---
title: "Pause a sending campaign"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/campaigns/{id}/pause"
tags: ["Campaigns"]
---

# Pause a sending campaign

`POST /api/v1/campaigns/{id}/pause`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.sendly.now`
- URL: `https://api.sendly.now/api/v1/campaigns/{id}/pause`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - API key in cookie `better-auth.session_token`
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://app.sendly.now/api/auth/oauth2/authorize`, token URL `https://app.sendly.now/api/auth/oauth2/token`, scopes: `campaigns:write`)

Pause a `SENDING` campaign. The workers check the flag between batches, so a small number of already-queued emails may still be delivered after this returns. Takes no request body.

Requires the `campaigns:write` scope — Create, edit, and organize your campaigns.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required: Resource id.

## Response `200`

The paused campaign

- CampaignV1: A campaign as exposed on the v1 API.
  - `audience_type` 'ALL' | 'FILTERED' | 'SEGMENT' | 'LIST', required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `list_id` string, uuid, nullable, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `scheduled_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `sent_at` string, date-time, nullable, required
  - `stats` object, required
    - `bounced` integer, required
    - `clicked` integer, required
    - `delivered` integer, required
    - `opened` integer, required
    - `sent` integer, required
    - `total_recipients` integer, required
  - `status` 'DRAFT' | 'SCHEDULED' | 'SENDING' | 'PAUSED' | 'SENT' | 'CANCELLED', required
  - `subject` string, required
  - `topic_id` string, uuid, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400`: `validation_error` — only a `SENDING` campaign can be paused.
- `401`: `invalid_api_key` or `invalid_session` — missing or invalid credentials.
- `403`: `scope_missing`, `project_access_denied`, or `project_disabled`.
- `404`: `resource_not_found` — no campaign with this id belongs to the authenticated project.
- `422`: `validation_error` — query, path, or body parameters did not match the schema.
- `429`: `rate_limited` — see `Retry-After` and the `RateLimit` headers.
- `500`: `internal_error`.

---

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