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WooCommerce Order Refunds API

Create and retrieve refunds associated with orders

WooCommerce Order Refunds API is one of 21 APIs that WooCommerce publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 7 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Order Refunds. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, authentication docs, and 7 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version v3.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://example.com/wp-json/wc/v3.

4 operations 2 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE2 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
v3
Base URL
https://example.com/wp-json/wc/v3
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

WooCommerce Order Refunds API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic Auth using the WooCommerce Consumer Key as the username and Consumer Secret as the password over HTTPS. Over plain HTTP use OAuth 1.0a one-legged au…

Paths & Operations 4

Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 2 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Order Refunds 4

Create and retrieve refunds associated with orders

GET
/orders/{order_id}/refunds
WooCommerce List All Order Refunds
listOrderRefunds 3 params → 200401404
POST
/orders/{order_id}/refunds
WooCommerce Create an Order Refund
createOrderRefund 1 param body → 201400401
GET
/orders/{order_id}/refunds/{id}
WooCommerce Retrieve an Order Refund
getOrderRefund 2 params → 200401404
DELETE
/orders/{order_id}/refunds/{id}
WooCommerce Delete an Order Refund
deleteOrderRefund 3 params → 200401404

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are LineItem (13 properties), OrderRefund (7 properties), OrderRefundInput (5 properties), Error (3 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

OrderRefundInput
object
Input for creating an order refund.
5 properties
MetaData
object
Custom metadata key-value entry.
3 properties
LineItem
object
A product line item within an order.
13 properties
OrderRefund
object
A refund associated with an order.
7 properties
Error
object
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

woocommerce-order-refunds-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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