OPay Refund Payment API


You can refund a payment by using our Refund Payment API.


PayMethod Support Refund Way
BankAccount Original
BankTransfer Refund to BankAccount
BankUssd Refund to BankAccount
OpayWallet Original
BankCard Refund to BankAccount

OPay Refund Payment


You can refund a paid payment using this API. For calling the API using the POST method you can use these endpoints URL:
In case you are still in the developing phase, use the following staging API endpoint URL

Note

Staging

https://testapi.opaycheckout.com/api/v1/international/payment/refund/create


-Once you have a fully tested payment flow and you are ready for production, Use the following production API endpoint URL instead

Note

Production

https://liveapi.opaycheckout.com/api/v1/international/payment/refund/create



Request Parameters:

  1. Header: Authorization(API Calls Signature), MerchantId
  2.                         
                                Authorization    : Bearer {signature}
                                MerchantId       : 256612345678901
                            
                        

  3. Json object containing the transaction information:
  4.     
                           {
                                "amount":{
                                    "currency":"NGN",
                                    "total":400
                                },
                                "callbackUrl":"https://your-call-back-url.com",
                                "country":"NG",
                                "originalReference":"03948512",
                                "reference":"03948512001",
                                "refundWay":"Original"
                            }
        
    

HTTP POST Parameters

Here is a detailed description for the parameters you need to complete the POST request:

Parameter type required Description
reference String required Merchant refund order number.
country String required Country Code.See full list here
originalReference String required the reference of payment.
refundWay Enum required [Original, BankAccount].
amount
total Integer required payment amount(cent unit).
currency String required currency type.See full list here
receiver
bankCode String optional bank code(See full list here).
bankAccountNo String optional receiver bank account number.
callbackUrl String required The callback URL over which you will be listening to the payment status updates.See callback here
refundReason String optional The refund reason.>

An example call of payment refund API is as follows :

                        
                            class PaymentRefundController
                            {
                                private $secretkey;
                                private $merchantId;
                                private $url;

                                public function __construct() {
                                    $this->merchantId = '281821110129700';
                                    $this->secretkey = 'OPAYPRV*******0187828';
                                    $this->url = 'https://testapi.opaycheckout.com/api/v1/international/payment/refund/create';
                                }

                                public function test(){
                                    $data = [
                                        'amount' => [
                                            'currency' => 'NGN',
                                            'total' => 400
                                        ],
                                        'callbackUrl' => 'https://your-call-back-url.com',
                                        'country' => 'NG',
                                        'originalReference' => '0412339891033312',
                                        'reference' => '04123398910033621',
                                        'refundWay' => 'Original'
                                    ]
                                    ;
                                    $data2 = (string) json_encode($data,JSON_UNESCAPED_SLASHES);
                                    $auth = $this->auth($data2);
                                    $header = ['Content-Type:application/json', 'Authorization:Bearer '. $auth, 'MerchantId:'.$this->merchantId];
                                    $response = $this->http_post($this->url, $header, json_encode($data));
                                    $result = $response?$response:null;
                                    return $result;
                                }

                                private function http_post ($url, $header, $data) {
                                    if (!function_exists('curl_init')) {
                                        throw new Exception('php not found curl', 500);
                                    }
                                    $ch = curl_init();
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 60);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, false);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, false);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HEADER, false);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $data);
                                    curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, $header);
                                    $response = curl_exec($ch);
                                    $httpStatusCode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
                                    $error=curl_error($ch);
                                    curl_close($ch);
                                    if (200 != $httpStatusCode) {
                                        print_r("invalid httpstatus:{$httpStatusCode} ,response:$response,detail_error:" . $error, $httpStatusCode);
                                    }
                                    return $response;
                                }
                                public function auth ( $data ) {
                                    $secretKey = $this->secretkey;
                                    $auth = hash_hmac('sha512', $data, $secretKey);
                                    return $auth;
                                }

                            }

                        
                    
                            
                                # importing the requests library
                                import requests
                                # CashierAPI Endpoint
                                URL = "https://testapi.opaycheckout.com/api/v1/international/transaction/refund  "

                                # defining a params dict for the parameters to be sent to the API
                                PaymentData = {
                                    'reference'    : '1001000',
                                    'originalReference'    : '1001000',
                                    'orderNo'  : '10343543543532432',
                                }
                                # Prepare Headers
                                headers = {
                                    'Content-Type' : 'application/json',
                                    'Accept'       : 'application/json',
                                    'Authorization': '{signature}',
                                    'MerchantId'   : '256612345678901'
                                }
                                # sending post request and saving the response as response object
                                status_request = requests.post(url = URL, params = json.dumps(PaymentData), headers=headers)

                                # extracting data in json format
                                status_response = status_request.json()
                            
                        
                            
                                const request = require('request');
                                var sha512 = require('js-sha512');
                                const formData ={
                                  "amount":{
                                      "currency":"NGN",
                                      "total":400
                                  },
                                  "callbackUrl":"https://your-call-back-url.com",
                                  "country":"NG",
                                  "originalReference":"041233989101",
                                  "reference":"04123398911111",
                                  "refundWay": "Original"
                                };

                                var privateKey = "OPAYPRV*******0187828"

                                var hash = sha512.hmac.create(privateKey);
                                hash.update(JSON.stringify(formData));
                                hmacsignature = hash.hex();
                                console.log(hmacsignature)
                                request({
                                    url: 'https://testapi.opaycheckout.com/api/v1/international/payment/refund/create',
                                    method: 'POST',
                                    headers: {
                                      'MerchantId': '256621051120756',
                                      'Authorization': 'Bearer '+hmacsignature
                                    },
                                    json: true,
                                    body: formData
                                  }, function (error, response, body) {
                                    console.log('body: ')
                                    console.log(body)
                                  }
                                )

                            
                        
                        
                            import com.google.gson.Gson;
                            import org.apache.commons.codec.binary.Hex;
                            import javax.crypto.Mac;
                            import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
                            import java.io.BufferedReader;
                            import java.io.InputStreamReader;
                            import java.io.OutputStream;
                            import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
                            import java.net.URL;
                            import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
                            import java.util.TreeMap;
                            import java.util.UUID;

                            public class PaymentRefund {

                                private static final String privateKey = "OPAYPRV*******0187828";

                                private static final String endpoint = "https://testapi.opaycheckout.com";

                                private static final String merchantId = "256621051120756";

                                public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                                    String addr = endpoint + "/api/v1/international/payment/refund/create";
                                    Gson gson = new Gson();
                                    TreeMap order = new TreeMap<>();
                                    TreeMap amount = new TreeMap<>();
                                    amount.put("currency","NGN");
                                    amount.put("total",new Integer(200));
                                    order.put("amount",amount);
                                    order.put("callbackUrl","https://your-call-back-url.com");
                                    order.put("country","NG");
                                    order.put("originalReference", "fb5ed330-edc1-4c2b-99e2-6b865cdf88f2");
                                    order.put("reference", UUID.randomUUID().toString());
                                    order.put("refundWay","Original");
                                    String requestBody = gson.toJson(order);
                                    System.out.println("--request:");
                                    System.out.println(requestBody);
                                    String oPaySignature = hmacSHA512(requestBody, privateKey);
                                    System.out.println("--signature:");
                                    System.out.println(oPaySignature);

                                    URL url = new URL(addr);
                                    HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection)url.openConnection();
                                    con.setRequestMethod("POST");
                                    con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json; utf-8");
                                    con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer "+oPaySignature);
                                    con.setRequestProperty("MerchantId", merchantId);
                                    con.setDoOutput(true);
                                    OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream();
                                    byte[] input = requestBody.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                                    os.write(input, 0, input.length);
                                    BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream(), StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
                                    StringBuilder response = new StringBuilder();
                                    String responseLine = null;
                                    while ((responseLine = br.readLine()) != null) {
                                        response.append(responseLine.trim());
                                    }

                                    System.out.println("--response:");
                                    System.out.println(response.toString());
                                    //close your stream and connection
                                }

                                public static String hmacSHA512(final String data, final String secureKey) throws Exception{
                                    byte[] bytesKey = secureKey.getBytes();
                                    final SecretKeySpec secretKey = new SecretKeySpec(bytesKey, "HmacSHA512");
                                    Mac mac = Mac.getInstance("HmacSHA512");
                                    mac.init(secretKey);
                                    final byte[] macData = mac.doFinal(data.getBytes());
                                    byte[] hex = new Hex().encode(macData);
                                    return new String(hex, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
                                }
                            }

                        
                    
Note

Note

Header must contain the "Signature" , "MerchantId"

Signature is calculated using SHA-512 HMAC signed with your Private Key. See API Calls Signature section for more details.

OPay Refund Payment Response


Response Parameters:

The parameters contained in the response received whenever you call the Transaction Create API as a JSON Object.

                
                    {
                      "code": "00000",
                      "message": "SUCCESSFUL",
                      "data": {
                        "reference": "03948512001",
                        "originalReference": "03948512",
                        "orderNo": "211003140885499643",
                        "originalOrderNo": "211003140885503763",
                        "country": "NG",
                        "refundAmount":{
                            "currency":"NGN",
                            "total":400
                        }
                        "orderStatus": "SUCCESS"
                      }
                    }
            
                    

Here is a detailed description for the parameters received in the response:

Parameter type Description example
reference String Merchant's refund order number. 03948512001
originalReference String Merchant's original order number. 03948512
orderNo String OPay refund order number. 211003140885499643
originalOrderNo String OPay original order number. 10212100000034000
refundAmount
total Integer Refund amount(cent unit). 400
currency String currency type.See full list here NGN
country String Country Code.See full list here NG
orderStatus enum [INITIAL, PENDING, SUCCESS, FAIL]

SUCCESS

Error Handling


After submitting an API call to OPay, you receive a response back to inform you that your request was received and processed. A successful OPay API should return a status code 00, meanwhile, in a situation where any payment processing error occurred, you will receive an error code with a message to describe the reason of the error. A sample error response can be found below.

                    
                        {
                            "code": "02006",
                            "message": "original payment not found."
                        }
                    
                

Depending on the HTTP status code of the response, you should build some logic to handle any errors that a request or the system may return. A list of possible potential error codes that you may receive can be found below.

Error Code Error Message
02000 authentication failed.
02001 request params not valid.
02006 not found.
02002 merchant not configured with this function.
02007 merchant not available.
50003 service not available, please try again.

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