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_token by 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:

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):

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": null or not provided, the fee will always be refunded in the response.

  • If the "refundFee": true the fee will be refunded will be refunded in the response.

  • If the "refundFee": false the 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' by transactionId or referenceNumber endpoint responds with a 200 HTTP Status the response will typically return transactionStatus, 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 refundId returned 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 agentPartnerId that 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 transactionId returned in the payload must be persisted and used as a path parameter on subsequent 'Commit a Transaction' API.
  • To execute the refund, the refundId returned in the payload must be persisted and used as in the request body of the subsequent 'Commit a Transaction' API.



Business rules to code

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**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/
Optional

Description

X-MG-ClientRequestId

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.

X-MG-ConsumerIPAddress

String

Optional

IP Address of the system initiating the session




Query Parameters

Field

Type

Required/
Optional

Description

targetAudience

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/
Optional

Description

transactionId

String

Required

Unique id of the transaction resource

NOTE: Used only when retrieving a transaction by transactionId._




Response Fields

Field

Type

Required/
Optional

Description

transactionId

String
Max length: 36

Optional

Unique identifier for the transaction resource

refundId

String

Optional

Unique identifier for the transaction session

referenceNumber

String

Optional

MoneyGram's reference number for the transaction

transactionSubStatus

String

Optional

Latest sub-status of transaction

transactionStatus.subStatus

String

Optional

MoneyGram's transaction status

transactionSubStatus.message

String

Optional

Message associated with the sub-status code.

transactionSubStatus.targetCustomer

String

Optional

Customer associated with sub-status code

transactionSubStatus.dataToCollect.code

String

Optional

Unique code to identify the data or document to collect

transactionSubStatus.dataToCollect.dataCollection

String

Optional

Data or document needed to be collected from customer

availableForRefund

Boolean

Optional

Flag to indicate the transaction is available for refund

originatingCountryCode

String
Max Length: 3

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

destinationCountryCode

String
Max Length: 3

Optional

Transaction Destination Country (ISO alpha-3 code)
NOTE: For a full list of accepted destinationCountryCode ISO codes see Reference Data API Module' and the /countries/iso3Code endpoint

serviceOptionCode

String
Max length: 21

Required

Unique category code to identify the transaction method
NOTE: For a full list of accepted serviceOptionCodes per destinationCountry see Reference Data API Module and the Service Options endpoint

serviceOptionName

String
Max length: 50

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

serviceOptionRoutingCode

String
Max length: 21

Optional

Unique identifier of the individual banking, wallet, or card provider for the service option.
NOTE: For a full list of accepted serviceOptionCodes per destinationCountry see Reference Data API Module and the accountDeposit endpoint

serviceOptionRoutingName

String
Max length: 50

Optional

Unique name to identify the individual transaction method

sendAmount.amount

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

Transaction amount and currency excluding fees and exchange rate. Transaction Currency (ISO alpha-3 code)
NOTE: For Crypto partners this is the fiat currency for the BUY/Sell or Ramp-on/Ramp-off

sendAmount.fees

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

Fee Amount and Fee Currency applied to transaction (Fee Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.taxes

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Optional

Tax Amount and Tax Currency applied to the Transaction by the origin country (Tax Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.additionalCharges.typeCode

String

Optional

Code to indicate if the fee is to be collected by MoneyGram or the partner

sendAmount.additionalCharges.label

String

Optional

Consumer facing name to identify the charge type

sendAmount.additionalCharges.value

Number Min length: 0 Max length: 14 Max decimal Value: 3

Optional

Additional fee's amount

sendAmount.additionalCharges.currencyCode

String

Optional

Additional fee's Currency (ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.discountsApplied.totalDiscount.value

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Optional

Transaction discount amount applied and currency type excluding fees and exchange rate. Transaction Currency (ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.discountsApplied.totalDiscount.currencyCode

Optional

Value's Currency code (ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.discountsApplied.promotionDetails.code

Optional

Additional Details about the applied promotion to the transaction. currencyCode (ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.discountsApplied.promotionDetails.discount.amount

Optional

The transaction's total discount applied.

sendAmount.discountsApplied.promotionDetails.discount.currencyCode

Optional

Value's Currency code (ISO alpha-3 code)

sendAmount.discountsApplied.promotionDetails.errorCode

Optional

Error code defined by MoneyGram

sendAmount.discountsApplied.promotionDetails.errorMessage

Optional

Error message associated with the error code

sendAmount.total

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

Transaction Total Amount and Transaction Total Currency including fees, taxes and discount. (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code)

refundAmount.amount

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

Transaction Refund Amount and Transaction Refund currency (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code)

refundAmount.fees

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

Received Fee and Receive Currency applied to the transaction by the destination country (Transaction Total Amount uses ISO alpha-3 code)

refundAmount.taxes

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Optional

Tax Amount and Tax Currency applied to the Transaction by the origin country (Tax Currency uses ISO alpha-3 code)

refundAmount.additionalCharges.typeCode

String

Optional

Code to indicate if the fee is to be collected by MoneyGram or the partner

refundAmount.additionalCharges.label

String

Optional

Consumer facing name to identify the charge type

refundAmount.additionalCharges.value

Number Min length: 0 Max length: 14 Max decimal Value: 3

Optional

Additional fee's amount

refundAmount.additionalCharges.currencyCode

String

Optional

Additional fee's Currency (ISO alpha-3 code)

refundAmount.total

Number
Min length: 0
Max length: 14
Max Decimal Value: 3

Required

The total refund amount (transaction send amount, & fees - if refundFee: "true") and currency type (Currency type uses ISO alpha-3 code)

sender.businessInfo.businessName

String

Required

Name of the business

sender.businessInfo.businessRegistrationNumber

String

Required

Business registration number

sender.businessInfo.businessCountryOfRegistration

String

Required

Business's country of registration

sender.businessProfileId

String

Optional

A unique MoneyGram identifier for the business.

sender.partnerProfileId

String

Optional

A unique MoneyGram identifier for the business.

sender.additionalDetails

Dynamic

Optional

Dynamic field key/values

additionalDetails

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

Field

Type

Required/Optional

Description

beneficiary.business.name.businessName

String
Min Length: 1
Max Length: 100

Optional

Business Name

beneficiary.name.business.businessRegistrationNumber

String

Optional

Business registration number

beneficiary.name.business.businessCountryOfRegistration

String
Length: 3

Optional

Business's country of registration ISO alpha-3 code


Option 2: beneficiary.consumer

Field

Type

Required/Optional

Description

beneficiary.consumer.name.firstName

String

String
Min length: 1
Max length: 20

First Name

beneficiary.consumer.name.middleName

String

String
Min length: 1
Max length: 20

Middle Name (if applicable)

beneficiary.consumer.name.lastName

String

String
Min length: 1
Max length: 30

Last Name

beneficiary.consumer.name.secondLastName

String

String
Min length: 1
Max length: 30

Second Last Name (if applicable)