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Updated on 2025-11-26 GMT+08:00

Canceling a Media Asset Transcoding Task

Function

Only transcoding tasks in the queue can be canceled.

Authorization Information

Each account has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the required permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

URI

DELETE /v1.0/{project_id}/asset/process

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

project_id

Yes

String

Project ID. For details about how to obtain the project ID, see Obtaining a Project ID.

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

asset_id

Yes

String

Media asset ID assigned by VOD. It can only be queried but cannot be modified.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

No

String

User token. This parameter is mandatory when token authentication is used.

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

Authorization

No

String

Authentication information. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

X-Sdk-Date

No

String

Time when a request is sent. This parameter is mandatory for AK/SK authentication.

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Returned when the request succeeded.

Status code: 400

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error description.

Example Requests

This example cancels a media file transcoding task in the queue.

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v1.0/{project_id}/asset/process?asset_id={asset_id}

Example Responses

Status code: 400

Returned when the request failed.

{
  "error_code" : "VOD.10083",
  "error_msg" : "The current media asset status does not support this operation."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Returned when the request succeeded.

400

Returned when the request failed.

Error Codes

See Error Codes.