GET Retrieve a Transaction
GET disbursement/refund/v1/transactions/{transactionId}GET disbursement/refund/v1/transactions/?referenceNumber={referenceNumber}
Development Guide
The 'Retrieve a Transaction' endpoints look-up and return a transaction by referenceNumber or transactionId for the purpose of a refunding a transaction.
1. Prepare headers, authentication & parameters:
The application must call the 'Retrieve a Transaction' endpoint with a GET HTTP method, providing the OAuth access_token, required header values and parameters.
There are two endpoints that can be used to lookup and retrieve a transaction for a refund:
- Retrieve a transaction by transactionId ** | **
GET disbursement/refund/v2/transactions/{transactionId}
OR - Retrieve a transaction by referenceNumber ** | **
GET disbursement/refund/v2/transactions/?referenceNumber={referenceNumber}
Note: MoneyGram uses the OAuth 2.0 framework. The application must use their OAuth client credentials to generate an
access_tokenby calling the Get Access Token endpoint. The token is valid for 1 hour and must be passed as a header value in all subsequent API HTTP calls. Learn More
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2. Provide the refundReasonCode as a query parameter:
refundReasonCode as a query parameter:The application must also provide the refundReasonCode in the request. This is an enumerated list, for a full list of accepted values see the enumerations API and optionally pass the refundfee as a query parameter to enable the fee to be refunded back to the customer. Learn More
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3. Provide the refundFee as a query parameter (optional):
refundFee as a query parameter (optional):MoneyGram's policy is to always refund the fee to the consumer Learn More. There may be use cases where the application can select to refund the fee back to the consumer under the following conditions:
- If the
"refundFee": nullor not provided, the fee will always be refunded in the response.
- If the
"refundFee": truethe fee will be refunded will be refunded in the response.
- If the
"refundFee": falsethe fee will not be refunded in the reponse.
Note: The application can submit a refund within 90 days of the transaction's send date Learn More
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4. Make a request and handle the response:
The application must call the 'Retrieve a transaction' endpoint with a GET HTTP method. The application must build to handle the following response scenarios:
- Success | Parse the Response | 200 OK HTTP Status
When the 'Retrieve a transaction' bytransactionIdorreferenceNumberendpoint responds with a 200 HTTP Status the response will typically returntransactionStatus,transactionSubStatus,sender.businessInfo,beneificary
- Failed | Handle the Error | 400 Bad Request HTTP Status
When the 'Retrieve a transaction' endpoint responds with 400 HTTP Status, specific error code/s will be returned with an array of offending fields. The application will need to resolve these errors and resubmit the request.
Note:
- The
refundIdreturned in the response is required by the 'Commit a Transaction' endpoint and must be stored and passed to it.- A refund can only be issued by the
agentPartnerIdthat initiated the transaction.
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5. Communicate the transaction status to the customer:
The information returned can be used in a transaction summary feature and displayed on the application's UI.
6. You're Done! Proceed to Commit a Transaction API:
The application can next execute the refund by using the 'Commit a transaciton' endpoint. The application can only proceed to execute the refund if the 'Retrieve a transaction API' response provides a 200 OK HTTP state and the "availableForRefund": true is returned in the response payload.
Note:
- To execute the refund, the
transactionIdreturned in the payload must be persisted and used as a path parameter on subsequent 'Commit a Transaction' API.- To execute the refund, the
refundIdreturned in the payload must be persisted and used as in the request body of the subsequent 'Commit a Transaction' API.
Business rules to code
**Conditions to allow a refund: **The transaction must be in an "AVAILABLE", "PROCESSING" or "REJECTED" status to issue a refund.
Code Examples
Retrieve by transactionId
const axios = require('axios');
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
const retrieve = async () => {
// Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
const token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response"
// For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
const host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
const url = 'https://' + host + '/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions';
// Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
const headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-MG-ClientRequestId': uuidv4(), // New UUID for each request tracing
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
};
const transactionId = "current_transaction_id";
const params = {
agentPartnerId: "your_partner_id",
refundReasonCode: "WRONG_SERVICE",
userLanguage: "en-US",
targetAudience: "AGENT_FACING",
refundFee: false
}
try {
// Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
axios.get(url + '/' + transactionId, { params, headers })
.then(function (response) {
// Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2))
})
.catch(function (error) {
// Step 5: Parse the error response and handle the errors
if (error.response) {
console.log('Response status:', error.response.status);
console.log('Response body:', error.response.data);
} else {
// TODO: handle generic errors
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
});
} catch (error) {
// TODO: handle exception
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
};
retrieve();import requests
import uuid
import json
def retrieve():
# Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response"
# For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
url = 'https://' + host + '/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions';
# Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-MG-ClientRequestId': str(uuid.uuid4()), # New UUID for each request tracing
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
}
transactionId = "current_transaction_id";
params = {
'agentPartnerId': 'your_partner_id',
'refundReasonCode': 'WRONG_SERVICE',
'userLanguage': 'en-US',
'targetAudience': 'AGENT_FACING',
'refundFee': 'false'
}
try:
# Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
response = requests.get(url + '/' + transactionId, params=params, headers=headers)
# Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
if response.status_code == 200:
parsed_response = json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=2)
print(parsed_response)
else:
# Print the error message if request fails
# TODO: handle exception
print("Request failed with status code:", response.status_code)
print(json.loads(json.dumps(response.text, indent=4)))
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
# Print any error that occurred during the request
# TODO: handle exception
print("An error occurred:", e)
retrieve()package refund;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.util.UUID;
public class RetrieveByTransactionID {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
String token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response";
// For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
String host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
// Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
// Mandatory Query params
String agentPartnerId = "your_partner_id";
String refundReasonCode = "WRONG_SERVICE";
String userLanguage = "en-US";
// Optional Query params
String targetAudience = "AGENT_FACING";
Boolean refundFee = false;
// Mandatory Path params
String transactionId = "current_transaction_id";
String uri = "https://" + host + "/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions/" + transactionId + "?"
+ "agentPartnerId=" + agentPartnerId
+ "&refundReasonCode=" + refundReasonCode
+ "&userLanguage=" + userLanguage
+ (targetAudience.isBlank() ? "" : "&targetAudience=" + targetAudience)
+ (refundFee == null ? "" : "&refundFee=" + refundFee);
HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create(uri))
.GET()
.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + token)
.setHeader("X-MG-ClientRequestId", String.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID()))
.build();
try {
// Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
HttpResponse<String> response = httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// Retrieve the status code and body from the response
int statusCode = response.statusCode();
// Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
if (statusCode == 200) {
String responseBody = response.body();
System.out.println(responseBody);
} else {
// Step 5: Parse the error response and handle the errors
String responseBody = response.body();
System.out.println(responseBody);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// TODO: handle exception
}
}
}Retrieve by referenceNumber
const axios = require('axios');
const { v4: uuidv4 } = require('uuid');
const retrieve = async () => {
// Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
const token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response"
// For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
const host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
const url = 'https://' + host + '/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions';
// Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
const headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-MG-ClientRequestId': uuidv4(), // New UUID for each request tracing
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
};
const params = {
agentPartnerId: "your_partner_id",
referenceNumber: "your_reference_number",
refundReasonCode: "WRONG_SERVICE",
userLanguage: "en-US",
targetAudience: "AGENT_FACING",
refundFee: false
}
try {
// Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
axios.get(url, { params, headers })
.then(function (response) {
// Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data, null, 2))
})
.catch(function (error) {
// Step 5: Parse the error response and handle the errors
if (error.response) {
console.log('Response status:', error.response.status);
console.log('Response body:', error.response.data);
} else {
// TODO: handle generic errors
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
});
} catch (error) {
// TODO: handle exception
console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
};
retrieve();import requests
import uuid
import json
def retrieve():
# Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response"
# For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
url = 'https://' + host + '/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions';
# Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
headers = {
'Content-Type': 'application/json',
'X-MG-ClientRequestId': str(uuid.uuid4()), # New UUID for each request tracing
'Authorization': 'Bearer ' + token,
}
params = {
'agentPartnerId': 'your_partner_id',
'referenceNumber': 'your_reference_number',
'refundReasonCode': 'WRONG_SERVICE',
'userLanguage': 'en-US',
'targetAudience': 'AGENT_FACING',
'refundFee': 'false'
}
try:
# Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
response = requests.get(url, params=params, headers=headers)
# Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
if response.status_code == 200:
parsed_response = json.dumps(json.loads(response.text), indent=2)
print(parsed_response)
else:
# Print the error message if request fails
# TODO: handle exception
print("Request failed with status code:", response.status_code)
print(json.loads(json.dumps(response.text, indent=4)))
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
# Print any error that occurred during the request
# TODO: handle exception
print("An error occurred:", e)
retrieve()
package refund;
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.util.UUID;
public class RetrieveByReferenceNumber {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Step 1: Read configuration values with upmost security
String token = "your_access_token_from_oauth_response";
// For production - api.moneygram.com & For test - sandboxapi.moneygram.com
String host = "sandboxapi.moneygram.com";
// Step 2: Create the GET request headers & params
// Mandatory Query params
String agentPartnerId = "your_partner_id";
String referenceNumber = "your_reference_number";
String refundReasonCode = "WRONG_SERVICE";
String userLanguage = "en-US";
// Optional Query params
String targetAudience = "AGENT_FACING";
Boolean refundFee = false;
String uri = "https://" + host + "/disbursement/refund/v2/transactions?"
+ "agentPartnerId=" + agentPartnerId
+ "&referenceNumber=" + referenceNumber
+ "&refundReasonCode=" + refundReasonCode
+ "&userLanguage=" + userLanguage
+ (targetAudience.isBlank() ? "" : "&targetAudience=" + targetAudience)
+ (refundFee == null ? "" : "&refundFee=" + refundFee);
HttpClient httpClient = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create(uri))
.GET()
.setHeader("Authorization", "Bearer " + token)
.setHeader("X-MG-ClientRequestId", String.valueOf(UUID.randomUUID()))
.build();
try {
// Step 3: Send the request and obtain the response
HttpResponse<String> response = httpClient.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
// Retrieve the status code and body from the response
int statusCode = response.statusCode();
// Step 4: Parse the success response and process further
if (statusCode == 200) {
String responseBody = response.body();
System.out.println(responseBody);
} else {
// Step 5: Parse the error response and handle the errors
String responseBody = response.body();
System.out.println(responseBody);
}
} catch (Exception e) {
e.printStackTrace();
// TODO: handle exception
}
}
}
API Structure
Header Parameters
Field | Query | Required/ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Optional | Client Request ID that can be passed by the client application. Client request ID must be unique within a single session for unique requests. This attribute can be used for ensuring idempotent request processing for some APIs. MoneyGram recommends using a UUID for the value of this field. |
| String | Optional | IP Address of the system initiating the session |
Query Parameters
Field | Type | Required/ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Optional | Tailors MoneyGram's error messages and field metadata to an in-store, digital or crypto customer. (Enumerated value) *NOTE: For a full list of accepted target audience values, see the TARGET_AUDIENCE enumeration from the |
Path Parameters
Field | Type | Required/ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Required | Unique id of the transaction resource NOTE: Used only when retrieving a transaction by transactionId._ |
Response Fields
Field | Type | Required/ | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Optional | Unique identifier for the transaction resource |
| String | Optional | Unique identifier for the transaction session |
| String | Optional | MoneyGram's reference number for the transaction |
| String | Optional | Latest sub-status of transaction |
| String | Optional | MoneyGram's transaction status |
| String | Optional | Message associated with the sub-status code. |
| String | Optional | Customer associated with sub-status code |
| String | Optional | Unique code to identify the data or document to collect |
| String | Optional | Data or document needed to be collected from customer |
| Boolean | Optional | Flag to indicate the transaction is available for refund |
| String | Optional | Transaction country of Origin (ISO alpha-3 code) NOTE: For a full list of accepted destinationCountryCode ISO codes see Reference Data API Module' and the /countries/iso3Code endpoint |
| String | Optional | Transaction Destination Country (ISO alpha-3 code) |
| String | Required | Unique category code to identify the transaction method |
| String | Optional | Unique name to identify the transaction method NOTE: For a full list of accepted serviceOptionName per destinationCountry see Reference Data API Module' and the Service Options endpoint |
| String | Optional | Unique identifier of the individual banking, wallet, or card provider for the service option. |
| String | Optional | Unique name to identify the individual transaction method |
| Number | Required | Transaction amount and currency excluding fees and exchange rate. Transaction Currency (ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Required | Fee Amount and Fee Currency applied to transaction (Fee Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Optional | Tax Amount and Tax Currency applied to the Transaction by the origin country (Tax Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| String | Optional | Code to indicate if the fee is to be collected by MoneyGram or the partner |
| String | Optional | Consumer facing name to identify the charge type |
| Number Min length: 0 Max length: 14 Max decimal Value: 3 | Optional | Additional fee's amount |
| String | Optional | Additional fee's Currency (ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Optional | Transaction discount amount applied and currency type excluding fees and exchange rate. Transaction Currency (ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Optional | Value's Currency code (ISO alpha-3 code) | |
| Optional | Additional Details about the applied promotion to the transaction. currencyCode (ISO alpha-3 code) | |
| Optional | The transaction's total discount applied. | |
| Optional | Value's Currency code (ISO alpha-3 code) | |
| Optional | Error code defined by MoneyGram | |
| Optional | Error message associated with the error code | |
| Number | Required | Transaction Total Amount and Transaction Total Currency including fees, taxes and discount. (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Required | Transaction Refund Amount and Transaction Refund currency (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Required | Received Fee and Receive Currency applied to the transaction by the destination country (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Optional | Tax Amount and Tax Currency applied to the Transaction by the origin country (Tax Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code) |
| String | Optional | Code to indicate if the fee is to be collected by MoneyGram or the partner |
| String | Optional | Consumer facing name to identify the charge type |
| Number Min length: 0 Max length: 14 Max decimal Value: 3 | Optional | Additional fee's amount |
| String | Optional | Additional fee's Currency (ISO alpha-3 code) |
| Number | Required | The total refund amount (transaction send amount, & fees - if |
| String | Required | Name of the business |
| String | Required | Business registration number |
| String | Required | Business's country of registration |
| String | Optional | A unique MoneyGram identifier for the business. |
| String | Optional | A unique MoneyGram identifier for the business. |
| Dynamic | Optional | Dynamic field key/values |
| Dynamic | Optional | Dynamic field key/values |
Beneficiary oneOf Options:
{
"html": "<p>The beneficiary will be <a href=\"https://swagger.io/docs/specification/data-models/oneof-anyof-allof-not\" target=\"_blank\"\">\"oneOf\"</a> two options <code>business</code>, or <code>consumer</code>.</p>"
}Option 1: beneficiary.business
beneficiary.businessField | Type | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | Optional | Business Name |
| String | Optional | Business registration number |
| String | Optional | Business's country of registration ISO alpha-3 code |
Option 2: beneficiary.consumer
beneficiary.consumerField | Type | Required/Optional | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| String | String | First Name |
| String | String | Middle Name (if applicable) |
| String | String | Last Name |
| String | String | Second Last Name (if applicable) |
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