Purpose

 

This method is used by the Merchant to initiate a refund of a previously executed payment. The myPOS Checkout API will return an XML with the result. This method is intended to be utilized by the Merchant in his website back-end. The Merchant could decide whether or not to use this method.

 


Method Properties

 

Property

Typical value

Type

Required

Description

IPC_Trnref

12345678923

String

YES

Used to uniquely identify a transaction in IPC. Used as a parameter for subsequent refund or reversal if needed.

OrderID

201203319999999

String

NO

Placeholder for the merchant. Used to put some data that will help the merchant to recognize for which order is the payment. Up to 80 characters.

Note: You need to use separate IDs for this method in order to differentiate from the IDs of the other methods. For example, for IPCPurchase you use one ID (Purchase01), but for IPCRefund you should use different IDs (Refund01). 

Amount

23.45

Double

YES

The amount of the payment requested.

Currency

EUR

A(3)

YES

ISO 3-character currency code. The currency for the payment should be registered and approved.

OutputFormat

XML

String

NO

The output format of data. The property can be “XML” or “JSON”. If it is not specified in the request, the default value is “XML”.

 


Response Properties

 

Property

Typical value

Type

Required

Description

IPC_Trnref

12345678923

String

YES

Used to uniquely identify a transaction in IPC. Used as a parameter for subsequent refund or reversal if needed.

Amount

23.45

Double

YES

The amount of the payment requested.

Currency

EUR

A(3)

YES

ISO 3-character currency code. The currency for the payment should be registered and approved.

 


Example Of The XML Response

 

<IPC_response>
    <IPCmethod>IPCRefund</IPCmethod>
    <IPC_Trnref>12345678923</IPC_Trnref>
    <Amount>23.45</Amount>
    <Currency>EUR</Currency>
    <Status>0</Status>
    <StatusMsg>Success</StatusMsg>
</IPC_response>