Braintree, How to use application generated ids with a new customer

Question

So I have simple java based server backend. I would like to create an empty customer and use an id that is generated in my application, not the id that is assigned by braintree. I tried to use this approach:

String testId = "12345678";

log.info("Create customer with id: " + testId);
    CustomerRequest customerRequest = new CustomerRequest()
            .customerId(testId)
            .firstName("Martin")
            .lastName("Mojko");
braintreeGateway.customer().create(customerRequest);

However, the setter customerId is ignored and braintree assigns different id to this customer. It is there any way to use own ids?

Answer 1

_{Full disclosure: I work at Braintree. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact support.}

You should use .id instead of .customerId to assign your generated ID to your customer. The request will look something like this:

CustomerRequest request = new CustomerRequest()
  .id(testId)
  .firstName("Martin")
  .lastName("Mojko");

Result<Customer> result = gateway.customer().create(request);