The check_action_status API has another usage too. For a particular PayUID, it returns any of the following the states:

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Postman Collection: Access the Check Refund Status with PayU ID API Postman Collection from the following location:
https://www.postman.com/integratewithpayu-849372/payu-integration-s-workspace/request/cq5vwr8/check-action-status-payu-id

Refund states

QUEUED : This indicates that the refund is accepted by PayU, but not sent to the downstream banking partner for processing.
SUCCESS : This indicates that the refund is processed successfully.
FAILURE : This indicates that refund processing failed. No funds are deducted for such refunds from the merchant’s settlement.
IN PROGRESS : This indicates that the refund is raised to the bank for processing.
REQUESTED : This indicates that the refund is sent to the bank for offline processing. In such cases, it takes upto 5-7 business days for the credit to reflect into the customer’s account.
od_hit (Overdraft Hit): This indicates that the Overdraft has occurred( Insufficient funds in account ) In such cases, it takes upto 5-7 business days for the credit to reflect into the customer’s account.

Sample request

curl -X POST "https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2" \
-H "accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
-d "key=JP***g&command=check_action_status&var1=403993715521937565&var2=payuid&hash=81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e"

import requests

url = "https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2"

headers = {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
}

data = {
    'key': 'JP***g',
    'command': 'check_action_status',
    'var1': '403993715521937565',
    'var2': 'payuid',
    'hash': '81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e'
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)
print(response.json())

const axios = require('axios');

const url = 'https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2';

const data = new URLSearchParams({
  key: 'JP***g',
  command: 'check_action_status',
  var1: '403993715521937565',
  var2: 'payuid',
  hash: '81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e'
});

axios.post(url, data, {
  headers: {
    'accept': 'application/json',
    'Content-Type': 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  }
})
.then(response => console.log(response.data))
.catch(error => console.error(error));

import java.io.*;
import java.net.http.*;
import java.net.*;

public class PayURequest {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
        
        String formData = "key=JP***g&command=check_action_status&var1=403993715521937565&var2=payuid&hash=81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e";
        
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2"))
            .header("accept", "application/json")
            .header("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded")
            .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString(formData))
            .build();
        
        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}

<?php
$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
  CURLOPT_URL => 'https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2',
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_POST => true,
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
    'accept: application/json',
    'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded'
  ),
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => http_build_query(array(
    'key' => 'JP***g',
    'command' => 'check_action_status',
    'var1' => '403993715521937565',
    'var2' => 'payuid',
    'hash' => '81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e'
  ))
));

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);
echo $response;
?>

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        var client = new HttpClient();
        
        var data = new FormUrlEncodedContent(new[]
        {
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>("key", "JP***g"),
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>("command", "check_action_status"),
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>("var1", "403993715521937565"),
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>("var2", "payuid"),
            new KeyValuePair<string, string>("hash", "81bdb5b8e625f254398d744269844fc6b9d87b3782670331c2a6b856f42f315b9898f397df7292cfd33a6153abf4acac58ce3ac671e41999ff81d98ce432f48e")
        });
        
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("accept", "application/json");
        
        var response = await client.PostAsync("https://test.payu.in/merchant/postservice?form=2", data);
        var result = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
        
        Console.WriteLine(result);
    }
}

Each example sends a POST request with URL-encoded form data to check the action status ✅

Example values

var1 (mihpayid): 403993715521937565
var2: payuid

Failure Scenarios:

If mihpayid is not found:

{
  "status": 0,
  "msg": "0 out of 1 Transactions Fetched Successfully",
  "transaction_details": {
    "13127842": "No action status found"
  }
}

If mihpayid is missing:

{
  "status": 0,
  "msg": "Parameter missing"
}

Sample response

On successful processing from PayU, the response is similar to the following:

{
  "status": 1,
  "msg": "1 out of 1 Transactions Fetched Successfully",
  "transaction_details": {
    "403993715521937565": {
      "131278418": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "399900",
        "request_id": "131278418",
        "amt": "100.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "capture",
        "token": "",
        "status": "SUCCESS",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "-"
      },
      "131278422": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278422",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken1",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278430": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278430",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken2",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278458": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278458",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken3",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278471": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278471",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken4",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278484": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278484",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken5",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278499": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278499",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken6",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131278515": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131278515",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken7",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131287648": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131287648",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken8",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131295795": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131295795",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken9",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      },
      "131297379": {
        "mihpayid": "403993715521937565",
        "bank_ref_num": "527013524405",
        "request_id": "131297379",
        "amt": "10.00",
        "mode": "CC",
        "action": "refund",
        "token": "RefundToken10",
        "status": "success",
        "bank_arn": null,
        "settlement_id": null,
        "amount_settled": null,
        "UTR_no": null,
        "value_date": null,
        "refund_mode": "Back to Source"
      }
    }
  }
}

Response parameters

The transaction_details parameter of the response is in JSON format. For more information, refer to Additional Info for General APIs.

Parameter	Description
status	Indicates the success (1) or failure (0) of the API call
msg	Descriptive message about the API response status
transaction_details	JSON object containing all transaction details for the requested PayUID
mihpayid	Unique reference number created for each transaction at PayU's end
bank_ref_num	Bank reference number generated by the bank for the transaction
request_id	The Request ID associated with each action on the transaction
amt	Amount of the transaction or refund action
mode	Payment method used for the transaction (CC for Credit Card, DC for Debit Card, etc.)
action	Type of action performed (e.g., "capture", "refund")
token	Security token associated with the transaction
status	Current status of the action/transaction
bank_arn	Bank Acquirer Reference Number (if available)
settlement_id	Settlement identifier (if available)
amount_settled	Amount that has been settled (if available)
UTR_no	Unique Transaction Reference number (if available)
value_date	Value date of the transaction (if available)
refund_mode	Mode of refund processing (e.g., "Back to Source")

Request parameters

Additional Info for Request parameters

Reference Information for Request Parameters

Parameter	Reference
key	For more information on how to generate the Key and Salt, refer to any of the following: • Production: Generate Merchant Key and Salt • Test: Generate Test Merchant Key and Salt
hash	Hash logic for this API is: sha512(key\\|command\\|var1\\|salt) sha512

Required Parameters:

key - Merchant key provided by PayU
command - Set to "check_action_status" for this API
var1 - The PayUID (mihpayid) for which to retrieve action status
var2 - Should be set to "payuid" to indicate the PayUID lookup mode
hash - Hash value for security validation

Example Values: Use the following sample values while trying out the API:

var1 (mihpayid): 403993715521937565
var2: payuid

Hash Calculation: The hash should be calculated using the sha512 algorithm with the format: sha512(key|command|var1|salt)

Important Notes:

This API usage returns all actions associated with a particular PayUID
Unlike the request_id lookup, this returns the complete transaction history
The response includes details of capture and all refunds associated with the transaction
Multiple refund actions will be listed with their individual request_ids and statuses

200Action status retrieved successfully

400Bad request - Invalid parameters

EXAMPLE QUESTIONS