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Canceling a Transcoding Task

Function

This API is used to cancel a transcoding task. You can only cancel the queuing transcoding tasks. A transcoding task that has started or completed cannot be canceled.

URI

DELETE /v1/{project_id}/transcodings

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain a project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.
Table 2 Query parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

task_id

Yes

Integer

Task ID returned when a transcoding task is successfully created

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

No

String

User token.

The token is obtained by calling the IAM API used to obtain a user token. The token is the value of X-Subject-Token in the response header.

Authorization

No

String

Authentication information. This parameter is mandatory when AK/SK-based authentication is used.

X-Project_Id

No

String

Project ID. This parameter is mandatory when AK/SK-based authentication is used. It is same as the project ID in path parameters.

X-Sdk-Date

No

String

Time when the request is sent. This parameter is mandatory when AK/SK-based authentication is used.

Response Parameters

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code

error_msg

String

Error description

Example Requests

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/transcodings?task_id=100211

Example Responses

Status code: 400

Failed to cancel the transcoding task.

{
  "error_code" : "MPC.10212",
  "error_msg" : "Operation failed."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Transcoding task canceled successfully.

400

Failed to cancel the transcoding task.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Transcoding APIs