Bancontact

Bancontact Payments API

The Payments API from Bancontact — 2 operation(s) for payments.

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Operations 2

POST /v3/payments/{payment-id}/refunds Create refund for payment #
GET /v3/payments/{payment-id}/refunds/{refund-id} get refund by id #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/apis/merchant-payment.openapi
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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/
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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/apis/refund-public.openapi
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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/guides/general/refunds052025
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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/apis/merchant-reconciliation.openapi
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Documentation
https://docs.bancontactpro.com/guides/general/reconciliation052025

Specifications

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bancontact/refs/heads/main/openapi/bancontact-payments-api-openapi.yml

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/bancontact/refs/heads/main/conventions/bancontact-conventions.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

bancontact-payments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  version: 3.0.3
  title: Payment Refund Service Payments API
  description: 'API allows merchant/integrator to create/get/search payment refunds.


    ## History


    ### 3.0.3 (2025-10-01)


    * Removed DEV and ACC environment.

    * Added description for PREPROD and PROD environments

    * Added `/v3` prefixes to operation paths.


    ### 3.0.2 (2025-07-28)


    * Removed `PROCESSING` status from the refund status.

    * Removed `DEBTOR_IBAN_NOT_AVAILABLE` error code from the refund creation endpoint.'
servers:
- url: https://merchant.api.preprod.bancontact.net
  description: PREPROD merchant API
- url: https://merchant.api.bancontact.net
  description: PROD merchant API
tags:
- name: Payments
paths:
  /v3/payments/{payment-id}/refunds:
    post:
      summary: Create refund for payment
      description: 'Endpoint to initiate refund of Bancontact Company payment to the debtor.

        This endpoint is idempotent based on ''Idempotency-Key'' header. So the same request can be safely retried in case of timeout/network issue.'
      operationId: createRefund
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaymentId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Idempotency-Key'
      security:
      - JWS-Request-Signature-Refund: []
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/CreateRefundRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Refund successfully created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundCreationResponse'
          headers:
            SignatureBank:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400InputError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/401Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403Forbidden'
        '422':
          description: 'Refund creation failed for business reasons. Error codes:

            * _PAYMENT_FOR_REFUND_NOT_FOUND_ - payment not found

            * _INVALID_REFUND_AMOUNT_ - refund amount is too high

            * _REFUND_NOT_ALLOWED_ - refund is not allowed for the merchant

            * _REFUND_NOT_POSSIBLE_ - refund is not possible for this payment at the moment

            * _REFUND_REQUEST_CONFLICT_ - request id is already used by refund with different parameters'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            SignatureBank:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/503ServiceUnavailable'
      tags:
      - Payments
  /v3/payments/{payment-id}/refunds/{refund-id}:
    get:
      summary: get refund by id
      description: Endpoint to get refund details by id.
      operationId: getRefundById
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PaymentId'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/RefundId'
      security:
      - JWS-Request-Signature-Refund: []
      responses:
        '200':
          description: return refund details
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundModel'
          headers:
            SignatureBank:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
        '400':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/400InputError'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/401Unauthorized'
        '403':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/403Forbidden'
        '404':
          description: 'Error codes:

            * _REFUND_NOT_FOUND_ - refund not found

            * _PAYMENT_NOT_FOUND_ - payment not found'
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
          headers:
            SignatureBank:
              $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/500InternalServerError'
        '503':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/503ServiceUnavailable'
      tags:
      - Payments
components:
  parameters:
    RefundId:
      in: path
      name: refund-id
      description: Refund Id
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 24
        maxLength: 24
      required: true
    Idempotency-Key:
      in: header
      name: Idempotency-Key
      description: Unique request identifier with a maximum of 64 characters (we recommend UUID). It will be used for idempotency check.
      schema:
        type: string
        maxLength: 64
      required: true
    PaymentId:
      in: path
      name: payment-id
      description: Payment Id
      schema:
        type: string
        minLength: 24
        maxLength: 24
      required: true
  headers:
    SignatureBank:
      description: "[Detached JWS signature of response payload](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7797).\nBancontact Company hosts the Public Key in [JWK format](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517) as [JWKS](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517#section-3) at:\n- https://jwks.bancontact.net/\n- https://jwks.preprod.bancontact.net/\nfor PROD and PREPROD environments respectively.\nThe Public Key should be downloaded from these URLs and identified by the 'kid' claim in the JOSE header.\nBancontact Company will use the same algorithm to sign the response as the one used for the request signature.\nThe signature must be computed as per following instructions:\n\n    jws = base64URLEncode(JOSE Header)..alg(base64URLEncode(JOSE Header).base64URLEncode(Request Body))\n\n    [JOSE Header](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515#section-4) =\n\n    {\n      \"typ\": \"jose+json\",\n      \"kid\": \"JWK kid\",\n      \"alg\": \"[ES256(ECDSA using P-256 and SHA-256. Minimum keysize 256 bit) or RS256(RSASSA-PKCS1-v1_5usingSHA-256 Minimum key length 2048 bit)](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7518#section-3.1)\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/sub\" : \"{bankUserId}\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/iss\" : \"Payconiq\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/iat\" : \"{Current creation date time in [ISODateTime format](https://www.iso20022.org/standardsrepository/public/wqt/Description/mx/dico/datatypes/_YW1tKtp-Ed-ak6NoX_4Aeg_-1624336183), expressed in UTC time format(YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ)},\n      \"https://payconiq.com/jti\" : \"{X-Request-ID}\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/path\": \"request path eg. /bag/v1/payments/{payment-id}/authorization/{authorization-id}/confirm\"\n      \"crit\": [\"https://payconiq.com/sub\", \"https://payconiq.com/iss\", \"https://payconiq.com/iat\", \"https://payconiq.com/jti\", \"https://payconiq.com/path\"]\n    }\n\nJWS Payload MUST be the same as response body as base64url encoded JSON data."
      schema:
        type: string
  responses:
    403Forbidden:
      description: 'Error codes:

        * _ACCESS_DENIED_ - operation not allowed, caller doesn''t have required authorities'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      headers:
        SignatureBank:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
    401Unauthorized:
      description: 'If JWS signature is not valid. Error codes:

        * _UNAUTHORIZED_ - caller doesn''t have valid authentication credentials'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      headers:
        SignatureBank:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
    400InputError:
      description: 'Error codes:

        * _VALIDATION_ERROR_ - request validation failed'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      headers:
        SignatureBank:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
    500InternalServerError:
      description: 'Error codes:

        * _TECHNICAL_ERROR_ - technical error'
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
      headers:
        SignatureBank:
          $ref: '#/components/headers/SignatureBank'
    503ServiceUnavailable:
      description: Service is unavailable
  schemas:
    RefundModel:
      type: object
      description: refund details
      required:
      - refundId
      - paymentId
      - amount
      - currency
      - status
      - creationDate
      properties:
        refundId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundId'
        paymentId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentId'
        amount:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Amount'
        currency:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Currency'
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundStatus'
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundDescription'
        creationDate:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundCreationDate'
    RefundStatus:
      type: string
      enum:
      - PENDING
      - REFUNDED
      - FAILED
      description: '* _PENDING_ - refund request accepted by Bancontact Company, will be processed soon

        * _REFUNDED_ - refund request successfully processed and money moved from merchant to debtor

        * _FAILED_ - refund request processing failed for technical reasons, money movement didn''t happen'
    RefundCreationResponse:
      type: object
      description: refund creation response object
      required:
      - refundId
      - paymentId
      - amount
      - currency
      - status
      - creationDate
      properties:
        refundId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundId'
        paymentId:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/PaymentId'
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - PENDING
          description: 'Refund status after creation. Always has value ''PENDING'', because refund processing is asynchronous.

            Current status can be checked using GET ''/v3/payments/{payment-id}/refunds/{refund-id}'' endpoint.'
        amount:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Amount'
        currency:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Currency'
        description:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundDescription'
        creationDate:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundCreationDate'
    RefundCreationDate:
      type: string
      format: date-time
      description: timestamp, when refund was created
    PaymentId:
      type: string
      description: payment identifier
      minLength: 24
      maxLength: 24
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      title: Error response
      description: The standard response model returned in case of an error
      properties:
        code:
          type: string
          description: Error code
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
      required:
      - code
      - message
    Amount:
      type: integer
      description: Amount in cents
      format: int64
      minimum: 1
      exclusiveMinimum: 1
      maximum: 999999999999
    CreateRefundRequest:
      type: object
      description: request with refund details to create
      required:
      - amount
      - currency
      properties:
        amount:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Amount'
        currency:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Currency'
        description:
          type: string
          description: refund description
    RefundDescription:
      type: string
      description: refund description
    RefundId:
      type: string
      description: refund identifier
      minLength: 24
      maxLength: 24
    Currency:
      type: string
      enum:
      - EUR
      default: EUR
      description: currency code. Only EUR is supported [ISO 4217](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217)
  securitySchemes:
    JWS-Request-Signature-Refund:
      name: Signature
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      description: "[Detached JWS signature of request payload](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7797).\n\nMerchant/Partner MUST host the public key in [JWK format](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517) as [JWKS](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7517#section-3)\nand share the URL with Bancontact Company during integration.\n\nThe signature must be computed as per following instructions:\n\n    jws = base64URLEncode(JOSE Header)..alg(base64URLEncode(JOSE Header).base64URLEncode(Request Body))\n\n    [JOSE Header](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7515#section-4) =\n\n    {\n      \"typ\": \"jose+json\",\n      \"kid\": \"JWK kid\",\n      \"alg\": \"ES256\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/sub\" : \"{merchantProfileId}\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/iss\" : \"Payconiq\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/iat\" : \"{Current creation date time in [ISODateTime format](https://www.iso20022.org/standardsrepository/public/wqt/Description/mx/dico/datatypes/_YW1tKtp-Ed-ak6NoX_4Aeg_-1624336183), expressed in UTC time format(YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sssZ)},\n      \"https://payconiq.com/jti\" : \"{Unique-request-identifier}\",\n      \"https://payconiq.com/path\": \"request path ex. /v3/payments/{payment-id}/confirm\"\n      \"crit\": [\"https://payconiq.com/sub\", \"https://payconiq.com/iss\", \"https://payconiq.com/iat\", \"https://payconiq.com/jti\", \"https://payconiq.com/path\"]\n    }\n\nJWS Payload MUST be the same as response body as base64url encoded JSON data."