> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://spreecommerce.org/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Refund a return > Gives the customer their money back. The seller is merchant of record for their own child order, so this is theirs to do. The amount is bounded by what the return is owed and, on a basket split between sellers, by this order's share of the payment — never a sibling's. ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/seller.yaml patch /api/v3/seller/orders/{order_id}/returns/{id}/refund openapi: 3.0.3 info: title: Seller API contact: name: Spree Commerce url: https://spreecommerce.org email: hello@spreecommerce.org description: | Spree Seller API v3 - the marketplace seller panel, where a seller runs their own shop inside someone else's marketplace. This is a branch of its own, not a narrowing of the Admin API. Every endpoint is scoped server-side to the seller the request acts as, which is what makes cross-seller access impossible by construction rather than by rule. Sellers never call the Admin API. ## Authentication Sign in at `POST /api/v3/seller/auth/login` and send the returned JWT as `Authorization: Bearer `. The token carries a `seller_api` audience — a token minted for the storefront or the back office is not accepted here, and vice versa. There is deliberately **no secret API key** for this branch: a credential that could act as a seller without a seller signing in is exactly what the separate audience exists to prevent. ### Choosing a seller A user may run more than one seller. Login returns the list; send the chosen seller's ID in the `X-Spree-Seller-Id` header on every authenticated request. The store is derived from the seller — never sent — so no header can widen what a seller reaches. A request that names no seller the caller belongs to is rejected with `403`. ## Response Format All responses are JSON. List endpoints return paginated responses with `data` and `meta` keys. ## Error Handling Errors return a consistent format: ```json { "error": { "code": "validation_error", "message": "Validation failed", "details": { "name": ["can't be blank"] } } } ``` version: v3 servers: - url: http://{defaultHost} variables: defaultHost: default: localhost:3000 security: [] tags: - name: Authentication description: Seller sign-in, token refresh, logout, and invitation acceptance - name: Account description: The signed-in user, the sellers they may act for, and what they may do - name: Countries description: Country and state reference data for the panel's address forms - name: Delivery Methods description: >- The seller's own ways to ship, and the marketplace methods shared with them - name: Delivery Profiles description: >- The marketplace's delivery vocabulary — what kind of goods a product is, which decides how it ships - name: Delivery Zones description: >- The marketplace's destinations, for narrowing where a seller's own method ships - name: Onboarding description: >- The marketplace checklist a seller completes before admission, and what they submit against it - name: Policies description: The seller's own legal documents, as the marketplace asks them to publish - name: Product Types description: The types a seller may list a product against, and what each adds - name: Products description: The seller's own catalog - name: Profile description: >- The seller's own record — presentation, contact details, addresses, and tax registration - name: Stock Locations description: Where the seller keeps stock, and so where their returns are sent - name: Team description: Who runs this seller, and the invitations nobody has accepted yet - name: Files description: Uploading the files a profile, a submission or an import uses paths: /api/v3/seller/orders/{order_id}/returns/{id}/refund: parameters: - name: order_id in: path required: true schema: type: string - name: id in: path required: true schema: type: string patch: tags: - Returns summary: Refund a return description: | Gives the customer their money back. The seller is merchant of record for their own child order, so this is theirs to do. The amount is bounded by what the return is owed and, on a basket split between sellers, by this order's share of the payment — never a sibling's. parameters: - name: X-Spree-Seller-Id in: header required: true schema: type: string requestBody: content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReturnRefundParams' responses: '200': description: return refunded content: application/json: example: id: ret_UkLWZg9DAJ number: RET1001 status: refunded order_id: or_UkLWZg9DAJ reason_id: null refund_total: '10.00' refund_tax_total: '0.00' approved_at: '2026-01-15T12:00:00Z' received_at: '2026-01-15T12:00:00Z' refunded_at: '2026-01-15T12:00:00Z' canceled_at: null memo: null stock_location_id: sloc_UkLWZg9DAJ refunded_total: '10.00' refundable_total: '0.00' schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Return' '422': description: more than the return is owed content: application/json: example: error: code: processing_error message: That is more than the amount still refundable. security: - bearer_auth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: javascript label: Spree Seller SDK source: >- import { createSellerClient } from '@spree/seller-sdk' const client = createSellerClient({ baseUrl: 'https://your-store.com', jwtToken: 'eyJhbGciOi...', sellerId: 'sel_UkLWZg9DAJ', }) const orderReturn = await client.orders.returns.refund('or_UkLWZg9DAJ', 'ret_UkLWZg9DAJ', { refund_method: 'original_payment', }) components: schemas: ReturnRefundParams: type: object properties: amount: type: string format: decimal pattern: ^-?\d+(\.\d+)?$ nullable: true refund_method: type: string enum: - original_payment - store_credit description: Defaults to `original_payment`. Return: type: object properties: id: type: string number: type: string status: anyOf: - type: string enum: - requested - approved - received - refunded - canceled - type: string description: The values listed are the built-in ones; extensions may add more. order_id: type: string nullable: true reason_id: type: string nullable: true refund_total: type: string refund_tax_total: type: string approved_at: type: string nullable: true received_at: type: string nullable: true refunded_at: type: string nullable: true canceled_at: type: string nullable: true reason: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Reason' return_line_items: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/ReturnLineItem' memo: type: string nullable: true stock_location_id: type: string nullable: true refunded_total: type: string refundable_total: type: string required: - id - number - status - order_id - reason_id - refund_total - refund_tax_total - approved_at - received_at - refunded_at - canceled_at - memo - stock_location_id - refunded_total - refundable_total x-typelizer: true Reason: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string active: type: boolean required: - id - name - active x-typelizer: true ReturnLineItem: type: object properties: id: type: string quantity: type: number received_quantity: type: number resellable: type: boolean pre_tax_amount: type: string included_tax_total: type: string additional_tax_total: type: string tax_total: type: string refund_amount: type: string variant_id: type: string nullable: true line_item_id: type: string nullable: true fulfillment_item_id: type: string nullable: true variant: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Variant' name: type: string nullable: true required: - id - quantity - received_quantity - resellable - pre_tax_amount - included_tax_total - additional_tax_total - tax_total - refund_amount - variant_id - line_item_id - fulfillment_item_id - name x-typelizer: true Variant: type: object properties: id: type: string product_id: type: string sku: type: string nullable: true options_text: type: string track_inventory: type: boolean media_count: type: number preorder_ships_at: type: string nullable: true thumbnail_url: type: string nullable: true purchasable: type: boolean in_stock: type: boolean backorderable: type: boolean preorder: type: boolean weight: type: number nullable: true height: type: number nullable: true width: type: number nullable: true depth: type: number nullable: true weight_unit: type: string enum: - g - kg - lb - oz dimensions_unit: type: string enum: - mm - cm - in - ft minimum_order_quantity: type: number nullable: true order_multiple: type: number nullable: true purchase_unit: type: string nullable: true enum: - unit - carton units_per_carton: type: number nullable: true price: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Price' original_price: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Price' nullable: true seller_id: type: string nullable: true seller: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Seller' primary_media: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Media' media: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Media' option_values: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/OptionValue' custom_fields: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomField' prior_price: allOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PriceHistory' nullable: true metadata: type: object position: type: number cost_currency: type: string nullable: true enum: - AED - AFN - ALL - AMD - ANG - AOA - ARS - AUD - AWG - AZN - BAM - BBD - BDT - BGN - BHD - BIF - BMD - BND - BOB - BRL - BSD - BTN - BWP - BYN - BYR - BZD - CAD - CDF - CHF - CLF - CLP - CNY - COP - CRC - CUC - CUP - CVE - CZK - DJF - DKK - DOP - DZD - EEK - EGP - ERN - ETB - EUR - FJD - FKP - GBP - GEL - GHS - GIP - GMD - GNF - GTQ - GYD - HKD - HNL - HRK - HTG - HUF - IDR - ILS - INR - IQD - IRR - ISK - JMD - JOD - JPY - KES - KGS - KHR - KMF - KPW - KRW - KWD - KYD - KZT - LAK - LBP - LKR - LRD - LSL - LTL - LVL - LYD - MAD - MDL - MGA - MKD - MMK - MNT - MOP - MRO - MRU - MTL - MUR - MVR - MWK - MXN - MYR - MZN - NAD - NGN - NIO - NOK - NPR - NZD - OMR - PAB - PEN - PGK - PHP - PKR - PLN - PYG - QAR - RON - RSD - RUB - RWF - SAR - SBD - SCR - SDG - SEK - SGD - SHP - SKK - SLE - SLL - SOS - SRD - SSP - STD - STN - SVC - SYP - SZL - THB - TJS - TMM - TMT - TND - TOP - TRY - TTD - TWD - TZS - UAH - UGX - USD - UYI - UYU - UYW - UZS - VED - VEF - VES - VND - VUV - WST - XAF - XCD - XCG - XOF - XPF - YER - ZAR - ZMK - ZMW - ZWD - ZWG - ZWL - ZWN - ZWR barcode: type: string nullable: true backorder_limit: type: number nullable: true hs_code: type: string nullable: true country_of_origin: type: string nullable: true enum: - AD - AE - AF - AG - AI - AL - AM - AO - AR - AS - AT - AU - AW - AZ - BA - BB - BD - BE - BF - BG - BH - BI - BJ - BL - BM - BN - BO - BQ - BR - BS - BT - BW - BY - BZ - CA - CC - CD - CF - CG - CH - CI - CK - CL - CM - CN - CO - CR - CU - CV - CW - CX - CY - CZ - DE - DJ - DK - DM - DO - DZ - EC - EE - EG - ER - ES - ET - FI - FJ - FK - FM - FO - FR - GA - GB - GD - GE - GF - GG - GH - GI - GL - GM - GN - GP - GQ - GR - GT - GU - GW - GY - HK - HN - HR - HT - HU - ID - IE - IL - IM - IN - IQ - IR - IS - IT - JE - JM - JO - JP - KE - KG - KH - KI - KM - KN - KP - KR - KW - KY - KZ - LA - LB - LC - LI - LK - LR - LS - LT - LU - LV - LY - MA - MC - MD - ME - MF - MG - MH - MK - ML - MM - MN - MO - MP - MQ - MR - MS - MT - MU - MV - MW - MX - MY - MZ - NA - NC - NE - NF - NG - NI - NL - 'NO' - NP - NR - NU - NZ - OM - PA - PE - PF - PG - PH - PK - PL - PM - PN - PR - PS - PT - PW - PY - QA - RE - RO - RS - RU - RW - SA - SB - SC - SD - SE - SG - SH - SI - SJ - SK - SL - SM - SN - SO - SR - SS - ST - SV - SX - SY - SZ - TC - TD - TG - TH - TJ - TK - TL - TM - TN - TO - TR - TT - TV - TW - TZ - UA - UG - US - UY - UZ - VA - VC - VE - VG - VI - VN - VU - WF - WS - YE - YT - ZA - ZM - ZW customs_description: type: string nullable: true created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string cost_price: type: string nullable: true preorderable: type: boolean available_stock: type: number nullable: true total_on_hand: type: number nullable: true prices: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Price' stock_levels: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StockLevel' required: - id - product_id - sku - options_text - track_inventory - media_count - preorder_ships_at - thumbnail_url - purchasable - in_stock - backorderable - preorder - weight - height - width - depth - weight_unit - dimensions_unit - minimum_order_quantity - order_multiple - purchase_unit - units_per_carton - price - original_price - seller_id - option_values - metadata - position - cost_currency - barcode - backorder_limit - hs_code - country_of_origin - customs_description - created_at - updated_at - cost_price - preorderable - available_stock - total_on_hand x-typelizer: true Price: type: object properties: id: type: string currency: type: string nullable: true enum: - AED - AFN - ALL - AMD - ANG - AOA - ARS - AUD - AWG - AZN - BAM - BBD - BDT - BGN - BHD - BIF - BMD - BND - BOB - BRL - BSD - BTN - BWP - BYN - BYR - BZD - CAD - CDF - CHF - CLF - CLP - CNY - COP - CRC - CUC - CUP - CVE - CZK - DJF - DKK - DOP - DZD - EEK - EGP - ERN - ETB - EUR - FJD - FKP - GBP - GEL - GHS - GIP - GMD - GNF - GTQ - GYD - HKD - HNL - HRK - HTG - HUF - IDR - ILS - INR - IQD - IRR - ISK - JMD - JOD - JPY - KES - KGS - KHR - KMF - KPW - KRW - KWD - KYD - KZT - LAK - LBP - LKR - LRD - LSL - LTL - LVL - LYD - MAD - MDL - MGA - MKD - MMK - MNT - MOP - MRO - MRU - MTL - MUR - MVR - MWK - MXN - MYR - MZN - NAD - NGN - NIO - NOK - NPR - NZD - OMR - PAB - PEN - PGK - PHP - PKR - PLN - PYG - QAR - RON - RSD - RUB - RWF - SAR - SBD - SCR - SDG - SEK - SGD - SHP - SKK - SLE - SLL - SOS - SRD - SSP - STD - STN - SVC - SYP - SZL - THB - TJS - TMM - TMT - TND - TOP - TRY - TTD - TWD - TZS - UAH - UGX - USD - UYI - UYU - UYW - UZS - VED - VEF - VES - VND - VUV - WST - XAF - XCD - XCG - XOF - XPF - YER - ZAR - ZMK - ZMW - ZWD - ZWG - ZWL - ZWN - ZWR amount: type: string nullable: true compare_at_amount: type: string nullable: true price_list_id: type: string nullable: true required: - id - currency - amount - compare_at_amount - price_list_id x-typelizer: true Seller: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string slug: type: string about: type: string about_html: type: string logo_url: type: string nullable: true square_logo_url: type: string nullable: true cover_photo_url: type: string nullable: true policies: type: array items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Policy' required: - id - name - slug - about - about_html - logo_url - square_logo_url - cover_photo_url x-typelizer: true Media: type: object properties: id: type: string product_id: type: string nullable: true variant_ids: type: array items: type: string position: type: number alt: type: string nullable: true media_type: type: string enum: - image - video - external_video external_video_url: type: string nullable: true focal_point_x: type: number nullable: true focal_point_y: type: number nullable: true video_provider: type: string nullable: true video_embed_url: type: string nullable: true video_url: type: string nullable: true poster_url: type: string nullable: true original_url: type: string nullable: true mini_url: type: string nullable: true small_url: type: string nullable: true medium_url: type: string nullable: true large_url: type: string nullable: true xlarge_url: type: string nullable: true og_image_url: type: string nullable: true created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string required: - id - product_id - variant_ids - position - alt - media_type - external_video_url - focal_point_x - focal_point_y - video_provider - video_embed_url - video_url - poster_url - original_url - mini_url - small_url - medium_url - large_url - xlarge_url - og_image_url - created_at - updated_at x-typelizer: true OptionValue: type: object properties: id: type: string option_type_id: type: string name: type: string label: type: string position: type: number color_code: type: string nullable: true option_type_name: type: string option_type_label: type: string image_url: type: string nullable: true required: - id - option_type_id - name - label - position - color_code - option_type_name - option_type_label - image_url x-typelizer: true CustomField: type: object properties: id: type: string label: type: string field_type: type: string enum: - short_text - long_text - rich_text - number - boolean - json key: type: string value: {} required: - id - label - field_type - key - value x-typelizer: true PriceHistory: type: object properties: id: type: string currency: type: string enum: - AED - AFN - ALL - AMD - ANG - AOA - ARS - AUD - AWG - AZN - BAM - BBD - BDT - BGN - BHD - BIF - BMD - BND - BOB - BRL - BSD - BTN - BWP - BYN - BYR - BZD - CAD - CDF - CHF - CLF - CLP - CNY - COP - CRC - CUC - CUP - CVE - CZK - DJF - DKK - DOP - DZD - EEK - EGP - ERN - ETB - EUR - FJD - FKP - GBP - GEL - GHS - GIP - GMD - GNF - GTQ - GYD - HKD - HNL - HRK - HTG - HUF - IDR - ILS - INR - IQD - IRR - ISK - JMD - JOD - JPY - KES - KGS - KHR - KMF - KPW - KRW - KWD - KYD - KZT - LAK - LBP - LKR - LRD - LSL - LTL - LVL - LYD - MAD - MDL - MGA - MKD - MMK - MNT - MOP - MRO - MRU - MTL - MUR - MVR - MWK - MXN - MYR - MZN - NAD - NGN - NIO - NOK - NPR - NZD - OMR - PAB - PEN - PGK - PHP - PKR - PLN - PYG - QAR - RON - RSD - RUB - RWF - SAR - SBD - SCR - SDG - SEK - SGD - SHP - SKK - SLE - SLL - SOS - SRD - SSP - STD - STN - SVC - SYP - SZL - THB - TJS - TMM - TMT - TND - TOP - TRY - TTD - TWD - TZS - UAH - UGX - USD - UYI - UYU - UYW - UZS - VED - VEF - VES - VND - VUV - WST - XAF - XCD - XCG - XOF - XPF - YER - ZAR - ZMK - ZMW - ZWD - ZWG - ZWL - ZWN - ZWR amount: type: string nullable: true recorded_at: type: string required: - id - currency - amount - recorded_at x-typelizer: true StockLevel: type: object properties: id: type: string count_on_hand: type: number backorderable: type: boolean stock_location_id: type: string nullable: true variant_id: type: string nullable: true created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string allocated_count: type: number available_count: type: number stock_location: $ref: '#/components/schemas/StockLocation' required: - id - count_on_hand - backorderable - stock_location_id - variant_id - created_at - updated_at - allocated_count - available_count x-typelizer: true Policy: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string slug: type: string body: type: string nullable: true body_html: type: string nullable: true updated_at: type: string created_at: type: string required: - id - name - slug - body - body_html - updated_at - created_at x-typelizer: true StockLocation: type: object properties: id: type: string name: type: string address1: type: string nullable: true city: type: string nullable: true zipcode: type: string nullable: true country_code: type: string nullable: true enum: - AD - AE - AF - AG - AI - AL - AM - AO - AR - AS - AT - AU - AW - AZ - BA - BB - BD - BE - BF - BG - BH - BI - BJ - BL - BM - BN - BO - BQ - BR - BS - BT - BW - BY - BZ - CA - CC - CD - CF - CG - CH - CI - CK - CL - CM - CN - CO - CR - CU - CV - CW - CX - CY - CZ - DE - DJ - DK - DM - DO - DZ - EC - EE - EG - ER - ES - ET - FI - FJ - FK - FM - FO - FR - GA - GB - GD - GE - GF - GG - GH - GI - GL - GM - GN - GP - GQ - GR - GT - GU - GW - GY - HK - HN - HR - HT - HU - ID - IE - IL - IM - IN - IQ - IR - IS - IT - JE - JM - JO - JP - KE - KG - KH - KI - KM - KN - KP - KR - KW - KY - KZ - LA - LB - LC - LI - LK - LR - LS - LT - LU - LV - LY - MA - MC - MD - ME - MF - MG - MH - MK - ML - MM - MN - MO - MP - MQ - MR - MS - MT - MU - MV - MW - MX - MY - MZ - NA - NC - NE - NF - NG - NI - NL - 'NO' - NP - NR - NU - NZ - OM - PA - PE - PF - PG - PH - PK - PL - PM - PN - PR - PS - PT - PW - PY - QA - RE - RO - RS - RU - RW - SA - SB - SC - SD - SE - SG - SH - SI - SJ - SK - SL - SM - SN - SO - SR - SS - ST - SV - SX - SY - SZ - TC - TD - TG - TH - TJ - TK - TL - TM - TN - TO - TR - TT - TV - TW - TZ - UA - UG - US - UY - UZ - VA - VC - VE - VG - VI - VN - VU - WF - WS - YE - YT - ZA - ZM - ZW country_name: type: string nullable: true state_code: type: string nullable: true state_text: type: string nullable: true pickup_ready_in_minutes: type: number nullable: true pickup_instructions: type: string nullable: true address2: type: string nullable: true state_name: type: string nullable: true phone: type: string nullable: true company: type: string nullable: true active: type: boolean default: type: boolean kind: anyOf: - type: string enum: - warehouse - store - fulfillment_center - type: string description: The values listed are the built-in ones; extensions may add more. returns_enabled: type: boolean created_at: type: string updated_at: type: string required: - id - name - address1 - city - zipcode - country_code - country_name - state_code - state_text - pickup_ready_in_minutes - pickup_instructions - address2 - state_name - phone - company - active - default - kind - returns_enabled - created_at - updated_at x-typelizer: true securitySchemes: bearer_auth: type: http scheme: bearer bearerFormat: JWT description: JWT token for an authenticated seller session (`seller_api` audience) ```` This documentation is built and hosted on [Mintlify](https://mintlify.com), a developer documentation platform.