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"
}'

import requests

url = "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund"

payload = { "amount": "50" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({amount: '50'})
};

fetch('https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'amount' => '50'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "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"
  }
}

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"
}'

import requests

url = "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund"

payload = { "amount": "50" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({amount: '50'})
};

fetch('https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'amount' => '50'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.flutterwave.com/v3/transactions/{id}/refund")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"amount\": \"50\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "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

string

required

Body

application/json

amount

string

required

Response

200 - application/json; charset=utf-8

status

string

required

message

string

required

data

Data24 · object

required

Show child attributes

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"
}

API Documentation

Charges

Tokenized Charges

Preauthorization

Transactions

Transfers

Beneficiaries

Virtual Cards

Virtual Account Numbers

Collection Subaccounts

Payout Subaccounts

Subscriptions

Payment Plans

Bill Payments

Banks

Misc

Settlements

Otps

Chargebacks

Create a Refund

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Body

Response