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ReferencePayments

Create Refund

This endpoint performs a full or partial refund.

The refund operation is idempotent if a unique requestId and merchantReference are provided.

Connection Timeouts

TimeoutTime (Seconds)
Open10
Read70

Authentication

AuthorizationBasic

Basic authentication of the form Basic <base64(username:password)>.

Path parameters

environmentstringRequired

Use api-sandbox for AU/NZ, or api.us-sandbox for US.

orderIdstringRequired
The unique Afterpay Order ID to apply the refund to.

Headers

User-AgentstringRequired
AcceptstringOptionalDefaults to application/json

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
amountobjectRequired
The refund amount. The refund amount can not exceed the payment total.
requestIdstringOptional
A unique request ID, required for safe retries. It is recommended that the merchant generate a UUID for each unique refund.
merchantReferencestringOptional

The merchant’s internal refund id/reference. This must be included along with the requestId to utilise idempotency.

Response

Returns a Refund object in response. All request parameters will be echoed in the response. In addition, the response includes the following:

AttributeTypeDescription
refundIdstringThe unique, permanent, Afterpay-generated Refund ID.
refundedAtstringThe UTC timestamp of when the refund was completed, in ISO 8601 format.

Errors

412
Precondition Failed Error
422
Unprocessable Entity Error