Braintree

Overview

Braintree is an online payment processor often integrated in other third-party donation platforms like ActionKit, etc. Even if much data is accessible through those other platforms things like credit card disputes and disbursement (to your bank account!) timing may only be available directly through Braintree.

While much of the Braintree API is about processing payments, this Parsons integration focuses on the record searching aspects. Specifically, the Braintree class provides methods for fetching disputes and transactions.

Note

Authentication

Braintree authentication requires a Merchant ID, Public Key, and Private Key. These can be obtained by logging in to the Braintree Control Panel, clicking on the gear icon in the top right corner, and finding each of the credentials as follows:

  1. Merchant ID: Click ‘Business’ and find your Merchant ID at the top of this page.

  2. Public API Key: Click ‘API’ and scroll to ‘API Keys’. If there are none, click ‘Generate New API Key’.

  3. Private API Key: Click ‘API’, scroll to ‘API Keys’, and click the ‘view’ link in the private column.

For more information, see the API documentation.

Quick Start

To instantiate the Braintree class, you can either store your Merchant ID, Public API Key, and Private API Key as environmental variables (BRAINTREE_MERCHANT_ID, BRAINTREE_PUBLIC_KEY, and BRAINTREE_PRIVATE_KEY, respectively) or pass them in as arguments:

from parsons import Braintree

# First approach: Use API credentials via environmental variables
brains = Braintree()

# Second approach: Pass API credentials as arguments
brains = Braintree(merchant_id='my_merchant_id', public_key='my_public_key', private_key='my_private_key')

# Get disputes from a single day
disputes = brains.get_disputes('2020-01-01', '2020-01-02')

# Get disbursements from a single day
disbursements = brains.get_transactions(disbursement_start_date='2020-01-01',
                                        disbursement_end_date='2020-01-02')

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