Martini receives an approved payment request or order event, validates amount and currency, submits the Braintree transaction, and returns the Braintree transaction identifier and outcome to the commerce workflow.
Zuora Synchronize recurring billing subscriptions, payment methods, invoices, and payment results. Zuora → Martini → Braintree Martini maps Zuora billing changes to Braintree Customers, Payment Methods, Plans, and Subscriptions, then receives selected Braintree lifecycle notifications and updates the originating billing system.
ServiceNow Create operational or finance cases for failed payments, disputes, webhook failures, and reconciliation exceptions. Braintree → Martini → ServiceNow Martini normalizes Braintree webhook or reconciliation outcomes, applies severity and deduplication rules, and creates or updates ServiceNow cases for actionable exceptions.
Jira Create engineering or operations issues for payment failures, processing errors, webhook failures, and settlement discrepancies. Braintree → Martini → Jira A Martini workflow classifies technical and business failures, enriches an issue with correlation and Braintree identifiers, and sends only actionable exceptions to Jira while preventing duplicate issue creation.
Workday Support limited finance reconciliation or reporting workflows where Braintree payment data must be correlated with enterprise finance processes. Braintree → Martini → Workday Martini retrieves settlement and transaction reporting data, applies currency and accounting transformations, and sends approved reconciliation data to Workday with checkpoint and exception handling.
Avalara Coordinate tax calculation or tax reporting data with order and payment orchestration. Avalara → Martini → Braintree Martini coordinates commerce or ERP tax results with Braintree payment status, preserving currency, order references, and transaction identifiers across the workflow.

How to build a Braintree integration in Martini

Objective

Establish separate Braintree sandbox and production configurations and protect credentials, tokens, and webhook verification settings.

Instructions in Martini

  • Configure Merchant ID and public/private key credentials in protected Martini environment configuration.
  • Use client tokens and payment method nonces for client-side collection patterns.
  • Keep private keys and sensitive payment data out of logs and client applications.
  • Configure OAuth only for supported partner or marketplace scenarios.

Objective

Select the trigger that matches the business process and Braintree event coverage.

Instructions in Martini

  • Use a Martini API for payment, refund, subscription, or other synchronous requests.
  • Receive selected Braintree webhook notifications through a Martini API.
  • Use a scheduler for settlement reconciliation and changes without suitable webhook coverage.
  • Use a durable event key for webhook deduplication.

Objective

Call Braintree APIs or accept verified webhook input while controlling pagination, filtering, and concurrency.

Instructions in Martini

  • Consume the REST API or supported GraphQL operation for the required object.
  • Verify webhook signatures before processing notifications.
  • Use narrow time windows, status filters, pagination, and persisted checkpoints for synchronization.
  • Limit concurrency and apply rate-aware retrieval.

Objective

Coordinate Braintree calls, internal lookups, transformations, business rules, and downstream writes in a maintainable Martini workflow.

Instructions in Martini

  • Separate payment outcomes from transport, authentication, and validation errors.
  • Correlate source references with Braintree identifiers.
  • Use reusable workflow logic for common authentication, normalization, and reconciliation behavior.
  • Route ambiguous payment outcomes to reconciliation rather than automatically retrying a mutation.

Objective

Convert Braintree objects and payment outcomes into the canonical models required by commerce, billing, CRM, ERP, or case-management systems.

Instructions in Martini

  • Map Transactions, Customers, Payment Methods, Subscriptions, Plans, and Disputes explicitly.
  • Preserve currency codes and use decimal-safe monetary transformations.
  • Keep tokenized payment references instead of raw card data.
  • Retain provider identifiers and correlation values for later reconciliation.

Objective

Apply validation, idempotency, security, and routing rules before writing results to target systems.

Instructions in Martini

  • Use source order or payment references to prevent duplicate Transactions.
  • Classify declines as business outcomes and transient failures as retryable technical errors.
  • Verify event ordering and ignore duplicate notifications safely.
  • Restrict dispute evidence and sensitive payment content according to the approved compliance design.

Common Braintree data objects used in integrations

ObjectTypical UseCommon target systemsMartini handling
TransactionRepresent authorizations, sales, refunds, voids, and related payment operations.Shopify, NetSuite, Salesforce, Zuora, accounting platformsMartini validates amount and currency, submits or retrieves Transactions, preserves the Braintree transaction ID, distinguishes declines from technical errors, and applies idempotency controls.
CustomerRepresent a vaulted customer profile containing billing details and associated payment methods.Salesforce, Zuora, NetSuite, customer platformsMartini maps approved customer attributes, uses stable external references, and avoids moving raw payment data through workflows.
Payment MethodRepresent a vaulted payment instrument such as a credit card or PayPal account.Zuora, Salesforce, billing platformsMartini exchanges tokenized references, payment method nonces, or vault identifiers rather than raw card data, subject to the source and target design.
SubscriptionRepresent a recurring billing agreement associated with a Plan and Payment Method.Zuora, Salesforce, NetSuiteMartini creates or updates Subscriptions, maps lifecycle status and billing details, and processes selected lifecycle webhook notifications idempotently.
PlanDefine recurring pricing, billing frequency, and related subscription settings.Zuora, billing platforms, product catalogsMartini maps approved plan configuration, validates billing rules, and coordinates Plan references when creating or updating Subscriptions.
DisputeRepresent a chargeback or payment dispute with status, amount, reason, and evidence information.ServiceNow, Salesforce, NetSuite, Jira, case-management systemsMartini retrieves or receives dispute information, routes cases, correlates disputes to Transactions, and orchestrates supported evidence processing.

Authentication and security considerations

Credential protection

Store Braintree Merchant IDs, public and private keys, OAuth credentials where applicable, client-token configuration, and webhook verification settings in protected Martini environment configuration or secrets. Keep sandbox and production credentials separate.

Payment data protection

Prefer tokenized Payment Methods, payment method nonces, and vault references. Avoid passing raw card numbers or CVV values through workflows unless the full architecture and compliance scope explicitly permit it.

Webhook verification

Verify Braintree webhook signatures before processing notifications. Restrict logging of request and response bodies because payment and customer responses can contain sensitive information.

  • Use least-privilege access for APIs and downstream systems.
  • Keep private keys out of browser and mobile clients.
  • Use client tokens for supported client-side payment collection patterns.

Operational considerations for Braintree integrations

Rate limits and pagination

Use filtered, bounded queries, explicit pagination, controlled concurrency, and persisted checkpoints. Avoid unbounded parallel requests and apply backoff to transient or rate-related failures.

Idempotency and payment ambiguity

A lost response can occur after a payment succeeds. Use source payment references and durable status records, and reconcile ambiguous outcomes before retrying a transaction mutation.

Events and synchronization

Braintree webhook coverage is selected rather than universal. Combine verified, deduplicated webhook processing with scheduled synchronization for objects or state changes without suitable notifications.

Data and schema quality

Preserve currency codes, use decimal-safe monetary values, validate required fields, and distinguish payment declines from authentication, validation, timeout, and server errors. Pin SDK versions where practical and review provider changes before upgrades.

  • Handle out-of-order webhook delivery and retries.
  • Use overlapping synchronization windows for late-arriving updates.
  • Test sandbox and production configurations independently.
  • Monitor workflow failures, response latency, reconciliation differences, and sensitive-data logging.

Why use Martini instead of scripts or point-to-point integrations?

Orchestration beyond a script

Martini coordinates Braintree API calls, webhook intake, scheduled reconciliation, mappings, validations, business rules, and downstream writes in reusable workflows rather than scattering logic across point-to-point scripts.

Consistent integration behavior

Shared workflow logic can standardize authentication, correlation, idempotency, retries, error classification, and monitoring across payment, billing, dispute, and settlement processes.

Controlled enterprise APIs

Martini can expose a stable API façade for internal applications while keeping Braintree-specific contracts behind controlled workflows. This allows enterprise systems to use canonical payment and billing models.

  • Consume REST and supported GraphQL operations.
  • Receive and verify selected Braintree webhook notifications.
  • Transform tokenized payment data without requiring a dedicated connector.
  • Extend workflows with custom JVM-compatible logic when SDK-specific behavior is required.

Frequently asked questions

How can Braintree be integrated with enterprise systems?

Braintree can be integrated through its REST-style gateway APIs, official server SDKs, GraphQL API for selected operations, signed webhook notifications, recurring billing APIs, dispute evidence operations, and settlement or transaction reporting interfaces. Scheduled workflows are appropriate where webhook coverage does not include the required state change.

Can Martini integrate with Braintree?

Yes. Martini can consume Braintree REST APIs and supported GraphQL operations, invoke custom JVM-compatible SDK logic when needed, expose an API for Braintree webhook notifications, and orchestrate payment, billing, dispute, and reconciliation workflows. No native Martini Braintree connector is documented in the supplied materials.

Do I need a connector to integrate Braintree with Martini?

No. A dedicated Braintree connector is not required. Martini can use Braintree's confirmed native REST APIs, GraphQL API, server SDK capabilities, signed webhooks, reporting interfaces, authentication methods, and supported dispute evidence operations.

Is there any extra Lonti cost to integrate Braintree with Martini?

Lonti does not charge an additional per-connector or per-vendor fee to integrate Braintree. The integration is subject to the provisioned capacity of the Martini environment. Separate costs may apply from Braintree, PayPal, cloud infrastructure, or other third-party systems depending on subscription, transaction usage, and deployment model.

Should a Braintree integration use REST or GraphQL?

REST APIs and official server SDKs provide broad coverage for gateway operations. GraphQL can be appropriate for supported payment and account queries or mutations, but its schema coverage is not necessarily identical to the gateway API, so the required operation should be verified before choosing it.

Are Braintree webhooks available for every transaction or Customer change?

No universal change stream should be assumed. Braintree provides signed notifications for selected subscription, dispute, payment-method, merchant-account, and transaction-related events. For unsupported or incomplete coverage, Martini can use scheduled API synchronization and reconciliation.

How should Braintree payment synchronization handle retries and duplicates?

Use a durable source payment or order reference, correlation identifier, and transaction status record. Separate payment declines from technical failures, retry transient errors with care, and reconcile ambiguous timeouts before submitting another payment mutation. Webhook processing should verify signatures and deduplicate notifications.

Can Martini expose an API façade for Braintree?

Yes. Martini can expose a controlled REST API that presents an enterprise-specific contract, validates requests, applies authorization and business rules, invokes Braintree APIs, and returns a normalized response. This can shield internal applications from provider-specific payloads and coordinate additional systems.

Related Martini documentation

Braintree APIs

Workflows

Data Processing

Security

Operations

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