Sample - Stripe API
GET/v1/refunds/{refund}

Retrieve a refund

Retrieves the details of a specific refund. Use expand to request additional response fields when needed.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

2 parameters
refundstringrequired
The unique identifier of the refund.
expandarray<string>optional
Fields to expand in the response.

2 status codes
200Returns the refund object, including its amount, currency, associated payment, creation time, identifier, destination details, and status information.
amountintegerrequired
Amount, in cents (or local equivalent).
balance_transactionstringoptional
Balance transaction that describes the impact on your account balance.
chargestringoptional
ID of the charge that's refunded.
createdintegerrequired
Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.
currencystringrequired
Three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html), in lowercase. Must be a [supported currency](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies).
customerstringoptional
ID of the customer of this refund.
customer_accountstringoptional
ID of the account of this refund.
descriptionstringoptional
An arbitrary string attached to the object. You can use this for displaying to users (available on non-card refunds only).
destination_detailsobjectoptional
failure_balance_transactionstringoptional
After the refund fails, this balance transaction describes the adjustment made on your account balance that reverses the initial balance transaction.
failure_reasonstringoptional
Provides the reason for the refund failure. Possible values are: `lost_or_stolen_card`, `expired_or_canceled_card`, `charge_for_pending_refund_disputed`, `insufficient_funds`, `declined`, `merchant_request`, or `unknown`.
idstringrequired
Unique identifier for the object.
instructions_emailstringoptional
For payment methods without native refund support (for example, Konbini, PromptPay), provide an email address for the customer to receive refund instructions.
metadataobjectoptional
Set of [key-value pairs](https://docs.stripe.com/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.
next_actionobjectoptional
objectstringrequired
String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.
Allowed:refund
payment_intentstringoptional
ID of the PaymentIntent that's refunded.
payment_methodstringoptional
ID of the payment method associated with this refund.
pending_reasonstringoptional
Provides the reason for why the refund is pending. Possible values are: `processing`, `insufficient_funds`, or `charge_pending`.
Allowed:charge_pendinginsufficient_fundsprocessing
presentment_detailsobjectoptional
reasonstringoptional
Reason for the refund, which is either user-provided (`duplicate`, `fraudulent`, or `requested_by_customer`) or generated by Stripe internally (`expired_uncaptured_charge`).
Allowed:duplicateexpired_uncaptured_chargefraudulentrequested_by_customer
receipt_numberstringoptional
This is the transaction number that appears on email receipts sent for this refund.
source_transfer_reversalstringoptional
The transfer reversal that's associated with the refund. Only present if the charge came from another Stripe account.
statusstringoptional
Status of the refund. This can be `pending`, `requires_action`, `succeeded`, `failed`, or `canceled`. Learn more about [failed refunds](https://docs.stripe.com/refunds#failed-refunds).
transfer_reversalstringoptional
This refers to the transfer reversal object if the accompanying transfer reverses. This is only applicable if the charge was created using the destination parameter.
defaultError response.
errorobjectrequired

Error handling

refund must identify the refund to retrieve. Each expand value can contain no more than 5000 characters when you request expanded response fields.