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Venmo

AVAILABLILITY

Venmo is available for supported iOS and Android devices for convenient mobile purchasing.

For more details on compatibility and availability, see our Venmo support article.

Vaulting the Venmo account

Your customer's Venmo account can be saved to your Vault using vaultPaymentMethod mutation and reused for future transactions.

mutation

mutation VaultPaymentMethod($input: VaultPaymentMethodInput!){
vaultPaymentMethod(input: $input) {
paymentMethod {
id
legacyId
details {
... on VenmoAccountDetails{
username
venmoUserId
}
}
}
}
}

variables

{
"input": {
"paymentMethodId": "id_of_payment_method"
}
}

response

{
"data": {
"vaultPaymentMethod": {
"paymentMethod": {
"id": "id_of_payment_method",
"legacyId": "legacy_id_of_payment_method",
"details": {
"username": "username",
"venmoUserId": "id_of_venmo_user"
},
}
}
},
"extensions": {
"requestId": "a-uuid-for-the-request"
}
}

You can also save the customer's Venmo account to your Vault during your transaction by using chargePaymentMethod or chargeVenmoAccount and passing vaulstPaymentMethodAfterTransacting in the input.

Deleting a Vaulted Payment Method

If a customer deletes a vaulted Venmo payment method on a merchant website or app, it will also delete the Venmo customer's merchant connection within their Venmo app on the Connected Businesses page. However, if your Vault has duplicate payment methods for the same Venmo account, the merchant connection will not be deleted until the last payment method is deleted.

Remember that a Venmo customer can delete a merchant connection from within their Venmo app at anytime. This will automatically remove the Venmo payment method from the merchant's Vault.

Authorization

To authorize an eligible Venmo account, use the authorizeVenmoAccount mutation. This mutation will return a transaction payload, and the success of the authorization can be seen by using the status field.

mutation

mutation AuthorizeVenmoAccount($input: AuthorizeVenmoAccountInput!){
authorizeVenmoAccount(input: $input){
transaction{
id
legacyId
amount{
value
currencyCode
}
status
}
}
}

variables

{
"input": {
"paymentMethodId": "id_of_payment_method",
"transaction": {
"amount": 15.00
}
}
}

response

{
"data": {
"authorizeVenmoAccount": {
"transaction": {
"id": "id_of_transaction",
"legacyId": "legacy_id_of_transaction",
"amount": {
"value": "15.00",
"currencyCode": "USD"
},
"status": "AUTHORIZED"
}
}
},
"extensions": {
"requestId": "a-uuid-for-the-request"
}
}

Creating transactions

Creating a Venmo transaction is the same as creating any other transaction with a payment method. Be sure to pass the device data you collected on the client side when you create the transaction.

You can create a Venmo transaction using the chargePaymentMethod mutation while supplying an amount and paymentMethodId.

mutation

mutation ChargePaymentMethod($input: ChargePaymentMethodInput!) {
chargePaymentMethod(input: $input) {
transaction {
id
legacyId
status
paymentMethodSnapshot{
... on VenmoAccountDetails {
username
venmoUserId
}
}
}
}
}

variables

{
"input": {
"paymentMethodId": "id_of_payment_method",
"transaction": {
"amount": "1.00",
}
}
}

response

{
"data": {
"chargePaymentMethod": {
"transaction": {
"id": "id_of_transaction",
"legacyId": "legacy_id_of_transaction"
"status": "SUBMITTED_FOR_SETTLEMENT",
"paymentMethodSnapshot": {
"username": "username",
"venmoUserId": "id_of_venmo_user"
}
}
}
},
"extensions": {
"requestId": "a-uuid-for-the-request"
}
}

Specifying the business profile

If you want to specify a business associated with a Venmo transaction, use the chargeVenmoAccount mutation. Specify the business profile by passing the profileId associated with the Venmo business profile that you want to create the transaction for. This should be the same profileId used when tokenizing the Venmo account on the client side. If you don't pass a profileId, the transaction will be associated with the default business profile.

mutation

mutation ChargeVenmoAccount($input: ChargeVenmoAccountInput!){
chargeVenmoAccount(input: $input) {
transaction {
id
legacyId
amount {
value
currencyCode
}
paymentMethodSnapshot {
...on VenmoAccountDetails{
username
venmoUserId
}
}
}
}
}

variables

{
"input": {
"paymentMethodId": "id_of_payment_method",
"transaction": {
"amount": "10.00",
},
"options":{
"profileId": "id_of_profile"
}
}
}

response

{
"data": {
"chargeVenmoAccount": {
"transaction": {
"id": "id_of_transaction",
"legacyId": "legacy_id_of_transaction",
"amount": {
"value": "10.00",
"currencyCode": "USD"
},
"paymentMethodSnapshot": {
"username": "username",
"venmoUserId": "id_of_venmo_user"
}
}
}
},
"extensions": {
"requestId": "a-uuid-for-the-request"
}
}

Settlement

Capturing multiple partial amounts against the same authorization

If you send physical goods to customers in multiple shipments, you can capture the total authorized amount across multiple partial settlements using partialCaptureTransaction.