Pending DNS API tasks can be retrieved and/or cancelled before they are finished. Use the instructions on this page to cancel one pending task using the task ID.
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REST Syntax
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Task/ Delete — Cancels a currently pending task identified by task ID.
HTTP Action — Delete
URI — https://api.dynect.net/REST/task/<task_id>/ |
Arguments:
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Response — Click for More Info
- integer
task_id — Unique identifier for the task.
- string
name — Identifying name of the task.
- string
customer_name — Your customer account name.
- string
zone_name — Name of the zone where you created the task.
- string
status — Status of the task when you requested the information.
Valid values:
ready, running, waiting, complete, failed, canceled, or stalled.
- integer
step_count — Some tasks have multiple steps, step_count indicates the number of steps in the task that are completed.
- integer
total_steps — Some tasks have multiple steps, total_steps indicates the total number of steps in the task.
- boolean
blocking — Indicates if the task if the task is blocking other zone changes.
Valid values:
Y = yes, this task will block additional zone changes until it finishes.
N = no, this task does not block additional zone changes.
- string
message — Information about the state of the task. Error codes may appear here.
- string
debug — Internal Dyn use.
- datetime
created_ts — Timestamp, in POSIX format, indicating when you created the task.
- datetime
modified_ts — Timestamp, in POSIX format, indicating when the task was modified.
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SOAP Syntax
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CancelTask — Cancels a currently pending task identified by task ID. |
Arguments:
- string
task_id — Uniquely identifies a specific task.
- string
token — Required. The session identifier.
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Response — Click for More Info
- hash data
- string
token — Required. The session identifier.
- integer
task_id — Unique identifier for the task.
- string
name — Identifying name of the task.
- string
customer_name — Your customer account name.
- string
zone_name — Name of the zone where you created the task.
- string
status — Status of the task when you requested the information.
Valid values:
ready, running, waiting, complete, failed, canceled, or stalled.
- integer
step_count — Some tasks have multiple steps, step_count indicates the number of steps in the task that are completed.
- integer
total_steps — Some tasks have multiple steps, total_steps indicates the total number of steps in the task.
- boolean
blocking — Indicates if the task if the task is blocking other zone changes.
Valid values:
Y = yes, this task will block additional zone changes until it finishes.
N = no, this task does not block additional zone changes.
- string
message — Information about the state of the task. Error codes may appear here.
- string
debug — Internal Dyn use.
- datetime
created_ts — Timestamp, in POSIX format, indicating when you created the task.
- datetime
modified_ts — Timestamp, in POSIX format, indicating when the task was modified.
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Example Request — Click for More Info
{
'task_id' => '1725',
'token' => 'asdlkfjasl23j4879afa'
}
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