# Cancelar cobro

Los cobros por cumplimiento de la normatividad vigente no pueden ser eliminados, sin embargo, al completar esta acción cambiarán su estado a cancelados y podrán visualizarlos en el reporte y API como `canceled`.

## Ruta

<mark style="color:red;">`DELETE`</mark> `/v1/merchant/transaction/{type_reference}/{reference}`

## Encabezado

| Name                                                   | Value            |
| ------------------------------------------------------ | ---------------- |
| `Content-Type`                                         | application/json |
| `x-auth-token`*<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>* | {token}          |
| `child-id`                                             | {business\_id}   |

## Query

| Name                                                     | Value                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |                                       |
| -------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------- |
| `type_reference`*<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>* | <p>Tipo de código que se utilizará para identificar la(s) transacción(es). El <code>process\_id</code> puede incluir más de una transacción si se ha creado en lote, mientras que el <code>external\_reference</code> es único para cada transacción<br><br><mark style="color:green;"><code>process\_id | external\_reference</code></mark></p> |
| `reference`*<mark style="color:red;">**\***</mark>*      | Es el código utilizado para identificar la transacción según el `type_reference`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |                                       |

## Respuesta

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="200" %}

```json
{
    "message": "The transaction has been successfully cancelled.",
    "created_at": "2024-08-27T12:39:40+00:00"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "error": "The transaction cannot be modified because it is in an unmodifiable state. The transaction status must be one of the following: PENDING, UNLIMIT, CREATED, SCHEDULED, OVERDUE."
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Ejemplo

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --location --request DELETE '{{base_url}}/v1/merchant/transaction/{{reference}}' \
--header 'x-auth-token: token' \
--data ''
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="NodeJs (Axios)" %}

```javascript
var axios = require('axios');
var data = '';

var config = {
  method: 'delete',
  url: `${base_url}/v1/merchant/transaction/external_reference/${reference}`,
  headers: { 
    'x-auth-token': token //Agregar el token
  },
  data : data
};

axios(config)
.then(function (response) {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch(function (error) {
  console.log(error);
});
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

url = f"{base_url}/v1/merchant/transaction/external_reference/{reference}"

payload = ""
headers = {
  'x-auth-token': token #Agregar el token
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers, data=payload)
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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