Braintree
by PayPal
Braintree, part of PayPal, processes cards, PayPal, Venmo and other wallets, and its API covers transactions, stored customers, recurring subscriptions, disputes and settlement batches. Bringing those records into a Lake alongside product usage and the general ledger shows subscription businesses where recurring revenue leaks through declines and chargebacks, and which customers recover after a failed renewal.
- Category
- Payments & Banking
- Type
- Payment gateway
- Interface
- GraphQL API
- Built with
- Connect Any API
- Credentials
- Username and password, API key
02Data
What you can sync.
- Transactions
- Customers
- Subscriptions
- Disputes
- Settlement batches
Reconcile Braintree transactions against orders and invoices in the Warehouse, on your own servers.
Need more? Name any other Braintree data the API returns, and the AI adds it to the connector.
03Credentials
Credentials you will need.
- A username and password
- An API key
Braintree uses a username and password or an API key. You add the credentials once, when the AI asks for them, and it tells you where to create them in PayPal if you need help.
04Questions
Questions you can answer.
Once Braintree data is in your Lake, ask an AI Mind in plain words or build the answer in DataPrism BI.
- How many subscription renewals failed on the first attempt, and how many were recovered on retry?
- What is our chargeback rate by card type and merchant account?
- Do customers who pay with PayPal or Venmo cancel less often than card customers?
- Do settlement batch totals match the revenue booked in the ledger for the same days?
05How it works
How it works in DataMind.
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Pick Braintree.
Open Lake, pick Braintree in the source picker and name the connection. Connect Any API opens with a ready prompt that points the AI at the Braintree API docs.
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Answer a few questions.
The AI reads the Braintree documentation, then asks which credentials you will use, which data to sync (for example transactions and customers), whether you want a one-time load or a recurring sync, and which accounts or filters apply.
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Your data lands in Lake.
It builds the connector, tests it and shows you sample rows. Then Braintree data loads into your Lake on your schedule, ready for the Warehouse, DataPrism BI and AI Minds.
06Pairs
Works well with Braintree.
Sources teams join with Braintree in the Warehouse, each one connected the same way.
