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Synchrony Financial Refunds API

Process refunds and credit adjustments.

Synchrony Financial Refunds API is one of 9 APIs that Synchrony Financial publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Refunds. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://api.syf.com, https://sandbox.api.syf.com.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1.0
Base URL
https://api.syf.com
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Synchrony Financial Refunds API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Refunds 1

Process refunds and credit adjustments.

POST
/v1/authorizations/refunds
Create Refund
createRefund body → 200400

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are AuthorizationResponse (7 properties), RefundRequest (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

RefundRequest
object
3 properties 3 required
AuthorizationResponse
object
7 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

synchrony-financial-refunds-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Synchrony Financial publishes across the network.

Synchrony Account Management API
Synchrony Financial Applications API
Synchrony Financial Decisions API
Synchrony Financial Payments API
Synchrony Financial Preapprovals API
Synchrony Financial Preauthorizations API
Synchrony Financial Purchases API
Synchrony Financial Reversals API
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