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Decline a booking

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POST/bookings/{booking_id}/decline

Declines a pending booking, frees its slot and fires booking.declined. Agoo tells the attendee their request wasn't accepted. The reason is kept on the booking for your organisation; the attendee sees it only if you set share_reason_with_attendee.

Returns invalid_state if the booking isn't pending. To call off a booking that is already confirmed, cancel it with POST /bookings/{booking_id}/cancel.

Scope: bookings:write · Plan: Pro and Enterprise in live mode; every plan in test mode.

Authorization

AuthorizationBearer <token>

Send Authorization: Bearer <token> on every request. The token is one of:

PrefixWhat it isWhere it may be used
agoo_sk_live_Secret key, live modeYour servers only
agoo_sk_test_Secret key, test modeYour servers only
agoo_pk_live_Publishable key, live modeBrowsers and apps: create pre-registrations and bookings, read public booking types (with their intake questions) and their free slots, read the visit types open for pre-registration with their public forms. Never lists people.
agoo_pk_test_Publishable key, test modeAs above, in test mode

Admins create keys in Console → Developers → API keys and choose each key's scopes. A key is shown once. Never put a secret key in a URL, a browser or a mobile app.

In: header

Scope: bookings:write

Path Parameters

booking_id*string

The booking's ID.

Match^booking_[0-7][0-9a-hjkmnp-tv-z]{25}$
Example"booking_01m4dtqd00eq4rtc1jdsr1gr6z"

Header Parameters

Idempotency-Key*string

A UUID you generate for this operation. If you retry with the same key within 24 hours, Agoo returns the original response instead of acting twice. While the first request is still running, a retry returns conflict. Reusing a key with a different request returns idempotency_key_reused. Responses with rate_limited, internal_error or unavailable aren't stored, so retry those with the same key.

Formatuuid

Request Body

application/json

TypeScript Definitions

Use the request body type in TypeScript.

Response Body

application/json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

application/problem+json

curl -X POST "https://example.com/bookings/booking_01m4dtqd00eq4rtc1jdsr1gr6z/decline" \  -H "Idempotency-Key: 3f6b2a1e-8c4d-4f7a-9b2e-5d1c0a7e9f64" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{    "reason": "Kwame is at the Kumasi Office that week.",    "share_reason_with_attendee": true  }'
{  "id": "booking_01m4t8d7j0f47vwvc95qzqkdf6",  "status": "declined",  "booking_type_id": "btype_01kqs3efm0emma1643wwgmw0jc",  "host_id": "person_01kjsesxm0e4zbyvkr7bcfxbfg",  "start_at": "2026-10-21T14:00:00Z",  "end_at": "2026-10-21T14:45:00Z",  "time_zone": "Africa/Accra",  "meeting_kind": "in_person",  "site_id": "site_01kjpt3yw0fz0v414608h9x65s",  "meeting_url": null,  "address": null,  "attendee": {    "name": "Ama Owusu",    "phone": "+233241234567",    "email": "ama@coastline.example",    "company": "Coastline Consult"  },  "visit_id": null,  "custom_fields": {},  "confirm_by": "2026-10-14T09:10:00Z",  "confirmed_at": null,  "declined_at": "2026-10-13T12:15:00Z",  "decline_reason": "Kwame is at the Kumasi Office that week.",  "cancelled_at": null,  "cancellation_reason": null,  "created_at": "2026-10-13T09:10:00Z",  "updated_at": "2026-10-13T12:15:00Z"}