Perl 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

Perl Example

use chilkat();

$rest = chilkat::CkRest->new();

#  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/refunds
$bTls = 1;
$port = 443;
$bAutoReconnect = 1;
$success = $rest->Connect("api.stripe.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect);
if ($success != 1) {
    print "ConnectFailReason: " . $rest->get_ConnectFailReason() . "\r\n";
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$rest->SetAuthBasic("STRIPE_SECRET_KEY","");

$rest->AddQueryParam("charge","ch_1BnETKGswQrCoh0XE7kJI2wj");

$strResponseBody = $rest->fullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/refunds");
if ($rest->get_LastMethodSuccess() != 1) {
    print $rest->lastErrorText() . "\r\n";
    exit;
}

$jsonResponse = chilkat::CkJsonObject->new();
$jsonResponse->Load($strResponseBody);

$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");

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"
}