Refund a Payment

Use this endpoint to request a full refund or partial refund of a successful ShopeePay transaction.

URL: "/v3/merchant-host/transaction/refund/create-new"

Types of Refund:

Full Refund: a transaction's full amount
Partial Refund: multiple (partial) amounts as long as the sum does not exceed the transaction's full amount. Merchant should wait for the previous partial refund to complete successfully before creating the next partial refund.

The refund expiration period is set at 365 days, starting from when the initial payment is made.

Calling Create Refund endpoint will return 2 status types:

Success - transaction successfully refunded, customer can try paying again.
Failed - transaction can be found but it does not meet the requirements for refund.

Note: Refund endpoint supports idempotent response. Multiple API requests using the same payload will only trigger the action once to prevent the risk of creating duplicate refunds.

Request Parameters

request_idstringRequired

Unique identifier for request, accepts up to 64 characters.

reference_idstringRequired

Unique identifier of transaction generated by merchant, referring to payment_reference_id passed to ShopeePay when payment was created.

transaction_typeuint32Required

Refer to Transaction Types for specific transaction types. Eligible transaction types for refund are: all payment transaction type.

refund_reference_idstringRequired

Unique identifier of refund transaction generated by merchant.Accepts up to 64 characters.

merchant_ext_idstringRequired

Unique identifier of merchant in merchant system.

store_ext_idstringRequired

Unique identifier of store in merchant system.

amountint64Required

Amount of the refund transaction, inflated by a factor of 100. A positive integer in the smallest currency unit, with no decimal point.
Example:

Smallest amount will be 1, which represents 0.01.
For currencies that do not have denomination in cents, the smallest amount will be 100, which represents 1 IDR (Rp 1) or 1 VND (₫ 1).

If merchant is on full refund and did not pass this parameter, the refund request will be processed as usual.

Response Parameters

request_idstring

Unique identifier for request.

errcodeint32

Error code to specify the error returned.

debug_msgstring

Debug message to provide more information.

transactionobject

Will return empty list if no such transaction.

co_fundingobject

Will return empty if no co-funding involved. Note: This field is currently used in Thailand and Vietnam only.

additional_infostring

Additional information will be in json format.

This field supports up to 3 fields and needs to be sent in this format: {"field1":"{Data1}","field2":"{Data2}" ,"field3":"{Data3}"}

Response Code

Please refer to the following description for a general explanation of the errcode returned during an API Response.

For a more detailed explanation, it is advisable to consult debug_msg field. This field provides additional information that can offer valuable insights for troubleshooting.

Merchants may choose to display the debug_msg to their operators or staffs to facilitate prompt identification and resolution of the issue.

Value	Description
-2	A server dropped the connection
-1	A server error occurred
0	Success
1	The Request Parameters is invalid or a mandatory parameter is empty
2	Permission denied, often due to invalid status
4	Not found, often due to merchant/store/user/transaction not found
5	Transaction is in processing status, use Check Transaction Status endpoint to query the updated status of the refund
11	Duplicated request
42	Insufficient balance
304	Unable to process refund due to payment exceeding refund validity period
308	Unable to process refund due to payment was made using non refundable voucher
309	Unable to process refund due to merchant does not have enough fee balance
320	Unable to process refund due to another ongoing refund request for the transaction
321	Unable to process refund due to insufficient balance
401	Unable to process refund due to requested refund amount exceeds transaction amount
601	Unable to process refund that does not meet the refund rules, such as: Refund operation is not allowed for the chosen merchant/store The transaction has already been refunded before Refund to a payment made by a different merchant/store is not allowed Refunds are not allowed during refund block periods, by default it is set at 12am to 5am based on the local time Please note that the listed reasons are not exhaustive.
602	Request to refund an unsuccessful payment transaction
1302	Unable to process refund due to insufficient balance
1906	Unable to process refund due to transaction has been failed
1908	Service is temporarily down for scheduled maintenance
300226	Unable to refund to cross border merchants