# Cancelar dispersión

Las dispersiones por cumplimiento de la normatividad vigente no pueden ser eliminadas, sin embargo, al completar esta acción cambiarán su estado a canceladas y podrán visualizarlas en el reporte y API como `canceled`.

## Ruta

<mark style="color:red;">`DELETE`</mark> `v1/merchant/payout/{external_reference}`

## **Encabezado**

<table><thead><tr><th width="253">Name</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><code>x-auth-token</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td><p>Es el código generado a partir del proceso de autenticación.</p><p><em><code>Ejemplo: 8dsa819dj736f1d87fdhd172f12ddw</code></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><code>Content-Type</code><mark style="color:red;">*</mark></td><td><p>Es el tipo de contenido que se está enviando en la solicitud.</p><p><em><code>Ejemplo: application/json</code></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><code>child-id</code></td><td>Es el código de la cuenta que se busca administrar. Es opcional. Más info en el <a href="/pages/cmdh7wawmADehdqeF0JP#user-content-guia-de-uso-paso-a-paso-operar-en-nombre-de-una-cuenta-administrada">link</a><br><em><code>Ejemplo: negociohijo</code></em></td></tr></tbody></table>

## **Respuesta**

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

```json
{
    "message": "The dispersion has been successfully canceled.",
    "updated_at": "2024-08-27T10:01:20-05:00"
}
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="400" %}

```json
{
    "error": "Only dispersions in the CREATED or SCHEDULED state can be canceled."
}
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

***

## Ejemplo

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

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

{% endtab %}

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

```javascript
const axios = require('axios');
let data = '';

let config = {
  method: 'delete',
  maxBodyLength: Infinity,
  url: `${base_url}/v1/merchant/payout/external_reference/${reference}`,
  headers: { 
    'x-auth-token': token //Añadir token
  },
  data : data
};

axios.request(config)
.then((response) => {
  console.log(JSON.stringify(response.data));
})
.catch((error) => {
  console.log(error);
});

```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Python" %}

```python
import requests

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

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

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

print(response.text)

```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}


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