---
title: "Reject annotation"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/annotations/{annotationID}/reject"
tags: ["Annotation"]
---

# Reject annotation

`POST /api/v1/annotations/{annotationID}/reject`

Reject annotation, switch its status to `rejected`.

<Callout type="info">
Rejection is allowed only for documents in states: `to_review`, `reviewing`, `postponed`, `in_workflow`, `exported`.
See [Document Lifecycle](/guides/annotation-lifecycle) for more information about states.
</Callout>



If rejecting in `in_workflow` state, the `annotation.workflow_run.workflow_status` will also be set to `rejected`
and a [workflow activity record](/api/workflow-activity) object will be created. Only admin, organization group
admin, or an assigned user can approve annotation in this state.

<Callout type="info">
Talk with a Rossum representative about enabling this feature. Read more about workflows [here](/guides/workflow-guide)
</Callout>

## Request body

- object
  - `note_content` string — Rejection note.
  - `automatically_rejected` boolean — Designates whether annotation is displayed as automatically rejected in the statistics.

## Response `200`

OK

- object
  - `status` string — New status of the annotation (rejected).
  - `note` string, uri — Link to Note object.

## Other responses

- `400` — Invalid input data.
- `401` — The username/password is invalid or token is invalid (e.g. expired).
- `403` — Insufficient permission, missing authentication, invalid CSRF token and similar issue.
- `404` — The specified resource was not found.
- `409` — Conflict
- `413` — Payload too large (especially for files uploaded).
- `429` — Request rate is too high, wait before sending more requests. See [Rate Limiting](/guides/overview#rate-limiting) for more details.
- `500` — Server failure while processing the request.
- `502` — Invalid response from the upstream server.
- `503` — We're temporarily offline for maintenance. Please try again later.
- `504` — Upstream server could not complete the request in time.

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