---
title: "Pause an extract"
method: POST
path: "/api/v3/extracts/{extract_id}/pause"
tags: ["Extracts"]
---

# Pause an extract

`POST /api/v3/extracts/{extract_id}/pause`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://embedded.improvado.io`
- URL: `https://embedded.improvado.io/api/v3/extracts/{extract_id}/pause`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `dts_session_id`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/improvado/apis/improvado-embedded-api-v3/docs/api/v3/extracts/:extract_id/pause/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Pauses extract so it wont download data from datasource until it’s unpaused

## Path parameters

- `extract_id` integer, required

## Response `204`

Pause an Extract

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `401`: Forbidden
- `404`: Not Found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/improvado/apis/improvado-embedded-api-v3.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/improvado/apis/improvado-embedded-api-v3/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/improvado/apis/improvado-embedded-api-v3/revisions/a881099bd6c4?raw)