# Search Refunds

`POST /accounting/refunds/search`

Group: Accounting › Refunds · Operation ID: `searchRefunds`

Returns the refunds that match the given filters. Unlike the collection, it matches multiple approval statuses and takes its filters in a request body.

GET accounting/refunds takes one status. This endpoint takes a list, combining with AND across criteria and OR within status. The item schema here is the same as GET accounting/refunds and GET accounting/refunds/:id.

[Open in the interactive reference](https://docs.api.lensing.ai/?op=searchRefunds)

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `Api-Version` | header | `"v1"` | yes | The API version this request targets, named by its public identifier. Required on every request; omitting it, or naming a version this company does not have, is answered with 400. This document describes version `v1`. |

## Request body

Required, `application/json`: searchRefundsInput.

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `id` | string | no | Limits results to the refund with this identifier. |
| `status` | array of string, one of `"draft"`, `"pendingApproval"`, `"revise"`, `"approved"`, `"rejected"` | no | Limits results to refunds in any of these approval states. Omit or pass an empty array to return every state. |
| `paymentId` | string | no | Limits results to refunds against this source payment. See id on GET accounting/payments/:id. |
| `customerId` | string | no | Limits results to refunds for this customer. See id on GET accounting/customers/:id. |
| `refundDate` | object | no | Limits results to refunds whose refundDate falls in this range. Both bounds are inclusive. Omit either bound to leave that side open. |
| `refundDate.start` | string (date) | no | The earliest refundDate to include, inclusive. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `refundDate.end` | string (date) | no | The latest refundDate to include, inclusive. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `lastModifiedDate` | object | no | Limits results to refunds whose lastModifiedDate falls in this range, in UTC. Both bounds are inclusive. Omit either bound to leave that side open. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
| `lastModifiedDate.start` | string | no | The earliest change time to include, inclusive. |
| `lastModifiedDate.end` | string | no | The latest change time to include, inclusive. |
| `page` | object | no | The pagination controls. Omit for the first page. |
| `page.cursor` | string | no | The cursor from the previous response's pagination.nextCursor. Omit for the first page. |
| `page.size` | number | no | The number of refunds per page. Defaults to 50. A value above 200 is treated as 200, not rejected. |

Example:

```json
{
  "id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "status": [
    "pendingApproval",
    "revise"
  ],
  "paymentId": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
  "customerId": "9c2a6a10-7d34-4c8e-9b21-5a0f3e6d81b7",
  "refundDate": {
    "start": "2026-01-15",
    "end": "2026-01-15"
  },
  "lastModifiedDate": {
    "start": "<start>",
    "end": "<end>"
  },
  "page": {
    "size": 50
  }
}
```

## Response

`200` Success

Under `data` (searchRefundsOutput):

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `items` | array of object | yes | The refunds that match, most recently created first. An empty array when nothing matches. |
| `items[].id` | string | yes | The unique identifier for the refund. |
| `items[].refundNumber` | string | no | The refund number, unique within the tenant, for example 'REF-1042'. |
| `items[].refundDate` | string (date) | yes | The date the refund was issued. Format YYYY-MM-DD. |
| `items[].approvalStatus` | string | no | The approval status. Possible values: 'draft', 'pendingApproval', 'revise', 'approved', 'rejected'. |
| `items[].refundType` | string | yes | The payment method used for the refund. Possible values: 'check', 'ach', 'wire', 'creditCard', 'directDebit', 'sepaCreditTransfer'. |
| `items[].currency` | string | yes | The currency of the refund. Every amount on it is in this currency. Format ISO 4217, for example 'USD'. |
| `items[].amount` | string (decimal) | yes | The refund amount, in the refund currency. |
| `items[].unappliedAmount` | string (decimal) | no | The unapplied balance remaining on the source payment, in the refund currency. |
| `items[].refundNote` | string | no | A free-form note attached to the refund. Absent when none was set. |
| `items[].customerId` | string | yes | The customer receiving the refund. See id on GET accounting/customers/:id. |
| `items[].customerName` | string | no | The name of the customer receiving the refund. |
| `items[].entityId` | string | yes | The legal entity issuing the refund. See id on GET base/entities. |
| `items[].paymentId` | string | yes | The source payment being refunded. See id on GET accounting/payments/:id. |
| `items[].paymentNumber` | string | no | The number of the source payment being refunded. |
| `items[].lastModifiedDate` | string (date-time) | yes | The date and time the refund last changed, in UTC. Format YYYY-MM-DDTHH:mm:ss.sssZ. |
| `pagination` | object | yes | The pagination cursor for this page. |
| `pagination.nextCursor` | string | no | The cursor for the next page. Pass it as page.cursor. Absent on the last page. |
| `pagination.hasMore` | boolean | yes | True when more matches remain beyond this page. |

## Statuses

- `400` — Invalid request or business failure
- `401` — Missing or invalid access token
- `403` — Not authorized
- `404` — Not found
- `429` — Too many requests
- `500` — Internal server error