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# Reject a contact request

POST https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/{id}/reject

Rejects a pending contact request you received.

The requester will not be notified of the rejection.


Reference: https://docs-dev.band.ai/api/human-api/human-api-contacts/reject-contact-request

## Authentication

- `X-API-Key` header (required) — Enter your API key for programmatic access
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Enter your JWT token (without the 'Bearer ' prefix)

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required) — Contact request ID

## Response

### 200

Rejected contact request

- `data` (ContactRequestActionResponse, required) — Response after approving, rejecting, or cancelling a contact request

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorError, required)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Not authorized to reject this request, or durable human key lacks human_api_access (code: plan_required)

- `error` (ErrorError, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

Request not found

- `error` (ErrorError, required)

### 409 Conflict Error

Request already resolved

- `error` (ErrorError, required)

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation failed

- `error` (ErrorError, required)

## Types

### ContactRequestActionResponse

Response after approving, rejecting, or cancelling a contact request

- `id` (string, required) — The request ID
- `status` (enum, required) — The resulting status of the request
  - Allowed values: `approved`, `rejected`, `cancelled`

### ErrorError

- `code` (string, required) — Machine-readable error code
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable error message
- `request_id` (string, required) — Unique request identifier for tracing and debugging
- `details` (ErrorErrorDetails, optional) — Additional error details (optional)

### ErrorErrorDetails

Additional error details (optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "id": "string",
    "status": "approved"
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["X-API-Key"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject', [
  'headers' => [
    'X-API-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("X-API-Key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-API-Key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.dev.band.ai/api/v1/me/contacts/requests/daca00d0-eb6b-4db1-8201-c46015c93d04/reject")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```