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# Pause a schedule

POST https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/{apiKey}/{scheduleId}/pause
Content-Type: application/json

Requires the registrationId of an existing transaction of type Register, Debit-with-register, or Preauthorize-with-register.

Reference: https://ixopay.ferndocs.com/developer-hub/api-reference/transaction-api/schedule/pause-schedule

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `apiKey` (string, required) — API Key of Connector
- `scheduleId` (string, required) — ID of the schedule

## Response

### 200

Schedule response

- `success` (boolean, optional)
- `scheduleId` (string, optional)
- `registrationId` (string, optional)
- `oldStatus` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `ACTIVE`, `PAUSED`, `CANCELLED`, `ERROR`, `CREATE-PENDING`
- `newStatus` (enum, optional)
  - Allowed values: `ACTIVE`, `PAUSED`, `CANCELLED`, `ERROR`, `CREATE-PENDING`
- `scheduledAt` (string, optional)
- `merchantMetaData` (string, optional)

## Examples

### success

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "scheduleId": "SC-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234",
  "oldStatus": "ACTIVE",
  "newStatus": "PAUSED"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python success
import requests

url = "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript success
const url = 'https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go success
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby success
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java success
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php success
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp success
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);

request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift success
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```

### error

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": false,
  "scheduleId": "SC-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234-1234",
  "oldStatus": "PAUSED",
  "newStatus": "PAUSED"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python error
import requests

url = "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause"

payload = {}
headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, auth=("<username>", "<password>"))

print(response.json())
```

```javascript error
const url = 'https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause';
const credentials = btoa("<username>:<password>");

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Basic ${credentials}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '{}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go error
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.SetBasicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby error
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request.basic_auth("<username>", "<password>")
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java error
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")
  .basicAuth("<username>", "<password>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

```php error
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
    'auth' => ['<username>', '<password>'],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp error
using RestSharp;
using RestSharp.Authenticators;

var client = new RestClient("https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause");
client.Authenticator = new HttpBasicAuthenticator("<username>", "<password>");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);

request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift error
import Foundation

let credentials = Data("<username>:<password>".utf8).base64EncodedString()

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Basic \(credentials)",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://gateway.ixopay.com/api/v3/schedule/apiKey/scheduleId/pause")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```