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limpid vapor
The balance transaction object is the one that has the conversion rate, if you retrieve or expand the ID from that field you should be able to see the exchange rate that you got for that specific transaction https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance_transactions/object#balance_transaction_object-exchange_rate
I think Charge objects themselves will only ever show presentment currency
sinful maple
ahh ok, balance transaction will work, thanks
one more question though
if there's a refund or partial refund, will balance transaction show that?
limpid vapor
Yes, refund objects create balance transactions that you can see on the Refund object itself
https://stripe.com/docs/api/refunds/object#refund_object-balance_transaction
https://stripe.com/docs/api/balance_transactions/object#balance_transaction_object-type
I don't see a differentiation between full and partial at that level so I assume they would both be of type refund. If you test in test mode it will show the right behavior
sinful maple
yeah but i mean specifically from the charge object
there's the amount_refunded variable
limpid vapor
You'd look at the Refunds in the Charge's refunds list property https://stripe.com/docs/api/charges/object#charge_object-refunds
sinful maple
ok now one more question, how about when refunding, can i specify the currency to refund in or do i have to do the conversion myself? i don't see anything here https://stripe.com/docs/api/refunds/create
limpid vapor
I think you would create a refund based on the Charge's presentment currency. So you'd need to do the conversion from your settlement currency if you are only looking to refund a specific amount of your funds rather than a specific amount of what the customer paid
sinful maple
I mean, we do everything in USD, a customer bought in CAD and didn't use his coupon code, so we want to refund $100 USD
The stripe dashboard says to enter a CAD amount so I'm trying to figure out if I can do it on my custom crm in USD so my employees don't have to do a conversion
limpid vapor
Gotcha, I think you can use the exchange rate that you got on the initial payment but I will double check that and get back to you.
sinful maple
Np, just trying to make things as easy as possible for my employees
limpid vapor
So unfortunately it looks like we don't use that original exchange rate for refunds and disputes.
https://stripe.com/docs/currencies/conversions#conversions-disputes-refunds
If you reach out to our support team and ask about getting the exchange rate before making refunds like this they may be able to help you https://support.stripe.com/?contact=true
sinful maple
But when I refund with the api is it in the customers currency or mine
limpid vapor
Customer's currency, the presentment currency on the charge
sinful maple
Ok so I'll just use the conversion rate on the charge then if it's there
limpid vapor
So because you are refunding in CAD, you'd need to know the USD->CAD exchange rate to know how much to refund to refund $100 USD
sinful maple
Np
limpid vapor
Gotcha, that may be close to the current rate. Like I said our support team may be able to help you get this programmatically though I am not 100% clear on that. Up to you what effort it is worth