Getting an ' instance.requestPaymentMethod is not a function' in Braintree's sample - paypal

Question

I'm getting an instance.requestpaymentmethod is not a function when I was just following along the tutorial for custom-field integration found here:
https://developers.braintreepayments.com/start/tutorial-hosted-fields-node
The error happens when I click on the "Pay" button.
Did anyone solve this problem? My assumption is that the code isn't updated or the script sources changed somewhat. If anyone from Braintree can actually help, that'll be great.
Thanks!

Answer 1

Full disclosure: I work at Braintree. If you have any further questions, feel free to contact support.
I took a look at the example code snippet in the guide you shared and I was able to find the culprit. First off, the error you're getting is expected as the requestPaymentMethod method actually belongs to our Drop-In UI solution and the Hosted Fields JS library doesn't have such module. I informed our Documentation team to get that code example updated.
That being said, you can find a working example in our Hosted Fields guide. If you check the function (hostedFieldsErr, hostedFieldsInstance) callback function, you'll see that the payment nonce is created by the tokenize function of the hostedFieldsInstance.

Answer 2

I also ran into this issue today. Use the following code in <script> tag. It will work for you.
var form = document.querySelector('#hosted-fields-form');
var submit = document.querySelector('input[type="submit"]');
braintree.client.create({
authorization: '<YOUR_TOKENIZATION_KEY>'
}, function (clientErr, clientInstance) {
if (clientErr) {
console.error(clientErr);
return;
}
braintree.hostedFields.create({
client: clientInstance,
styles: {
'input': {
'font-size': '14px'
},
'input.invalid': {
'color': 'red'
},
'input.valid': {
'color': 'green'
}
},
fields: {
number: {
selector: '#card-number',
placeholder: '4111 1111 1111 1111'
},
cvv: {
selector: '#cvv',
placeholder: '123'
},
expirationDate: {
selector: '#expiration-date',
placeholder: '10/2019'
}
}
}, function (hostedFieldsErr, hostedFieldsInstance) {
if (hostedFieldsErr) {
console.error(hostedFieldsErr);
return;
}
form.addEventListener('submit', function (event) {
event.preventDefault();
hostedFieldsInstance.tokenize(function (tokenizeErr, payload) {
if (tokenizeErr) {
console.error(tokenizeErr);
return;
}
console.log('Got a nonce: ' + payload.nonce);
$.ajax({
type: 'POST',
url: '<YOUR_API_URL>',
data: { 'paymentMethodNonce': payload.nonce }
}).done(function (result) {
hostedFieldsInstance.teardown(function (teardownErr) {
if (teardownErr) {
console.error('Could not tear down Drop-in UI!');
} else {
console.info('Drop-in UI has been torn down!');
$('#submit-button').remove();
}
});
if (result.success) {
$('#checkout-message').html('<h1>Success</h1><p>Your Drop-in UI is working! Check your sandbox Control Panel for your test transactions.</p><p>Refresh to try another transaction.</p>');
} else {
console.log(result);
$('#checkout-message').html('<h1>Error</h1><p>Check your console.</p>');
}
});
});
}, false);
});
});