---
title: "Cancel a remote import"
method: DELETE
path: "/api/v1/imports/{jobId}"
tags: ["Jobs", "Sources"]
---

# Cancel a remote import

`DELETE /api/v1/imports/{jobId}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://prismclip.com`
- URL: `https://prismclip.com/api/v1/imports/{jobId}`
- Auth: HTTP bearer

Request cancellation of an owned queued, retrying, or running Google Drive or YouTube import. Running work observes the durable cancellation request between bounded transfer parts.

## Path parameters

- `jobId` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

Cancellation was accepted and the updated import state is returned.

- object
  - `import` object, required
    - `jobId` string, uuid, required
    - `projectId` string, uuid, required
    - `provider` 'google_drive' | 'youtube', required
    - `status` string, required
    - `attemptCount` integer, required
    - `maxAttempts` integer, required
    - `errorCategory` string, nullable, required
    - `cancelRequestedAt` string, nullable, required: ISO 8601 timestamp
    - `expectedBytes` integer, nullable, required
    - `byteCount` integer, required
    - `createdAt` string, required: ISO 8601 timestamp
    - `updatedAt` string, required: ISO 8601 timestamp
  - `cancelled` true, required

## Other responses

- `401`: The API key is missing or invalid.
- `403`: The API key lacks projects:write.
- `404`: The owned remote import was not found.
- `409`: The import has finished or already has a cancellation request.
- `429`: The API-key rate limit was exceeded.
- `503`: Import state is unavailable.

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