# Cancel refund

Use the **cancelRefund** method to issue a total refund for an order processed by 2Checkout.

## Request parameters <a href="#requested-parameters" id="requested-parameters"></a>

This method allows you to cancel a refund initiated from the cPanel or to decline a refund initiated by the shopper from myAccount.

The status of the refund needs to be PENDING or APPROVED.

The refund can be cancelled in up to 2 hours from the initiation.&#x20;

### Request sample <a href="#request-sample" id="request-sample"></a>

```php
<?php

declare(strict_types=1);

class Configuration
{
    public const MERCHANT_CODE = 'AVANGATE';
    public const MERCHANT_KEY = 'SECRET_KEY';
    public const URL = 'https://api.2checkout.com/rpc/6.0';
    public const ACTION = 'cancelRefund';
    public const ADDITIONAL_OPTIONS = null;
    public const ORDER_REF = '73152889';
    //array or JSON
    public const PAYLOAD = null;
}

class Client
{
    private const LOGIN_METHOD = 'login';
    private $calls = 1;
    private $sessionId;

    private function generateAuth(): array
    {
        $merchantCode = Configuration::MERCHANT_CODE;
        $key = Configuration::MERCHANT_KEY;
        $date = gmdate('Y-m-d H:i:s');
        $string = strlen($merchantCode) . $merchantCode . strlen($date) . $date;
        $hash = hash_hmac('md5', $string, $key);

        return compact('merchantCode', 'date', 'hash');
    }

    public function login(string $url)
    {
        $payload = $this->generateAuth();
        $response = $this->call($url, array_values($payload), self::LOGIN_METHOD);
        $this->sessionId = $response['result'];
    }

    public function call(
        string $url = Configuration::URL,
        $payload = Configuration::PAYLOAD,
        string $action = Configuration::ACTION
    ): ?array {
        if (empty($this->sessionId) && $action !== self::LOGIN_METHOD) {
            $this->login($url);
        }

        if (is_string($payload)) {
            $payload = json_decode($payload, true);
        }
        if (!empty($this->sessionId)) {
            $payload = [$this->sessionId, Configuration::ORDER_REF, $payload];
        }
        $payload = array_filter($payload);

        $request = json_encode([
            'jsonrpc' => '2.0',
            'method'  => $action,
            'params'  => $payload,
            'id'      => $this->calls++,
        ]);

        $curl = curl_init($url);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYHOST, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION, 0);
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
        curl_setopt(
            $curl,
            CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER,
            ['Content-Type: application/json', 'Accept: application/json', 'Cookie: XDEBUG_SESSION=PHPSTORM']
        );
        curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $request);
        $response = curl_exec($curl);
        if (empty($response)) {
            die('Server unavailable');
        }
        echo $response . '</br>';

        return json_decode($response, true);;
    }
}

$client = new Client();
$result = $client->call();
var_dump($result);
```

## Response parameters <a href="#response" id="response"></a>

<table><thead><tr><th width="136.1334228515625">Parameter</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>RefundID</code></td><td>The ID generated for this refund.</td></tr></tbody></table>


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