Payments: Refund

Modified on Fri, 29 Mar at 9:56 PM

Refunding a Payment

This API is used to refund a sale transaction after a sale has been completed.

You will need your MerchantID {mid} and  PaymentKey {x-acme-payment-key} to run refunds, if you do not have these, please contact your ACME account manager.

This API utilizes previously generated tokens, leveraging ACME’s Token API and the Charge Object

POST v1/payment/{mid}/refund

Request Parameters

The merchant id that the authorization

Request Body

Include a RefundRequest object as the body of the request.

Sample Request

POST https://sandX-api.acmepayments.net/v1/payment/12345/refund

Sample Request Body

{
"saleId" : "sale_72a57412-04bf-4803-9667-369cd414a07f",
"charge": {
"amount" : 1.00
}
}

Response

Returns an RefundResponse object.

Sample Response Body

Successful Refund Transaction

{
    "saleId": "sale_72a57412-04bf-4803-9667-369cd414a07f",
    "refundId": "refund_f9ff5560-f770-422e-bea1-58ba44cd74c2",
    "charge":
    {
        "amount": "1.00"
    },
    "card":
    {
        "lastFour": "3333",
        "expirationDate":
        {
            "month": "12",
            "year": "2026"
        },
        "brand": "Visa"
    },
    "amount":
    {
        "totalAmount": "1.00",
        "netAmount": "0.86",
        "fee":
        {
            "totalFee": "0.14",
            "fixedFee": "0.06",
            "percentageFee": "0.08",
            "percentageRate": "2.90"
        }
    }
}


Failed Refund Transaction

Failed responses will vary depending on which trusted party is issuing a failure.  In some cases, ACME may or may not pass back the code depending on the type of failure encountered.  We will make best efforts to send back issuing bank or processor errors.

{
"message": "Refund amount must be positive",
"errorCode": 10026,
"type": "NEGATIVE_REFUND_AMOUNT",
"requestId": "6e360f6a-5d31-11ec-9ceb-064a412857e4"
}


RefundRequest Object

Name

Type

Description

Required

saleId

string

The Sale Id that you are refunding

Required

charge

Charge Object

The charge object for the refund.  The amount being refunded on the order is required.  It cannot be more than is remaining on the order or token if one is provided

Required

RefundResponse Object

Name

Type

Description

refundId

string

The id of the refund 

saleId

string

The Sale Id that you are refunding

charge

Charge Object

The charge object associated with the refund. The amount refunded will match the input amount as we will error if there is insufficient funds on the order to be refunded to this token otherwise.

card

Card Object

The details of the credit card

Fee
Fee Object

Fee object containing the details of the fees








Fee Object

Name

Type

Description

totalFee

string

The total amount of the fee

fixedFee

string

The amount of the fee that was due to a fixed rate

percentageFee

string

The amount of the fee that was due to a percent rate

percentageRate

string

The percentage that was used to calculate the fee

optional fee
string
An optional fee that might be applied at time of transaction creation.


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