How to Process PayPal Subscription Refund With API?

Question

After proceeding with the subscription to Sandbox, the data below will be answered.

orderID:3MA30854KN5622241
subscriptionID:I-E1DY12BAWXD1

With the above information, it is possible to suspend the subscription, but it does not appear to be refundable for the subscription.

API https://api-m.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/{id}

I checked if there was any information if I searched for subscription information, but I couldn't find a way to process a subscription refund in the response value, so I'm asking for your help.

If a refund is originally impossible, I would appreciate it if you could let me know that it is impossible. Thank you.

How to handle PayPal subscription cancellation and refund processing with API

Answer 1

Here is what should work...

Query transactions on the profile with the List transactions for subscription API. Note that start_time and end_time are required query string parameters , e.g. as per the sample

https://api-m.sandbox.paypal.com/v1/billing/subscriptions/I-BW452GLLEP1G/transactions?start_time=2018-01-21T07:50:20.940Z&end_time=2018-08-21T07:50:20.940Z

The response will have transaction IDs (which are not order IDs)

Transaction IDs are the same as captures or sales, and should be usable with one of the refund API operations...

• v2: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v2/#captures_refund
• older v1: https://developer.paypal.com/docs/api/payments/v1/#sale_refund