Android™ Stripe: Create a Refund

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Creates a new refund to refund a charge that has previously been created but not yet refunded.

Documentation: https://stripe.com/docs/api/curl#create_refund

CURL Command

curl https://api.stripe.com/v1/refunds \
   -u STRIPE_SECRET_KEY: \
   -d charge=ch_1BnETKGswQrCoh0XE7kJI2wj
   -X POST

Android™ Example

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    CkRest rest = new CkRest();
    boolean success;

    //  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/refunds
    boolean bTls = true;
    int port = 443;
    boolean bAutoReconnect = true;
    success = rest.Connect("api.stripe.com",port,bTls,bAutoReconnect);
    if (success != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, "ConnectFailReason: " + String.valueOf(rest.get_ConnectFailReason()));
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    rest.SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

    rest.AddQueryParam("charge","ch_1BnETKGswQrCoh0XE7kJI2wj");

    String strResponseBody = rest.fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/refunds");
    if (rest.get_LastMethodSuccess() != true) {
        Log.i(TAG, rest.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    CkJsonObject jsonResponse = new CkJsonObject();
    jsonResponse.Load(strResponseBody);

    String id;
    String object;
    int amount;
    boolean balance_transaction;
    String charge;
    int created;
    String currency;
    boolean reason;
    boolean receipt_number;
    String status;

    id = jsonResponse.stringOf("id");
    object = jsonResponse.stringOf("object");
    amount = jsonResponse.IntOf("amount");
    balance_transaction = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("balance_transaction");
    charge = jsonResponse.stringOf("charge");
    created = jsonResponse.IntOf("created");
    currency = jsonResponse.stringOf("currency");
    reason = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("reason");
    receipt_number = jsonResponse.IsNullOf("receipt_number");
    status = jsonResponse.stringOf("status");

  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Sample JSON Response Body

{
  "id": "re_1BnETKGswQrCoh0XT2qLx7S0",
  "object": "refund",
  "amount": 100,
  "balance_transaction": null,
  "charge": "ch_1BnETKGswQrCoh0XE7kJI2wj",
  "created": 1516662782,
  "currency": "usd",
  "metadata": {},
  "reason": null,
  "receipt_number": null,
  "status": "succeeded"
}