PowerShell 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

PowerShell Example

[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadFile("C:\myAssemblies\ChilkatDotNet2.dll")

$rest = New-Object Chilkat.Rest

#  URL: https://api.stripe.com/v1/refunds
$bTls = $true
$port = 443
$bAutoReconnect = $true
$success = $rest.Connect("api.stripe.com",$port,$bTls,$bAutoReconnect)
if ($success -ne $true) {
    $("ConnectFailReason: " + $rest.ConnectFailReason)
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

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

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

$strResponseBody = $rest.FullRequestFormUrlEncoded("POST","/v1/refunds")
if ($rest.LastMethodSuccess -ne $true) {
    $($rest.LastErrorText)
    exit
}

$jsonResponse = New-Object Chilkat.JsonObject
$jsonResponse.Load($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"
}