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POST
/
transactions
/
{id}
/
refund
Create a Refund
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "amount": "50"
}'
{
  "status": "success",
  "message": "Transaction refund initiated",
  "data": {
    "id": 8612,
    "account_id": 73362,
    "tx_id": 908790,
    "flw_ref": "URF_1577867664541_3572735",
    "wallet_id": 74639,
    "amount_refunded": 5000,
    "status": "completed",
    "destination": "payment_source",
    "meta": {
      "source": "availablebalance"
    },
    "created_at": "2020-01-24T09:18:37.366Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
id
string
required

Body

application/json
​
amount
string
required

Response

200 - application/json; charset=utf-8

OK

​
status
string
required
​
message
string
required
​
data
Data24 · object
required
Example:
{
  "id": 8612,
  "account_id": 73362,
  "tx_id": 908790,
  "flw_ref": "URF_1577867664541_3572735",
  "wallet_id": 74639,
  "amount_refunded": 5000,
  "status": "completed",
  "destination": "payment_source",
  "meta": { "source": "availablebalance" },
  "created_at": "2020-01-24T09:18:37.366Z"
}