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Cancel a media-library upload

POST
/v1/asset-upload-sessions/{upload_id}/cancel
const upload = await bird.assets.uploads.cancel("aus_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg");
console.log(upload.state);
Response200
{
  "id": "aus_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "state": "pending",
  "folder_id": "asf_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
  "file": {
    "filename": "invoice.pdf",
    "content_type": "application/pdf",
    "size_bytes": 1024,
    "sha256": "4e2090a479f7ce6b17ad31f991988f12571bcafbd4a441cc4063644fc1400ae0"
  },
  "result": {
    "asset_id": "ast_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg"
  },
  "next": [
    {
      "kind": "operation"
    }
  ],
  "asset": {
    "id": "ast_01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg",
    "url": "https://us1.assets.birdusercontent.com/6fcy8y6a483sewgnjk2g35y2qz/01krdgeqcxet5s7t44vh8rt9mg/document.pdf",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "name": "document.pdf",
    "content_type": "application/pdf",
    "kind": "document",
    "size_bytes": 48210,
    "width": null,
    "height": null,
    "alt_text": null,
    "folder_id": null,
    "deleted_at": null,
    "created_at": "2026-05-20T09:14:52Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-05-20T09:14:52Z"
  }
}

Cancels an unfinished upload. The temporary file is reclaimed after issued upload instructions expire. A completed session remains completed and its published asset is unchanged.

Parameters

upload_idstring

ID of the media-library upload session.

Response Payload

id
string
required
state
string
required

Upload progress. Pending accepts a transfer; finalizing is checking and publishing it. Completed has a saved result. Rejected, cancelled and expired allow no new upload instruction or publication. An already issued upload URL can remain usable until its expiry.

Possible values: pending, finalizing, completed, rejected, cancelled, expired

expires_at
string
required

Absolute session expiry. Completion must finish before this deadline; starting it or refreshing an upload instruction does not extend it.

name
string
required

Frozen display name for a newly published asset.

alt_text
nullable string
required

Frozen alternative text, or null when omitted.

folder_id
nullable string
required

Frozen destination folder, or null for the library root.

file
object
required

Exact properties of the original file. Calculate size and SHA-256 from its bytes before creating a session. Images allow up to 5,242,880 bytes; other supported media allow up to 25,000,000 bytes.

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result
nullable object
required

Saved publication receipt, or null until completed.

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last_error
nullable object
required

Last completion error, or null when no failure is recorded.

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next
array of object
required

Available next steps for this session.

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asset
nullable object
required

Canonical asset when available, or null before completion or when unavailable.

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