> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.natural.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. > ## Agent Instructions > When building application code, use `@naturalpay/sdk` for TypeScript or `naturalpay` for Python. > When operating Natural directly for a user, use the payments MCP at `https://mcp.natural.com`. > When searching Natural documentation, use the docs MCP at `https://docs.natural.com/mcp`. > Use the Natural CLI for terminal and CI automation. > Use REST only for unsupported languages or when the user explicitly requests raw HTTP. > Start integration development and testing in the sandbox. Do not use production unless the user explicitly requests it. > For sandbox requests that require `customerPartyId`, list customers first. Reuse only the intended fixture; otherwise create a customer. > REST and SDK amounts use integer minor units. Payments MCP amounts use decimal strings with a required currency code. # Create refund > Refund a card payment ## OpenAPI ````yaml /api-reference/openapi-early-access.json post /refunds openapi: 3.1.1 info: title: Natural API (early access) version: 0.2.0 description: |- Early-access endpoints of Natural's payments API. **Base URL:** `https://api.natural.com` For access: hi@natural.com servers: - url: https://api.natural.com description: Production security: [] tags: - name: Payment Intents description: Accept card payments by link or over voice - name: Voice description: Collect a payment intent over a phone call - name: Refunds description: Return card payments to the payer paths: /refunds: post: tags: - Refunds summary: Create refund description: Refund a card payment operationId: refunds.create parameters: - name: Idempotency-Key in: header required: true schema: type: string maxLength: 255 description: >- Unique key for safely retrying a request without creating duplicates. - name: X-Instance-ID in: header required: false schema: anyOf: - type: string maxLength: 1024 - type: 'null' description: >- Caller-chosen identifier for the agent run, session, or conversation, required when an agent moves money. requestBody: required: true content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: attributes: type: object properties: customerPartyId: type: string pattern: ^pty_[0-9a-f]{32}$ description: >- Customer party to refund for (pty_*), when acting under a delegation. Absent = act as own party. paymentIntentId: type: string pattern: ^pmi_[0-9a-f]{32}$ description: Payment intent to refund (pmi_*). amountMinor: type: integer minimum: 1 description: >- Amount in cents. Omit to refund everything still refundable. currency: description: Currency code. USD only. type: string enum: - USD reason: enum: - duplicate - fraudulent - requested_by_customer type: string description: Why the merchant refunded. required: - paymentIntentId additionalProperties: false title: CreateRefundAttributes required: - attributes additionalProperties: false required: - data additionalProperties: false title: CreateRefundRequest examples: default: summary: Default value: data: attributes: paymentIntentId: pmi_019d0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7 amountMinor: 1000 currency: USD reason: requested_by_customer responses: '201': description: Successful Response content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: id: type: string pattern: ^rfd_[0-9a-f]{32}$ description: Refund ID (rfd_*). type: description: Resource type. type: string enum: - refund attributes: type: object properties: amountMinor: type: integer description: Amount in cents. currency: type: string description: Currency code. reason: anyOf: - enum: - duplicate - fraudulent - requested_by_customer type: string - type: 'null' description: Why the merchant refunded. status: enum: - pending - succeeded - failed type: string description: Refund status. failureReason: anyOf: - enum: - declined - processor_error type: string - type: 'null' description: Failure reason when status is failed. processedAs: anyOf: - enum: - void - reversal type: string - type: 'null' description: >- How the processor executed the refund: a void or a reversal. createdAt: type: string description: ISO creation timestamp. updatedAt: type: string description: ISO update timestamp. required: - amountMinor - currency - reason - status - failureReason - processedAs - createdAt - updatedAt additionalProperties: false title: RefundAttributes relationships: type: object properties: paymentIntent: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - paymentIntent id: type: string pattern: ^pmi_[0-9a-f]{32}$ required: - type - id additionalProperties: false title: ResourceIdentifier description: Related resource identifier. required: - data additionalProperties: false title: ToOneRelationship description: The intent whose payment is refunded. cardPayment: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - cardPayment id: type: string pattern: ^cpy_[0-9a-f]{32}$ required: - type - id additionalProperties: false title: ResourceIdentifier description: Related resource identifier. required: - data additionalProperties: false title: ToOneRelationship description: The card payment refunded. customerParty: type: object properties: data: type: object properties: type: type: string enum: - party id: type: string pattern: ^pty_[0-9a-f]{32}$ required: - type - id additionalProperties: false title: ResourceIdentifier description: Related resource identifier. required: - data additionalProperties: false title: ToOneRelationship description: The merchant party that refunded. required: - paymentIntent - cardPayment - customerParty additionalProperties: false title: RefundRelationships required: - id - type - attributes - relationships additionalProperties: false title: RefundResource required: - data additionalProperties: false title: RefundResponse examples: default: summary: Default value: data: id: rfd_019d0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c701 type: refund attributes: amountMinor: 1000 currency: USD reason: requested_by_customer status: pending failureReason: null processedAs: null createdAt: '2026-09-10T15:00:00.000Z' updatedAt: '2026-09-10T15:00:00.000Z' relationships: paymentIntent: data: type: paymentIntent id: pmi_019d0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d7 cardPayment: data: type: cardPayment id: cpy_019d0a1b2c3d4e5f60718293a4b5c6d8 customerParty: data: type: party id: pty_019cd1798d617f65a79cb965dda9eac3 headers: X-RateLimit-Limit: description: Maximum requests allowed per window. schema: type: integer X-RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in current window. schema: type: integer X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Unix timestamp when rate limit resets. schema: type: integer '400': description: Validation Error content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: invalid_value detail: >- The information you entered isn't valid. Please check it and try again. status: '400' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '401': description: Unauthorized content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: unauthenticated detail: Authentication is required. status: '401' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '403': description: Forbidden content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: forbidden detail: You do not have permission to perform this action. status: '403' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '404': description: >- Not Found. Returned when the resource does not exist, or when it exists but is not accessible to your account. The two cases are intentionally indistinguishable, so that resource IDs cannot be enumerated by probing. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: not_found detail: The requested resource was not found. status: '404' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '409': description: Conflict content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: conflict detail: The request conflicts with the current resource state. status: '409' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '422': description: >- Validation Error. The response contains one error object for each invalid request value. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: invalid_value detail: 'Too big: expected string to have <=80 characters' status: '422' source: pointer: /data/attributes/description meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '428': description: Precondition Required content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: mfa_required detail: MFA verification required status: '428' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '429': description: Too Many Requests content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: rate_limited detail: Too many requests. Please try again later. status: '429' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 headers: Retry-After: description: Seconds to wait before retrying. schema: type: integer X-RateLimit-Limit: description: Maximum requests allowed per window. schema: type: integer X-RateLimit-Remaining: description: Requests remaining in current window. schema: type: integer X-RateLimit-Reset: description: Unix timestamp when rate limit resets. schema: type: integer '500': description: Internal Server Error content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: server_error detail: Something went wrong. status: '500' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '501': description: Not Implemented content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: not_implemented detail: This operation is not available. status: '501' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '502': description: Bad Gateway content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: bad_gateway detail: >- We couldn't complete that request because one of Natural's services returned an unexpected response. Please try again. status: '502' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 '503': description: Service Unavailable content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: errors: type: array minItems: 1 items: type: object properties: code: type: string description: Stable lower-snake-case public error code. detail: type: string description: Safe user-facing error detail. status: type: string description: HTTP status code as a string. source: type: object description: Location of the invalid request value. properties: pointer: type: string description: JSON Pointer to the invalid request value. parameter: type: string description: Name of the invalid query parameter. header: type: string description: Name of the invalid request header. additionalProperties: false meta: type: object description: >- Additional error context, including support and provider details when available. properties: supportId: type: string description: Request/support ID for troubleshooting. limitScope: type: string enum: - merchant - program description: >- Which family of acquiring limit refused the payment. Thresholds and usage are never disclosed. connectionStatus: type: string enum: - login_required - disconnected description: >- External account connection state when the error is repairable by relinking. provider: type: object description: Provider error details, when available. properties: name: type: string enum: - plaid description: Provider that returned the underlying error. errorCode: type: string description: Provider error code, when available. errorType: type: string description: Provider error type, when available. requestId: type: string description: Provider request ID for troubleshooting. required: - name additionalProperties: false required: - supportId additionalProperties: false required: - code - detail - status - meta additionalProperties: false required: - errors additionalProperties: false examples: default: summary: Default value: errors: - code: service_unavailable detail: The service is temporarily unavailable. status: '503' meta: supportId: req_a1b2c3d4e5f6 security: - HTTPBearer: [] components: securitySchemes: HTTPBearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Bearer authentication: send your API key, agent key, or OAuth access token as `Authorization: Bearer `. ````