# Retrieve a refund

Source: https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/refunds/retrieve-a-refund

Retrieve an existing refund using the ID that was returned when created.

## Arguments

- `id` (objectId, required): The id of the refund to retrieve.
- `expand` (string): Expanding link fields and child collections is performed using the expand argument.

  - For example, `expand=account` would return a related customer account if one exists.

  When the field represents a collection, you can specify the query limit.

  - For example, `expand=variants:10` would return up to 10 records of the variants collection.

  See [expanding ](https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/querying/expanding)for more details.
- `fields` (string): Return only the specified fields in the result. For example `fields=name,slug` would return only the fields `name` and `slug` in the response. Supports nested object and array fields using dot-notation, for example, `items.product_id`. The category `id` is always returned.
- `include` (string): Include one or more arbitrary queries in the response, possibly related to the main query.

  See [including ](https://developers.swell.is/backend-api/querying/including)for more details.

## Example request

`GET /payments:refunds/:id`

**cURL**

```bash
$ curl https://api.swell.store/payments:refunds/60f199509111e70000000050 \
  -u store-id:secret-key
```

**Node**

```javascript
const { swell } = require('swell-node');
swell.init('store-id', 'secret-key');

await swell.get('/payments:refunds/{id}', {
  id: '60f199509111e70000000050'
});
```

**PHP**

```php
<?php $swell = new \Swell\Client('store-id', 'secret-key');

$swell->get('/payments:refunds/{id}', [
  'id' => '60f199509111e70000000050'
]);
```

## Example response

```json
{
  "id": "60f199509111e70000000050",
  "amount": 20,
  "method": "card",
  "parent_id": "60f199509111e70000000051",
  "async": false,
  "currency": "USD",
  "date_created": "2021-07-16T14:36:00.293Z",
  "date_updated": "2021-07-16T14:36:00.293Z",
  "error": null,
  "number": 102934,
  "order_id": "60f199509111e70000000044",
  "reason_message": "Customer returned EX2001",
  "status": "success",
  "success": true,
  "transaction_id": "re_1XNoXdEAeofUkt5SrbA6Swow"
}
```