PayFast · Example Payload

Create Refund

Initiate a refund for a completed transaction. Refunds are only available in production (not sandbox) mode.

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Create Refund is an example object payload from PayFast, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

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Example Payload

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{
  "title": "Create a Refund",
  "description": "Initiate a refund for a completed transaction. Refunds are only available in production (not sandbox) mode.",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.payfast.co.za/v1/refunds/2afa4575-5628-051a-d0ed-4e071b56a7b0",
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
      "merchant-id": "10000100",
      "version": "v1",
      "timestamp": "2026-06-13T10:00:00+02:00",
      "signature": "ad3e6c84d5e5f374a3a0431bc5acbc90"
    },
    "body": {
      "amount": 5000,
      "reason": "Product returned by customer",
      "acc_type": "savings",
      "notify_buyer": 1
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "code": 200,
      "status": "success",
      "data": {
        "response": {
          "id": "dc0521d3-55fe-269b-fa00-b647310d760f",
          "payment_id": "1124148",
          "merchant_id": "10000100",
          "refund_amount": 50.00,
          "status": "COMPLETE",
          "created": "2026-06-13T10:00:00Z"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}