Cancel Contest

PATCH

https://stageapi.partake.ng/api/v2/admin/contests/{{contestId}}/cancel

Last modified:2026-07-10 13:15:30

Maintainer:Not configured

Approves (draft→active) or cancels (active/draft→cancelled) a contest. Cancellation triggers user balance refunds. completed contests are immutable. Admin only.

Request

Authorization

Provide your bearer token in the

Authorization

header when making requests to protected resources.

Example:

Authorization: Bearer ********************

Header Params

Body Params application/json

Examples

Responses

🟢200

application/json

Bodyapplication/json

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

curl --location --globoff --request PATCH 'https://stageapi.partake.ng/api/v2/admin/contests/{{contestId}}/cancel' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
    "reason": "No particular reason "
}'

Response Example

{
    "success": true,
    "message": "Contest status updated.",
    "data": {
        "contestId": "458533be-d161-4bc3-bcb7-3a41b93ff308",
        "status": "cancelled",
        "updatedAt": "2026-05-06T11:30:17.546Z"
    }
}

Modified at 2026-07-10 13:15:30

Get Contest Detail

Approve Contest