POST /credit_notes/{credit-note-id}/refund

Refunds a (refundable) credit note to the payment source associated with the transaction. Any linked_tax_withheld_refunds recorded against the credit note are not refunded.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
credit-note-id String Yes

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
chargebee-request-origin-device String No

The device from which the customer has made the request

Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

chargebee-event-webhook String No

skip only webhooks

Possible values:

  • "all-disabled"
chargebee-business-entity-id String No

If the site has multiple business entities, you can use this custom HTTP header to specify the business entity for which Chargebee should perform the operation.

chargebee-event-actions String No

skip all actions to be done on the events

Possible values:

  • "all-disabled"
chargebee-request-origin-user String No

The email address of your customer/user. Use this when the email address has only ASCII characters.

chargebee-request-origin-ip String No

The IP address of the customer where the request originated

chargebee-request-origin-user-encoded String No

The Base64-encoded email address of your customer/user. Use this if the email address has UTF-8 characters. When this header is provided, the header chargebee-request-origin-user is ignored.

chargebee-event-email String No

skip only emails

Possible values:

  • "all-disabled"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
refund_amount Integer No

The amount to be refunded. If not specified, the entire refundable amount for this credit_note is refunded. Note: Any linked_tax_withheld_refunds associated with the credit_note cannot be refunded via this operation.

refund_reason_code String No

Reason code for the refund. Must be one from a list of reason codes set in the Chargebee app in Settings > Configure Chargebee > Reason Codes > Credit Notes > Refund Credit Note. Must be passed if set as mandatory in the app. The codes are case-sensitive.

customer_notes String No

A note to be added for this operation, to the credit note. This note is displayed on customer-facing documents such as the Credit Note PDF.

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