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Braintree GraphQL: How to get payment method from Transaction?

I'm using the Braintree GraphQL API and Drop-In UI for Javascript. We're offering the following payment methods:

  • Credit Card
  • PayPal
  • Apple Pay
  • Google Pay

How can I extract an enum value representing these payment methods from a Transaction?

Solution

  • The Transaction Object contains the field paymentMethodSnapshot, which can be queried:

     query { node(id: "TRANSACTION_GLOBAL_ID"){
  ... on Transaction {
    paymentMethodSnapshot {
      __typename
      ... on CreditCardDetails {
        origin {
          type
        }
      }
   } 
  }
 }
}

    The different payment methods can be distinguished by evaluating the __typename

    To detect Google and Apple Pay Payments you can query the origin.type field on CreditCardDetails, that contains additional information if the credit card was provided from a third-party origin, such as Apple Pay, Google Pay, or another digital wallets.