Braintree Ruby Client Library

The Braintree gem provides integration access to the Braintree Gateway.

Dependencies

• builder

• libxml-ruby

Installation

gem install braintree

Or add to your Gemfile:

gem 'braintree'

Quick Start Example

require "rubygems"
require "braintree"

Braintree::Configuration.environment = :sandbox
Braintree::Configuration.merchant_id = "your_merchant_id"
Braintree::Configuration.public_key = "your_public_key"
Braintree::Configuration.private_key = "your_private_key"

result = Braintree::Transaction.sale(
  :amount => "1000.00",
  :credit_card => {
    :number => "5105105105105100",
    :expiration_date => "05/12"
  }
)

if result.success?
  puts "success!: #{result.transaction.id}"
elsif result.transaction
  puts "Error processing transaction:"
  puts "  code: #{result.transaction.processor_response_code}"
  puts "  text: #{result.transaction.processor_response_text}"
else
  p result.errors
end

You retrieve your ‘merchant_id, `public_key`, and `private_key` when [signing up](braintreepayments.com/get-started) for Braintree. Signing up for a sandbox account is easy, free, and instant.

Bang Methods

Most methods have a bang and a non-bang version (e.g. Braintree::Customer.create and Braintree::Customer.create!). The non-bang version will either return a SuccessfulResult or an ErrorResult. The bang version will either return the created or updated resource, or it will raise a ValidationsFailed exception.

Example of using non-bang method:

result = Braintree::Customer.create(:first_name => "Josh")
if result.success?
  puts "Created customer #{result.customer.id}"
else
  puts "Validations failed"
  result.errors.for(:customer).each do |error|
    puts error.message
  end
end

Example of using bang method:

begin
  customer = Braintree::Customer.create!(:first_name => "Josh")
  puts "Created customer #{customer.id}"
rescue Braintree::ValidationsFailed
  puts "Validations failed"
end

We recommend using the bang methods when you assume that the data is valid and do not expect validations to fail. Otherwise, we recommend using the non-bang methods.

More Information

• Documentation

Tests

The unit specs can be run by anyone on any system, but the integration specs are meant to be run against a local development server of our gateway code. These integration specs are not meant for public consumption and will likely fail if run on your system.

Open Source Attribution

A list of open source projects that help power Braintree can be found here.

License

See the LICENSE file.