Cancel Batch Distill Job
Cancel a running batch job. Returns 200 { success: true } on success. Already-completed page results remain queryable via the status endpoint.
Authorization
YOUR_API_KEY Enter your API key from the Thunderbit Dashboard. The header format will be: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
In: header
Path Parameters
Batch task ID
Response
application/jsonJob cancelled successfully
trueAuthentication failed, invalid API Key
falseShow child attributes
Canonical error codes returned in the error.code field (LEGACY) or error.status field (GOOGLE_RPC). Codes are grouped by HTTP status:
400 Bad Request
INVALID_URL— URL format is invalidINVALID_SCHEMA— JSON Schema is invalidINVALID_PARAMETER— One or more request parameters failed validationSCHEMA_OR_PROMPT_REQUIRED—schema(orprompt) is required for extractionSCHEMA_AND_PROMPT_EXCLUSIVE—schemaandpromptcannot both be providedBATCH_SIZE_EXCEEDED— Batch request exceeds the 100-URL limitMALFORMED_REQUEST_BODY— Request body is not valid JSON
401 Unauthorized
API_KEY_MISSING—Authorizationheader missingAPI_KEY_INVALID_FORMAT— API key format is invalidAPI_KEY_NOT_FOUND— API key not found in the systemAPI_KEY_REVOKED— API key has been revokedAPI_KEY_DISABLED— API key has been disabledAPI_KEY_EXPIRED— API key has expiredINVALID_API_KEY— (deprecated, use the specific API_KEY_ codes above)*
402 Payment Required
INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS— Not enough credits on the account
404 Not Found
JOB_NOT_FOUND— Batch job not foundRESOURCE_NOT_FOUND— Generic resource not found
408 Request Timeout
REQUEST_TIMEOUT— The API request timed outSCRAPE_TIMEOUT— The target page took too long to respond
422 Unprocessable Entity
SCRAPE_SSL_ERROR— Target site has SSL/TLS problemsSCRAPE_DNS_RESOLUTION_ERROR— Cannot resolve target hostnameSCRAPE_SITE_ERROR— Target site returned an errorSCRAPE_EMPTY_CONTENT— Target page returned empty contentSCRAPE_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE— Target page exceeds size limitsSCRAPE_TARGET_FORBIDDEN— Target site refused access (403)SCRAPE_TARGET_NOT_FOUND— Target URL returned 404SCRAPE_UNSUPPORTED_FILE— Target file type is not supported
429 Too Many Requests
RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED— Account rate limit triggeredSCRAPE_TARGET_RATE_LIMITED— Target site rate-limited our request
500 Internal Server Error
INTERNAL_ERROR— Generic internal errorDISTILL_FAILED— Distillation pipeline failedEXTRACT_FAILED— Extraction pipeline failedPIPELINE_ERROR— Pipeline step reported a failureAI_EXTRACTION_FAILED— AI extraction step failedMARKDOWN_CONVERSION_FAILED— HTML-to-Markdown conversion failed
502 Bad Gateway
SCRAPE_ALL_PROVIDERS_FAILED— All scraping providers failedUPSTREAM_BAD_GATEWAY— Upstream returned an invalid response
503 Service Unavailable
SCRAPE_PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE— Scraping provider is unavailableAI_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE— AI service is unavailableDOWNSTREAM_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE— A downstream service is temporarily unavailable
504 Gateway Timeout
UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT— Upstream gateway timed outAI_TIMEOUT— AI service call timed out
HTTP status code (LEGACY format) or canonical error code (GOOGLE_RPC format). See the API_ERROR_FORMAT note in the Error schema description
Human-readable error message
Optional structured details — for example, field-level validation errors as { field: message } pairs
Resource not found
falseShow child attributes
Canonical error codes returned in the error.code field (LEGACY) or error.status field (GOOGLE_RPC). Codes are grouped by HTTP status:
400 Bad Request
INVALID_URL— URL format is invalidINVALID_SCHEMA— JSON Schema is invalidINVALID_PARAMETER— One or more request parameters failed validationSCHEMA_OR_PROMPT_REQUIRED—schema(orprompt) is required for extractionSCHEMA_AND_PROMPT_EXCLUSIVE—schemaandpromptcannot both be providedBATCH_SIZE_EXCEEDED— Batch request exceeds the 100-URL limitMALFORMED_REQUEST_BODY— Request body is not valid JSON
401 Unauthorized
API_KEY_MISSING—Authorizationheader missingAPI_KEY_INVALID_FORMAT— API key format is invalidAPI_KEY_NOT_FOUND— API key not found in the systemAPI_KEY_REVOKED— API key has been revokedAPI_KEY_DISABLED— API key has been disabledAPI_KEY_EXPIRED— API key has expiredINVALID_API_KEY— (deprecated, use the specific API_KEY_ codes above)*
402 Payment Required
INSUFFICIENT_CREDITS— Not enough credits on the account
404 Not Found
JOB_NOT_FOUND— Batch job not foundRESOURCE_NOT_FOUND— Generic resource not found
408 Request Timeout
REQUEST_TIMEOUT— The API request timed outSCRAPE_TIMEOUT— The target page took too long to respond
422 Unprocessable Entity
SCRAPE_SSL_ERROR— Target site has SSL/TLS problemsSCRAPE_DNS_RESOLUTION_ERROR— Cannot resolve target hostnameSCRAPE_SITE_ERROR— Target site returned an errorSCRAPE_EMPTY_CONTENT— Target page returned empty contentSCRAPE_CONTENT_TOO_LARGE— Target page exceeds size limitsSCRAPE_TARGET_FORBIDDEN— Target site refused access (403)SCRAPE_TARGET_NOT_FOUND— Target URL returned 404SCRAPE_UNSUPPORTED_FILE— Target file type is not supported
429 Too Many Requests
RATE_LIMIT_EXCEEDED— Account rate limit triggeredSCRAPE_TARGET_RATE_LIMITED— Target site rate-limited our request
500 Internal Server Error
INTERNAL_ERROR— Generic internal errorDISTILL_FAILED— Distillation pipeline failedEXTRACT_FAILED— Extraction pipeline failedPIPELINE_ERROR— Pipeline step reported a failureAI_EXTRACTION_FAILED— AI extraction step failedMARKDOWN_CONVERSION_FAILED— HTML-to-Markdown conversion failed
502 Bad Gateway
SCRAPE_ALL_PROVIDERS_FAILED— All scraping providers failedUPSTREAM_BAD_GATEWAY— Upstream returned an invalid response
503 Service Unavailable
SCRAPE_PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE— Scraping provider is unavailableAI_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE— AI service is unavailableDOWNSTREAM_SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE— A downstream service is temporarily unavailable
504 Gateway Timeout
UPSTREAM_TIMEOUT— Upstream gateway timed outAI_TIMEOUT— AI service call timed out
HTTP status code (LEGACY format) or canonical error code (GOOGLE_RPC format). See the API_ERROR_FORMAT note in the Error schema description
Human-readable error message
Optional structured details — for example, field-level validation errors as { field: message } pairs
Job is already in a terminal state and cannot be cancelled (e.g. already COMPLETED, FAILED, or CANCELLED). Returns the standard error envelope with code `JOB_ALREADY_COMPLETED`.