---
title: "Cancel authorization"
method: POST
path: "/direct-network-transactions/v1/cancellation"
tags: ["Authorizations"]
---

# Cancel authorization

`POST /direct-network-transactions/v1/cancellation`

Perform a full cancellation of an authorization. The authorization must have the status `PENDING` or `PROCESSED` and must also not have been previously confirmed (cleared).
This endpoint generates a [Network authorization received](https://developers.pismo.io/events/docs/networktransactions-network-authorization-1) event.

## Request body

- CancellationRequest — Transaction payload
  - `network_authorization_id` integer, required — Authorization ID—this field is mandatory if the `authorization_code` field is not provided.
  - `authorization_code` string, required — Authorization code—this field is mandatory if the `network_authorization_id` field is not provided.
  - `transaction_identifier` string — Transaction ID
  - `retrieval_reference_number` string — Number generated by merchant point of sale (POS) system.
  - `card_id` integer, required — Transaction card ID
  - `origin` string — This field identifies the origin of the operation to be cancelled as MIGRATION, ONUS, or STRIKER.

## Response `200`

Full cancellation accepted

- CancellationResponse
  - `message` string, required — Success message

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request
- `403` — The request has been lost
- `404` — Not Found
- `409` — The specified resource status conflicts with the current request.
- `500` — Internal server error

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[API](https://skmtc.net/pismo/apis/platform-authentication.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/pismo/apis/platform-authentication/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/pismo/platform-authentication/revisions/935b62e16de4/schema)