1. REST Services Manager API for Billing and Revenue Management
  2. Tasks
  3. Payment Management
  4. Refund

Create a Refund

post

/refund

Creates a refund.

Request

There are no request parameters for this operation.

Supported Media Types
Request Body - application/json;charset=utf-8 ()
Root Schema : Refund Create
Type: object
Title: Refund Create
A refund for a payment, used in the create refund request. The paymentMethod specified must be the one assigned to the bill unit. If you specify a different payment method, the one assigned to the bill unit will be refunded instead.

The id, href, status, statusDate, and refundDate properties are not used in the create request.

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Nested Schema : Account Ref
Type: object
Title: Account Ref
An account's reference.
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Nested Schema : Money
Type: object
Title: Money
An amount of money.
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Nested Schema : Channel Ref
Type: object
Title: Channel Ref
A reference to a channel.
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Nested Schema : Payment Ref
Type: object
Title: Payment Ref
A payment captured as a reference on an order. Used when a payment is made immediately on an order rather than at a later billing date.
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Nested Schema : Payment Method Ref Or Value
Type: object
Title: Payment Method Ref Or Value
A link to the resource containing information about the payment method.
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  • Title: Base Type
    The object's superclass.
  • Title: Referred Type
    The payment method's type, further refined from the @type value. To create a payment when @type is PaymentMethodRef, this is required, and valid values are tokenizedCard, bankAccountDebit, and bankCard.
  • Title: Schema Location
    A URI to a JSON-Schema file that defines additional attributes and relationships.
  • Title: Type
    The payment method's type. Valid values are PaymentMethodRef for a credit or debit card, Cash, or Check. When the value is PaymentMethodRef, the payment method specified must be the one assigned to the bill unit. If you specify a different payment method, the one assigned to the bill unit will be used instead.
  • account
    Accounts associated with the payment method.
  • Title: Payment Method Description
    The payment method's description.
  • Title: Payment Method Href
    The payment method's href.
  • Title: Payment Method ID
    The payment method's ID.
  • Title: Payment Method Preferred
    Whether this is the preferred payment method (true) or not (false).
  • Title: Payment Method Name
    The payment method's name.
  • Related Party
    Title: Related Party
    A party related to another object.
  • Title: Status
    The payment method's status.
  • Title: Status Date
    The date the payment method's status was recorded.
  • Time Period
    Title: Time Period
    A period of time. You can specify only endDateTime or both endDateTime and startDateTime.
Nested Schema : Related Party
Type: object
Title: Related Party
A party related to another object.
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Nested Schema : account
Type: array
Accounts associated with the payment method.
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Nested Schema : Time Period
Type: object
Title: Time Period
A period of time. You can specify only endDateTime or both endDateTime and startDateTime.
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Response

Supported Media Types

201 Response

Created
Body ()
Root Schema : Refund
Type: object
Title: Refund
A refund for a payment.
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Nested Schema : Account Ref
Type: object
Title: Account Ref
An account's reference.
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Nested Schema : Money
Type: object
Title: Money
An amount of money.
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Nested Schema : Channel Ref
Type: object
Title: Channel Ref
A reference to a channel.
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Nested Schema : Payment Ref
Type: object
Title: Payment Ref
A payment captured as a reference on an order. Used when a payment is made immediately on an order rather than at a later billing date.
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Nested Schema : Payment Method Ref Or Value
Type: object
Title: Payment Method Ref Or Value
A link to the resource containing information about the payment method.
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  • Title: Base Type
    The object's superclass.
  • Title: Referred Type
    The payment method's type, further refined from the @type value. To create a payment when @type is PaymentMethodRef, this is required, and valid values are tokenizedCard, bankAccountDebit, and bankCard.
  • Title: Schema Location
    A URI to a JSON-Schema file that defines additional attributes and relationships.
  • Title: Type
    The payment method's type. Valid values are PaymentMethodRef for a credit or debit card, Cash, or Check. When the value is PaymentMethodRef, the payment method specified must be the one assigned to the bill unit. If you specify a different payment method, the one assigned to the bill unit will be used instead.
  • account
    Accounts associated with the payment method.
  • Title: Payment Method Description
    The payment method's description.
  • Title: Payment Method Href
    The payment method's href.
  • Title: Payment Method ID
    The payment method's ID.
  • Title: Payment Method Preferred
    Whether this is the preferred payment method (true) or not (false).
  • Title: Payment Method Name
    The payment method's name.
  • Related Party
    Title: Related Party
    A party related to another object.
  • Title: Status
    The payment method's status.
  • Title: Status Date
    The date the payment method's status was recorded.
  • Time Period
    Title: Time Period
    A period of time. You can specify only endDateTime or both endDateTime and startDateTime.
Nested Schema : Related Party
Type: object
Title: Related Party
A party related to another object.
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Nested Schema : account
Type: array
Accounts associated with the payment method.
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Nested Schema : Time Period
Type: object
Title: Time Period
A period of time. You can specify only endDateTime or both endDateTime and startDateTime.
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400 Response

Bad Request
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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401 Response

Unauthorized
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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403 Response

Forbidden
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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405 Response

Method Not allowed
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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409 Response

Conflict
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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500 Response

Internal Server Error
Body ()
Root Schema : Error
Type: object
Title: Error
Used when an API returns an error, typically with a HTTP error response-code such as 401 (Unauthorized) or 500 (Internal Server Error).
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Examples

The following example shows how to create a refund by submitting a POST request on the REST resource using cURL. For more information about cURL, see Use cURL.

The -d option specifies the file to attach as the request body. 

curl -X POST 'http://host:port/brm/payment/version/refund' -d @refundCreate.json

Example of Request Body

The following is an example of the contents of the refundCreate.json file sent as the request body. 

{
   "@type": "RefundCreate",
   "account": {
      "id": "0.0.0.1+-account+84808"
   },
   "paymentMethod": { 
      "id": "0.0.0.1+-payinfo-dd+249648",
      "@type": "PaymentMethodRef"
   },
   "totalAmount": {
      "value": 10,
      "unit": "USD"
   },
   "description": "Refunding service fee."
}

Example of Response Body

The following example shows the contents of the response body in JSON format.

{
   "id": "0.0.0.1+-item-refund+82547",
   "href": "http://host:port/brm/payment/version/refund/0.0.0.1+-item-refund+82547",
   "authorizationCode": null,
   "correlatorId": "R1-30",
   "description": "Item refund",
   "name": "Billing Event Log",
   "refundDate": "2025-12-09T00:38:15-08:00",
   "status": "Success",
   "statusDate": "2025-12-09T00:38:15-08:00",
   "account": {
      "id": "0.0.0.1+-account+84808",
      "href": null,
      "description": null,
      "name": "Grace Wang",
      "@baseType": null,
      "@schemaLocation": null,
      "@type": null,
      "@referredType": "billingAccount"
   },
   "amount": null,
   "channel": {
      "id": "0",
      "href": null,
      "name": "Unspecified",
      "@baseType": null,
      "@schemaLocation": null,
      "@type": null,
      "@referredType": null
   },
   "payment": null,
   "paymentMethod": {
      "id": "0.0.0.1+-payinfo-dd+249648",
      "href": null,
      "description": null,
      "isPreferred": true,
      "name": "Grace Wang's Direct Debit Account",
      "status": null,
      "statusDate": null,
      "account": "0.0.0.1+-account+104221",
      "relatedParty": null,
      "validFor": null,
      "@baseType": "PaymentMethodRefOrValue",
      "@schemaLocation": null,
      "@type": "PaymentMethodRef",
      "@referredType": null
   },
   "requestor": null,
   "taxAmount": null,
   "totalAmount": {
      "unit": "USD",
      "value": 10.0
   },
   "@baseType": "Refund",
   "@schemaLocation": null,
   "@type": "Refund"
}
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