Venmo

Client-Side Implementation

Choose an integration method

You can set up your client-side either with our Drop-in UI or with a custom integration.

Drop-in integration

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To support Pay with Venmo on modern Android devices, we always recommend using the latest version of the Android Drop-in SDK. If you are unable to upgrade from your major version at this time, Pay with Venmo requires at least version 6.0.0-beta2 of major version 6, version 5.3.0 of major version 5, and version 4.7.0 of major version 4.

Our Drop-in UI is the fastest way to set up your client-side integration.

For full details, see Drop-in Setup and Integration.

Custom integration

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To support Pay with Venmo on modern Android devices, we always recommend using the latest version of the Android SDK. If you are unable to upgrade from your major version at this time, Pay with Venmo requires at least version 4.6.0 of major version 4 and version 3.18.0 of major version 3.

Alternatively, you can add Venmo to your current custom integration. Keep in mind, for compliance purposes, we require you to present the customer with an order summary before and after purchase.

The pre-purchase summary should include:

The items ordered
The total order price
An indication of Venmo as the payment method

The post-purchase summary can either be shown in the UI or sent via email. It should include:

The items purchased
The total purchase price
The customer's name
The customer's Venmo username

Failing to comply with these guidelines can lead to an interruption of your Venmo service.

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Click here to download Venmo's brand guidelines, and be sure to follow them when configuring the Venmo button or making any other references to Venmo in your app.

Multiple profiles

If you have a custom integration and have onboarded multiple apps for Venmo processing with a single Braintree gateway, you'll need to pass the profile_id to specify which Venmo profile to present during the payment flow.

You'll also need to pass the profile_id when creating the transaction on the server side.

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If you have multiple business profiles, the profile_id for each profile can be found by logging into the Control Panel, clicking the gear icon in the top right corner, selecting Processing from the drop-down menu, scrolling to Venmo, and clicking the Options link.

Collect device data

You must collect information about the customer's device before creating each transaction.

You'll need to pass this deviceData when creating the Venmo transaction from your server.

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Be sure to pass device data as close to the transaction creation as possible. Doing so will help reduce decline rates.

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