To make a total or partial refund of a transaction, you can use either our API or the HiPay Enterprise back office.
Please note:
- refunds can't be made if an operation chargeback was already asked from the customer for this transaction,
- refunds must be made within 11 months after capture for card transactions. Conditions may differ depending on payment methods.
Refund by IBAN option must be activated, please contact your account manager if you are interested.
1. Refunding a transaction through our API
Service endpoints
There are two endpoints (base URLs) to which you can make your API calls:
- Stage, if you are testing your integration,
- and Production, when you have finished testing and want your application to go live.
| Format abbreviation | Description |
| AN | Alphanumeric characters (a-z, A-Z, 0-9) |
| N | Numeric characters only |
| R | Decimal number with explicit decimal point, signed |
Request parameters
To refund a transaction, you must send the following parameters in your API call.
| Field name | Format | Length | HTTP method | Description | Example |
| transaction_reference | AN | 32 | GET |
HiPay transaction ID to be inserted at the end of the API URL |
131256411111 |
| operation | N | 32 | POST |
Set the value: refund |
refund |
| amount | R | - | POST | Amount you want to refund | 15.50 |
| operation_id | AN | - | POST | Operation merchant ID. This value will be returned to the merchant with the notifications related to this operation. It can be used, for example, if you make more than one partial refund. | 123456 |
| payment_product_parameters | JSON | POST |
This parameter is mandatory only to refund Bancontact or SEPA Direct Debit transactions. If an IBAN refund is needed, IBAN information must be sent here. |
{ "iban":" " } |
|
| basket | JSON | POST |
This parameter is mandatory only for Oney. Shopping cart details Please refer to "HiPay Enterprise – Payment Gateway – Shopping cart management" technical documentation. |
"basket": [ { "product_category": "8", "product_reference": "NF-a0351", "name": "My second product", "type": "good", "quantity": 4, "unit_price": 10.5, "discount": -2.5, "tax_rate": "20", "total_amount": 39.5 } ] |
Transaction statuses sent by server-to-server notification
| Status | Message | Description |
| 124 | Refund Requested | A refund request has been sent to the financial institution. |
| 125 | Refunded | The payment was refunded. A payment reaches the “Refunded” status when the financial institution has processed the refund and the amount has been transferred to the customer’s account. The amount will be deducted from the next total amount to be paid out to the merchant. |
| 126 | Partially Refunded | The payment was partially refunded. |
| 165 | Refund Refused | The refund operation was refused by the financial institution. |
To consider a refund made, it is mandatory to handle server-to-server notifications, specifically with the "status" field with the following values:
| Value | Description |
| 125 | Refunded |
| 126 | Partially refunded |
2. Refunding a transaction in our back office
In the HiPay Enterprise back office, search for the captured transaction you want to refund.
From the Transaction Preview, click on , then choose if you want to make a full or partial refund (for partial refunds, specify the amount) and click on
.
Classic refund
Refund by IBAN
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