> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.pawapay.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Check refund status Get refund status by the `refundId` from your initial refund request. A list with at most one `Refund` is returned. This operation can be used to confirm the current status of a refund. ## OpenAPI ````yaml openapi_v1 get /refunds/{refundId} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: PawaPay Merchant API v1 description: Please find complete documentation from https://docs.pawapay.io/. version: v1 x-logo: url: >- https://global-uploads.webflow.com/62824591015aa314fd308df1/6411b26596e3de3f52551c00_Logopawapay-p-500.png href: https://docs.pawapay.io/ altText: PawaPay logo servers: - url: https://api.sandbox.pawapay.io description: PawaPay Merchant API sandbox - url: https://api.pawapay.io description: PawaPay Merchant API production security: - bearerAuth: [] tags: - name: payouts x-displayName: Payouts - name: deposits x-displayName: Deposits - name: refunds x-displayName: Refunds - name: payment-page x-displayName: Payment Page - name: toolkit x-displayName: Toolkit - name: wallet-balances x-displayName: Wallet balances paths: /refunds/{refundId}: get: tags: - refunds summary: Check refund status operationId: getRefund parameters: - name: refundId in: path description: The `refundId` of the refund you want to check the status of. required: true style: simple explode: false schema: minLength: 36 maxLength: 36 type: string format: uuid responses: '200': description: Request has been processed by PawaPay content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundSearchResult' examples: COMPLETED: value: - refundId: 8917c345-4791-4285-a416-62f24b6982db status: COMPLETED amount: '123.45' currency: ZMW country: ZMB correspondent: MTN_MOMO_ZMB recipient: type: MSISDN address: value: '260763456789' customerTimestamp: '2020-10-19T08:17:00Z' statementDescription: From ACME company created: '2020-10-19T08:17:01Z' receivedByRecipient: '2020-10-19T08:17:02Z' correspondentIds: SOME_CORRESPONDENT_ID: '12356789' metadata: orderId: ORD-123456789 customerId: customer@email.com ACCEPTED: value: - refundId: 8917c345-4791-4285-a416-62f24b6982db status: ACCEPTED amount: '123.45' currency: ZMW country: ZMB correspondent: MTN_MOMO_ZMB recipient: type: MSISDN address: value: '260763456789' customerTimestamp: '2020-10-19T08:17:00Z' statementDescription: From ACME company created: '2020-10-19T08:17:01Z' metadata: orderId: ORD-123456789 customerId: customer@email.com SUBMITTED: value: - refundId: 8917c345-4791-4285-a416-62f24b6982db status: SUBMITTED amount: '123.45' currency: ZMW country: ZMB correspondent: MTN_MOMO_ZMB recipient: type: MSISDN address: value: '260763456789' customerTimestamp: '2020-10-19T08:17:00Z' statementDescription: From ACME company created: '2020-10-19T08:17:01Z' metadata: orderId: ORD-123456789 customerId: customer@email.com FAILED: value: - refundId: 8917c345-4791-4285-a416-62f24b6982db status: FAILED amount: '123.45' currency: ZMW country: ZMB correspondent: MTN_MOMO_ZMB recipient: type: MSISDN address: value: '260763456789' customerTimestamp: '2020-10-19T08:17:00Z' statementDescription: From ACME company created: '2020-10-19T08:17:01Z' failureReason: failureCode: RECIPIENT_NOT_FOUND failureMessage: Recipient not found metadata: orderId: ORD-123456789 customerId: customer@email.com Refund Not Found: value: [] '400': description: >- Request was rejected due to incompatibility with PawaPay API specification content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: Mandatory Field Missing: value: errorId: 4f0d5e13-7e88-4cc6-827c-8c0640dc2cd3 errorCode: 1 errorMessage: Invalid input '401': description: Authentication Failure. Please check your authentication token content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: Authentication Failure: value: errorId: cad1529e-040b-4c9d-a21d-2ba3056ff750 errorCode: 2 errorMessage: Authentication error '500': description: Internal Server Error content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse' examples: System Error: value: errorId: d428a89e-fa8b-42b8-ba20-68be20d50af1 errorCode: 0 errorMessage: Internal error components: schemas: RefundSearchResult: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Refund' ErrorResponse: required: - errorId - errorCode - errorMessage type: object properties: errorId: maxLength: 36 type: string description: A unique error ID in the PawaPay platform. example: 63743264-7292-11ea-bc55-0242ac130003 errorCode: type: integer description: PawaPay internal error code. example: 1 errorMessage: type: string description: Error message. example: Internal error Refund: required: - refundId - status - amount - currency - country - correspondent - recipient - customerTimestamp - created type: object properties: refundId: minLength: 36 maxLength: 36 type: string format: uuid description: >- A UUIDv4 based ID specified by you, that uniquely identifies the refund. example: f4401bd2-1568-4140-bf2d-eb77d2b2b639 status: $ref: '#/components/schemas/PayoutStatus' amount: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Amount' currency: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Currency' country: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Country' correspondent: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Correspondent' recipient: $ref: '#/components/schemas/FinancialAddress' customerTimestamp: type: string description: >- The timestamp for when you initiated the refund process. Format defined by 'date-time' in RFC3339 section 5.6 from [IETF](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6) format: date-time example: '2020-02-21T17:32:28Z' statementDescription: minLength: 4 maxLength: 22 type: string pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9 ]+$ description: > Short description for the transaction. Depending on the specific MMO performing the transaction this message may be visible to the customer in the SMS receipt or within their transaction history. Must be between **4 and 22 alphanumeric characters**. example: Note of 4 to 22 chars created: type: string description: >- The timestamp of when the refund was created in the PawaPay platform. Format defined by 'date-time' in RFC3339 section 5.6 from [IETF](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6) format: date-time example: '2020-02-21T17:32:29Z' receivedByRecipient: type: string description: >- When the payment was received by the recipient. Format defined by 'date-time' in RFC3339 section 5.6 from [IETF](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339#section-5.6) format: date-time example: '2020-02-21T17:32:30Z' correspondentIds: type: object additionalProperties: type: string description: The financial ids used by the MMO to uniquely identify this payment example: MTN_INIT: ABC123 MTN_FINAL: DEF456 failureReason: $ref: '#/components/schemas/RefundFailureReason' metadata: $ref: '#/components/schemas/TransactionMetadataResponse' PayoutStatus: type: string description: > Possible payout statuses: * `ACCEPTED` - The payout request has been **accepted** by PawaPay for processing. * `ENQUEUED` - The payout request has been **accepted**, but has been enqueued for processing later. Read more about [enqueued payouts](/payouts#enqueued-payouts). * `SUBMITTED` - The payout request has been submitted to the MMO and is being processed. * `COMPLETED` - The payout request has been successfully processed. This is a **Final state.** * `FAILED` - The payout request has been processed, but failed. **Final state.** enum: - ACCEPTED - SUBMITTED - ENQUEUED - COMPLETED - FAILED Amount: minLength: 1 maxLength: 23 type: string pattern: ^([0]|([1-9][0-9]{0,17}))([.][0-9]{0,3}[1-9])?$ description: > The amount to be collected (deposit) or disbursed (payout or refund). Amount must follow below requirements or the request will be **rejected**: * Between zero and two decimal places can be supplied, depending on what the specific MMO supports. Learn about all [MMO supported decimal places](/using_the_api#correspondents). * The minimum and maximum amount depends on the limits of the specific MMO. You can find them from the [Active Configuration](/v1/api-reference/toolkit/active-configuration) endpoint. * Leading zeroes are not permitted except where the value is less than 1. For any value less than one, one and only one leading zero must be supplied. * Trailing zeroes are permitted. Valid examples: `5`, `5.0`, `5.00`, `5.5`, `5.55`, `5555555`, `0.5` Not valid examples: `5.`, `5.555`, `5555555555555555555`, `.5`, `-5.5`, `00.5`, `00.00`, `00001.32` example: '15' Currency: type: string description: > The currency in which the `amount` is specified. Format must be the ISO 4217 three character currency code in upper case. Read more from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_4217#Active_codes). You can find all the supported currencies that the specific `correspondent` supports [from here](/using_the_api#correspondents). The [active configuration](/v1/api-reference/toolkit/active-configuration) endpoint provides the list of correspondents configured for your account together with the currencies. example: ZMW Country: type: string description: > The country in which the MMO operates. Format is ISO 3166-1 alpha-3, three character country code in upper case. Read more from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-3#Officially_assigned_code_elements). example: ZMB Correspondent: type: string description: > The correspondent code refers to the specific MMO that the specified phone number (MSISDN) has an active mobile money wallet with. You can find all the supported correspondents [listed here](/using_the_api#correspondents). The [active configuration](/v1/api-reference/toolkit/active-configuration) endpoint provides the list of correspondents configured for your account. You can use the [predict correspondent](/v1/api-reference/toolkit/predict-correspondent) enpoint to predict the correct correspondent to use based on the phone number (MSISDN). example: MTN_MOMO_ZMB FinancialAddress: required: - address - type type: object properties: type: type: string description: >- The type of financial address. At the moment, only **MSISDN** is supported as the financial address. example: MSISDN enum: - MSISDN address: $ref: '#/components/schemas/AddressValue' description: >- The phone number (MSISDN) of the recipient or payer must be specified as the `value` of the `address`. RefundFailureReason: required: - failureCode type: object properties: failureCode: type: string description: > Possible refund failure codes: * `BALANCE_INSUFFICIENT` - The PawaPay wallet balance is insufficient to proceed with the refund. * `RECIPIENT_NOT_FOUND` - The phone number specified for the recipient does not belong to the MMO specified as the correspondent. * `RECIPIENT_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_RECEIVE` - The recipient has reached a limit on their wallet that stops them from receiving this refund. * `OTHER_ERROR` - Any other error. Please refer to `failureMessage`. example: OTHER_ERROR enum: - BALANCE_INSUFFICIENT - RECIPIENT_NOT_FOUND - RECIPIENT_NOT_ALLOWED_TO_RECEIVE - OTHER_ERROR failureMessage: type: string description: Additional optional failure message example: Recipient's address is blocked TransactionMetadataResponse: description: > The metadata that was provided in the original initation request in a JSON object format. type: object properties: value of fieldName: type: string description: >- Each passed in metadata field will be a property of the metadata JSON object. The key will be the 'fieldName' and the value will be 'fieldValue'. example: orderId: ORD-123456789 customerId: customer@email.com AddressValue: required: - value type: object properties: value: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MsisdnValue' MsisdnValue: type: string description: > The phone number (MSISDN) of the payer or recipient. The format is described in [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MSISDN). MSISDN validation has following rules: * Only digits without whitespaces or any other separators or prefixes like '+'. * Should not start with zero. * Country code is mandatory. * Should not exceed or be less than the valid length of specified country. Valid examples for Zambia: `260763456789` Not valid examples for Zambia: `+260763456789`, `260 763 456789`, `260-7634-56789`, `0260763456789`, `2607634567`, `260763456789543`, `999558708954`, `37255870895` example: '260763456789' securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http description: See [Authentication](/using_the_api#authentication). scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT ````