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Cancel Parse Job

parsing.cancel(strjob_id, ParsingCancelParams**kwargs) -> ParsingCancelResponse
POST/api/v2/parse/{job_id}/cancel

Cancel a running parse job.

Stops processing and marks the job as CANCELLED. Returns the updated job. Jobs already in a terminal state (COMPLETED, FAILED, CANCELLED) cannot be cancelled.

ParametersExpand Collapse
job_id: str
organization_id: Optional[str]
project_id: Optional[str]
ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ParsingCancelResponse:

A parse job.

id: str

Unique parse job identifier

project_id: str

Project this job belongs to

status: Literal["CANCELLED", "COMPLETED", "FAILED", 2 more]

Current job status: PENDING, RUNNING, COMPLETED, FAILED, or CANCELLED

One of the following:
"CANCELLED"
"COMPLETED"
"FAILED"
"PENDING"
"RUNNING"
created_at: Optional[datetime]

Creation datetime

formatdate-time
error_message: Optional[str]

Error details when status is FAILED

name: Optional[str]

Optional display name for this parse job

tier: Optional[str]

Parsing tier used for this job

updated_at: Optional[datetime]

Update datetime

formatdate-time
usage: Optional[Usage]

Usage recorded against a job.

credits: Optional[float]

Total credits billed against this job. Null until billing has recorded it.

user_metadata: Optional[Dict[str, str]]

Key/value tags associated with this job.

Cancel Parse Job

import os
from llama_cloud import LlamaCloud

client = LlamaCloud(
    api_key=os.environ.get("LLAMA_CLOUD_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.parsing.cancel(
    job_id="job_id",
)
print(response.id)
{
  "id": "pjb-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "project_id": "prj-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "status": "CANCELLED",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "error_message": "error_message",
  "name": "Q4 Financial Report",
  "tier": "fast",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "usage": {
    "credits": 30
  },
  "user_metadata": {
    "owner": "jerry",
    "team": "research"
  }
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "pjb-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "project_id": "prj-aaaaaaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd-eeeeeeeeeeee",
  "status": "CANCELLED",
  "created_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "error_message": "error_message",
  "name": "Q4 Financial Report",
  "tier": "fast",
  "updated_at": "2019-12-27T18:11:19.117Z",
  "usage": {
    "credits": 30
  },
  "user_metadata": {
    "owner": "jerry",
    "team": "research"
  }
}
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