Shift4 Payments

Shift4 Payments Refunds API

Refund charges and manage refund records.

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Operations 4

POST /refunds Refund a Charge #

GET /refunds List Refunds #

GET /refunds/{refundId} Retrieve a Refund #

POST /refunds/{refundId} Update a Refund #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Shift4 Payments Refunds API
  description: The Shift4 Payments API enables merchants and platforms to accept and manage payments, including one-time charges, refunds, customers, cards, tokenization, subscriptions, plans, payment methods, payment links, checkout sessions, fraud warnings, blacklist rules, disputes, file uploads, payouts, webhook endpoints, and events.
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Shift4 Developer Support
    email: devsupport@shift4.com
    url: https://dev.shift4.com
  license:
    name: Documentation
    url: https://dev.shift4.com/docs
servers:
- url: https://api.shift4.com
  description: Production
security:
- BasicAuth: []
tags:
- name: Refunds
  description: Refund charges and manage refund records.
paths:
  /refunds:
    post:
      tags:
      - Refunds
      summary: Refund a Charge
      operationId: createRefund
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Refund created.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refund'
    get:
      tags:
      - Refunds
      summary: List Refunds
      operationId: listRefunds
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Limit'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of refunds.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundList'
  /refunds/{refundId}:
    parameters:
    - name: refundId
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    get:
      tags:
      - Refunds
      summary: Retrieve a Refund
      operationId: getRefund
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A refund object.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refund'
    post:
      tags:
      - Refunds
      summary: Update a Refund
      operationId: updateRefund
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                metadata:
                  type: object
                  additionalProperties:
                    type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Updated refund.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refund'
components:
  schemas:
    RefundRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - chargeId
      properties:
        chargeId:
          type: string
        amount:
          type: integer
          minimum: 1
        reason:
          type: string
          enum:
          - fraudulent
          - duplicate
          - requested_by_customer
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    ListResponseRefund:
      type: object
      properties:
        list:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refund'
        hasMore:
          type: boolean
        totalCount:
          type: integer
    Refund:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        created:
          type: integer
          format: int64
        amount:
          type: integer
        currency:
          type: string
        charge:
          type: string
        reason:
          type: string
          enum:
          - FRAUDULENT
          - DUPLICATE
          - REQUESTED_BY_CUSTOMER
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - SUCCESSFUL
          - FAILED
          - PENDING
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties:
            type: string
    RefundList:
      $ref: '#/components/schemas/ListResponseRefund'
  parameters:
    Limit:
      name: limit
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 100
        default: 10
      description: A limit on the number of objects to be returned.
  securitySchemes:
    BasicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Use your secret API key as the username with an empty password.

Shift4 Payments Refunds API

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