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Cancel Refunds

There may be scenarios in which you need to cancel a refund, such as a refund issued in error or a customer decides to keep a product or service.

PublicSquare API offers the ability to cancel a refund before it is settled.

Getting Started​

To get started, you will need a PublicSquare Account.

Get your Secret Key​

Next you will need your Secret Key. Go to your Developers section and click Reveal for your Secret Key and copy the value.

Save the Secret Key as it will be used in the next steps of this guide.

Cancel the Refund​

In order to cancel a refund, we will need the ID of a refund. Assuming you have a refund similar to:

Refund
{
  "id": "rfd_2YKewBonG4tgk12MheY3PiHDy",
  "account_id": "acc_B518niGwGYKzig6vtrRVZGGGV",
  "environment": "test",
  "status": "successful",
  ...
}

We need to make a call to Cancel Refund endpoint:

Create a Payment
curl 'https://api.publicsquare.com/refunds/cancel' \
-X 'POST' \
-H 'X-API-KEY: <SECRET_API_KEY>' \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-d '{
  "refund_id": "rfd_2YKewBonG4tgk12MheY3PiHDy"
}'

Refund Response​

Given the above examples, you should see a cancelled refund result similar to:

{
  "id": "rfd_2YKewBonG4tgk12MheY3PiHDy",
  "account_id": "acc_B518niGwGYKzig6vtrRVZGGGV",
  "environment": "test",
  "status": "cancelled",
  "transaction_id": "trx_95rvMJvAVeG68W4NtLdfkN3LG",
  "amount": 1000,
  ...
  "transaction": {
    "id": "trx_95rvMJvAVeG68W4NtLdfkN3LG",
    "account_id": "acc_B518niGwGYKzig6vtrRVZGGGV",
    "environment": "test",
    "status": "cancelled",
    "amount": -1000,
    "fee_amount": 0,
    "net_amount": -1000,
    ...
  },
  ...
}

Handling Cancellation Failures​

If a refund cannot be cancelled because the refund has already been settled, an error response will be returned:

{
  "title": "Error",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "refund cancellation failed."
}

Conclusion​

Following this guide, you should have been able to successfully cancel a refund. Follow these guides to learn more: