Submit refund instruction

Use this method to submit an instruction request to initiate a refund on a payment device. In the request, include the refund amount and currency. If the request is successful, our gateway returns information about the refund instruction and a refundInstructionId, which you need for the following methods: - [Retrieve refund instruction](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/payroc-cloud/refund-instructions/retrieve) - View the details of the refund instruction. - [Cancel refund instruction](https://docs.payroc.com/api/schema/payroc-cloud/refund-instructions/delete) - Cancel the refund instruction.

Path parameters

serialNumberstringRequired>=1 character<=64 characters

Serial number that identifies the merchant’s payment device.

Headers

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Idempotency-KeystringRequiredformat: "uuid"
Unique identifier that you generate for each request. You must use the [UUID v4 format](https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc4122) for the identifier. For more information about the idempotency key, go to [Idempotency](https://docs.payroc.com/api/idempotency).

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
processingTerminalIdstringRequired>=4 characters<=50 characters
Unique identifier that we assigned to the terminal.
orderobjectRequired
Object that contains information about the refund.
operatorstringOptional>=0 characters<=50 characters
Operator who initiated the request.
customerobjectOptional
Object that contains the customer's contact details and address information.
ipAddressobjectOptional
Object that contains the IP address of the device that sent the request.
customizationOptionsobjectOptional
Object that contains available options to customize certain aspects of an instruction.

Response

Successful request. We accepted the refund instruction.
statusenum
Indicates the current status of the instruction. - `canceled` – The instruction was canceled before it was completed. - `completed` – The instruction has completed. Use the link object to check the resource. - `failure` – The instruction failed. Check the errorMessage field for more information. - `inProgress` – The instruction is currently in progress.
Allowed values:
refundInstructionIdstring>=1 character<=36 characters
Unique identifier that we assigned to the refund instruction.
errorMessagestring or null

Description of the error that caused the instruction to fail.

Note: We return this field only if the status is failure.

Errors