Cancel a background job

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.valendata.com/v1/jobs/{job_id}/cancel")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "job_3f9a1c2b7d4e",
  "origin_kind": "session",
  "origin_id": "sess_8c1d2e3f",
  "group_id": null,
  "kind": "skill",
  "label": "eBay search",
  "target_id": "skl_ebay_listings",
  "run_ref": "run_5b6c7d8e9f0a",
  "status": "running",
  "summary": null,
  "result": null,
  "error": null,
  "cancel_requested": true,
  "attempts": 1,
  "created_at": "2026-10-10T09:00:00Z",
  "started_at": "2026-10-10T09:00:01Z",
  "ended_at": null,
  "link": "/skills/runs/run_5b6c7d8e9f0a"
}

{
  "detail": "The request is malformed: the body is not JSON, the cursor or Idempotency-Key is not valid.",
  "code": "invalid_json",
  "type": "invalid_request_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "The API key is missing, malformed, revoked, or expired.",
  "code": "unauthorized",
  "type": "authentication_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "The key lacks a scope, is limited to other skills or workflows, or you may not do this.",
  "code": "permission_denied",
  "type": "permission_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "It does not exist, or it is not yours to see.",
  "code": "not_found",
  "type": "invalid_request_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "A conflict with the current state, or a request with this Idempotency-Key is still running.",
  "code": "conflict",
  "type": "conflict_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "Invalid request — name: Field required",
  "code": "validation_error",
  "type": "invalid_request_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e",
  "param": "name",
  "errors": [
    {
      "type": "missing",
      "loc": [
        "body",
        "name"
      ],
      "msg": "Field required"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "detail": "Too many requests for this key, or too many runs in progress. Wait `Retry-After` seconds.",
  "code": "rate_limited",
  "type": "rate_limit_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}

{
  "detail": "Something broke on our side. Retry; runs that fail on our side are refunded.",
  "code": "internal_error",
  "type": "api_error",
  "request_id": "3f9a1c2b7d4e"
}