# PostApplicationFeesIdRefunds

From **Stripe API**.

`POST /v1/application_fees/{id}/refunds`

<p>Refunds an application fee that has previously been collected but not yet refunded.
Funds will be refunded to the Stripe account from which the fee was originally collected.</p>

<p>You can optionally refund only part of an application fee.
You can do so multiple times, until the entire fee has been refunded.</p>

<p>Once entirely refunded, an application fee can’t be refunded again.
This method will raise an error when called on an already-refunded application fee,
or when trying to refund more money than is left on an application fee.</p>

## Parameters

### `id`

- Location: path
- Required: true
- Type: `string`
- maxLength: `5000`

## Request body

- Required: false
### `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`

- Type: `object`

```json
{"additionalProperties":false,"properties":{"amount":{"description":"A positive integer, in _%s_, representing how much of this fee to refund. Can refund only up to the remaining unrefunded amount of the fee.","type":"integer"},"expand":{"description":"Specifies which fields in the response should be expanded.","items":{"maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},"type":"array"},"metadata":{"additionalProperties":{"type":"string"},"description":"Set of [key-value pairs](https://stripe.com/docs/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format. Individual keys can be unset by posting an empty value to them. All keys can be unset by posting an empty value to `metadata`.","type":"object"}},"type":"object"}
```

## Security

### `basicAuth`

- Type: `http`
- Request header: `Authorization`
- Scheme: `basic`
Send credentials in the `Authorization` request header using the `Basic` scheme.

Basic HTTP authentication. Allowed headers-- Authorization: Basic <api_key> | Authorization: Basic <base64 hash of `api_key:`>

### `bearerAuth`

- Type: `http`
- Request header: `Authorization`
- Scheme: `bearer`
- Bearer format: `auth-scheme`
Send the token in the `Authorization` request header using the `Bearer` scheme.

Bearer HTTP authentication. Allowed headers-- Authorization: Bearer <api_key>

## Responses

### `200`

Successful response.

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

`Application Fee Refund` objects allow you to refund an application fee that
has previously been created but not yet refunded. Funds will be refunded to
the Stripe account from which the fee was originally collected.

Related guide: [Refunding Application Fees](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges#refunding-app-fee).

```json
{"description":"`Application Fee Refund` objects allow you to refund an application fee that\nhas previously been created but not yet refunded. Funds will be refunded to\nthe Stripe account from which the fee was originally collected.\n\nRelated guide: [Refunding Application Fees](https://stripe.com/docs/connect/destination-charges#refunding-app-fee).","properties":{"amount":{"description":"Amount, in %s.","type":"integer"},"balance_transaction":{"anyOf":[{"maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/balance_transaction"}],"description":"Balance transaction that describes the impact on your account balance.","nullable":true,"x-expansionResources":{"oneOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/balance_transaction"}]}},"created":{"description":"Time at which the object was created. Measured in seconds since the Unix epoch.","format":"unix-time","type":"integer"},"currency":{"description":"Three-letter [ISO currency code](https://www.iso.org/iso-4217-currency-codes.html), in lowercase. Must be a [supported currency](https://stripe.com/docs/currencies).","type":"string"},"fee":{"anyOf":[{"maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/application_fee"}],"description":"ID of the application fee that was refunded.","x-expansionResources":{"oneOf":[{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/application_fee"}]}},"id":{"description":"Unique identifier for the object.","maxLength":5000,"type":"string"},"metadata":{"additionalProperties":{"maxLength":500,"type":"string"},"description":"Set of [key-value pairs](https://stripe.com/docs/api/metadata) that you can attach to an object. This can be useful for storing additional information about the object in a structured format.","nullable":true,"type":"object"},"object":{"description":"String representing the object's type. Objects of the same type share the same value.","enum":["fee_refund"],"type":"string"}},"required":["amount","created","currency","fee","id","object"],"title":"FeeRefund","type":"object","x-expandableFields":["balance_transaction","fee"],"x-resourceId":"fee_refund"}
```

### `default`

Error response.

### `application/json`

- Type: `object`

An error response from the Stripe API

```json
{"description":"An error response from the Stripe API","properties":{"error":{"$ref":"#/components/schemas/api_errors"}},"required":["error"],"type":"object"}
```

## Request examples

### cURL

```shell
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.stripe.com/v1/application_fees/{id}/refunds \
  --header 'content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded' \
  --data '{
  "amount": 1,
  "expand": [
    "string"
  ],
  "metadata": {}
}'
```