Cancel batch

POST https://api.fastapi.ai/v1/batches/{batch_id}/cancel

Cancels an in-progress batch. The batch will be in status cancelling for up to 10 minutes, before changing to cancelled, where it will have partial results (if any) available in the output file.

Path parameters

---

batch_id string Required
The ID of the batch to cancel.

Returns

---

Returns the Batch object.

The Batch object matching the specified ID.

Example

Request

curl -X POST https://api.fastapi.ai/v1/batches/batch_abc123/cancel \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $FAST_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Response

{
  "id": "batch_abc123",
  "object": "batch",
  "endpoint": "/v1/chat/completions",
  "errors": null,
  "input_file_id": "file-abc123",
  "completion_window": "24h",
  "status": "cancelling",
  "output_file_id": null,
  "error_file_id": null,
  "created_at": 1711471533,
  "in_progress_at": 1711471538,
  "expires_at": 1711557933,
  "finalizing_at": null,
  "completed_at": null,
  "failed_at": null,
  "expired_at": null,
  "cancelling_at": 1711475133,
  "cancelled_at": null,
  "request_counts": {
    "total": 100,
    "completed": 23,
    "failed": 1
  },
  "metadata": {
    "customer_id": "user_123456789",
    "batch_description": "Nightly eval job"
  }
}