Refunds

The Refunds API allows you create and manage transaction refunds.

Create Refund

Initiate a refund on your integration

Headers
authorization String	Set value to `Bearer SECRET_KEY`
content-type String	Set value to `application/json`

Body Parameters
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transaction String	Transaction reference or id
amount Integer	Amount, in the subunit of the supported currency, to be refunded to the customer. Amount is optional(defaults to original transaction amount) and cannot be more than the original transaction amount.
currency String	Any of the supported currency
customer_note String	Customer reason
merchant_note String	Merchant reason

1#!/bin/sh
2url="https://api.paystack.co/refund"
3authorization="Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
4content_type="Content-Type: application/json"
5data='{ "transaction": 1641 }'
6
7curl "$url" -H "$authorization" -H "$content_type" -d "$data" -X POST

1{
2  "status": true,
3  "message": "Refund has been queued for processing",
4  "data": {
5    "transaction": {
6      "id": 1004723697,
7      "domain": "live",
8      "reference": "T685312322670591",
9      "amount": 10000,
10      "paid_at": "2021-08-20T18:34:11.000Z",
11      "channel": "apple_pay",
12      "currency": "NGN",
13      "authorization": {
14        "exp_month": null,
15        "exp_year": null,
16        "account_name": null
17      },
18      "customer": {
19        "international_format_phone": null
20      },
21      "plan": {},
22      "subaccount": {
23        "currency": null
24      },
25      "split": {},
26      "order_id": null,
27      "paidAt": "2021-08-20T18:34:11.000Z",
28      "pos_transaction_data": null,
29      "source": null,
30      "fees_breakdown": null
31    },
32    "integration": 412829,
33    "deducted_amount": 0,
34    "channel": null,
35    "merchant_note": "Refund for transaction T685312322670591 by [email protected]",
36    "customer_note": "Refund for transaction T685312322670591",
37    "status": "pending",
38    "refunded_by": "[email protected]",
39    "expected_at": "2021-12-16T09:21:17.016Z",
40    "currency": "NGN",
41    "domain": "live",
42    "amount": 10000,
43    "fully_deducted": false,
44    "id": 3018284,
45    "createdAt": "2021-12-07T09:21:17.122Z",
46    "updatedAt": "2021-12-07T09:21:17.122Z"
47  }
48}

List Refunds

List refunds available on your integration

Headers
authorization String	Set value to `Bearer SECRET_KEY`

Query Parameters
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reference String	Identifier for transaction to be refunded
currency String	Any of the supported currency
from Date	A timestamp from which to start listing refund e.g. `2016-09-21`
to Date	A timestamp at which to stop listing refund e.g. `2016-09-21`
perPage Integer	Specify how many records you want to retrieve per page. If not specify we use a default value of 50.
page Integer	Specify exactly what refund you want to page. If not specify we use a default value of 1.

1#!/bin/sh
2url="https://api.paystack.co/refund"
3authorization="Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
4
5curl "$url" -H "$authorization" -X GET

1{
2  "status": true,
3  "message": "Refunds retrieved",
4  "data": [
5    {
6      "id": 1,
7      "integration": 100982,
8      "domain": "live",
9      "transaction": 1641,
10      "dispute": 20,
11      "amount": 500000,
12      "deducted_amount": 500000,
13      "currency": "NGN",
14      "channel": "migs",
15      "fully_deducted": 1,
16      "refunded_by": "[email protected]",
17      "refunded_at": "2018-01-12T10:54:47.000Z",
18      "expected_at": "2017-10-01T21:10:59.000Z",
19      "settlement": null,
20      "customer_note": "xxx",
21      "merchant_note": "xxx",
22      "created_at": "2017-09-24T21:10:59.000Z",
23      "updated_at": "2018-01-18T11:59:56.000Z",
24      "status": "processed"
25    },
26    {
27      "id": 2,
28      "integration": 100982,
29      "domain": "test",
30      "transaction": 323896,
31      "dispute": 45,
32      "amount": 500000,
33      "deducted_amount": null,
34      "currency": "NGN",
35      "channel": "migs",
36      "fully_deducted": null,
37      "refunded_by": "[email protected]",
38      "refunded_at": "2017-09-24T21:11:53.000Z",
39      "expected_at": "2017-10-01T21:11:53.000Z",
40      "settlement": null,
41      "customer_note": "xxx",
42      "merchant_note": "xxx",
43      "created_at": "2017-09-24T21:11:53.000Z",
44      "updated_at": "2017-09-24T21:11:53.000Z",
45      "status": "pending"
46    }
47  ]
48}

Fetch Refund

Get details of a refund on your integration

Headers
authorization String	Set value to `Bearer SECRET_KEY`

Path Parameters
reference String	Identifier for transaction to be refunded

1#!/bin/sh
2url="https://api.paystack.co/refund/:reference"
3authorization="Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_KEY"
4
5curl "$url" -H "$authorization" -X GET

1{
2  "status": true,
3  "message": "Refund retrieved",
4  "data": {
5    "integration": 100982,
6    "transaction": 1641,
7    "dispute": null,
8    "settlement": null,
9    "domain": "live",
10    "amount": 500000,
11    "deducted_amount": 500000,
12    "fully_deducted": true,
13    "currency": "NGN",
14    "channel": "migs",
15    "status": "processed",
16    "refunded_by": "[email protected]",
17    "refunded_at": "2018-01-12T10:54:47.000Z",
18    "expected_at": "2017-10-01T21:10:59.000Z",
19    "customer_note": "xxx",
20    "merchant_note": "xxx",
21    "id": 1,
22    "createdAt": "2017-09-24T21:10:59.000Z",
23    "updatedAt": "2018-01-18T11:59:56.000Z"
24  }
25}