Handle in-game purchase refund requests using the Apple App Store Server API CONSUMPTION_REQUEST flow

domain: app-store-server-api · 5 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Configure App Store Server Notifications V2 to receive webhook callbacks at your server endpoint
  2. When you receive a notification with notificationType CONSUMPTION_REQUEST, extract the transactionId and consumptionRequestReason from the signed payload
  3. Build a ConsumptionRequest JSON body reflecting the player's actual usage (customerConsented, consumptionStatus, platform, sampleContentProvided, customerEmail if consented, etc.)
  4. POST to https://api.storekit.itunes.apple.com/inApps/v1/transactions/{transactionId}/consumptionInformation within the deadline Apple specifies to influence the refund decision
  5. Wait for a REFUND or REFUND_DECLINED notification to determine the outcome and update your entitlement records accordingly

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