Stop campaign

This request will change the campaign status to STOPPED and will halt any further contact with prospects until the status is changed back to RUNNING. To resume a campaign, use the /run endpoint.

Request

Endpoint

POST https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/stop

Headers

x-api-key: {YOUR_API_KEY}

For details on how to authenticate your requests, please see the authentication guide.

Request sample

Stop a campaign

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url "https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/stop" \
  --header "x-api-key: {YOUR_API_KEY}"

Python

import requests

def stopCampaign(campaign_id):
  url = f"https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/stop"
  headers = {
    "x-api-key": "{YOUR_API_KEY}"
  }

  response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

  if response.status_code == 200:
    print("POST successful — campaign stopped.")
  else:
    print("POST failed with status:", response.status_code)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  stopCampaign(123)  # Example campaign ID

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class WoodpeckerApiClient {
  private static final String API_KEY = "{YOUR_API_KEY}";

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int campaignId = 123; // Example campaign ID
    stopCampaign(campaignId);
  }

  public static void stopCampaign(int campaignId) {
    try {
      String url = "https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/" + campaignId + "/stop";

      HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
      HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(new URI(url))
        .header("x-api-key", API_KEY)
        .POST(HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
        .build();

      HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

      if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
        System.out.println("POST successful — campaign stopped.");
      } else {
        System.err.println("POST failed with status: " + response.statusCode());
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Node.js

const axios = require("axios");

async function stopCampaign(campaignId) {
  const url = `https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/${campaignId}/stop`;
  const headers = {
    "x-api-key": "{YOUR_API_KEY}"
  };

  try {
    const response = await axios.post(url, null, { headers: headers });

    if (response.status === 200) {
      console.log("POST successful — campaign stopped.");
    } else {
      console.error("POST failed with status:", response.status);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Request error:", error.response?.status || error.message);
  }
}

stopCampaign(123); // Example campaign ID

Response

Response examples

200

The campaign has been stopped.

Status: 200
Body: none

400

Invalid request or malformed syntax. Please review the request

{
  "title": "Bad Request",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Value of campaign_id is incorrect.",
  "timestamp": "2025-03-05 17:57:00"
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
title	string	A short title describing the error
status	integer	The HTTP status code
detail	string	A detailed message explaining the error
timestamp	string	The timestamp when the error occurred, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC

401

An issue with authorization. Please review the authorization guide

{
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Invalid api key",
  "timestamp": "2025-03-05 17:57:00"
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
title	string	A short title describing the error
status	integer	The HTTP status code
detail	string	A detailed message explaining the error
timestamp	string	The timestamp when the error occurred, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC

404

The requested campaign doesn't exist.

{
  "code": "CAMPAIGN_NOT_EXIST",
  "message": "Campaign not found",
  "details": null
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
code	string	Error code
message	string	Descriptive error message
details	string/null	Additional information. Currently always null

500

Unknown error, please try again later.

{
  "type": "UNKNOWN",
  "message": "Unknown error during stop campaign call",
  "details": null
}