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Cancel an appointment

Request

Cancels an appointment as a command: the response is the appointment with status: "cancelled" and cancelled_at set. Optionally stores a reason and whether to notify the client.

Requires Idempotency-Key. Cancelling an already cancelled appointment with the same key is a no-op returning the same result.

A cancelled appointment stays readable: getAppointment returns it with status: "cancelled" rather than 404, and listAppointments keeps returning it, so a client synchronising the journal sees the cancellation instead of silently losing the row. Filter on the status field to hide them. In a visit built from several appointments, cancelling one does not cancel the visit: the remaining appointments and any payments already recorded stay, and amount_to_pay_minor is recomputed when the visit is read.

Security
OAuth2(Required scopes: appointments:write) or RestrictedKey
Path
location_idintegerrequired

Identifier of the Location. Verified against the credential on every call — a Location the credential cannot access responds with 404.

appointment_idintegerrequired

Identifier of the appointment.

Headers
Idempotency-Keystring, <= 255 charactersrequired

Client-generated unique key for this logical request (UUID recommended). A retry with the same key and body returns the original result; the same key with a different body fails with 409 idempotency_key_reused. Keys are retained at least 24 hours and are scoped to credential, Location, and operation; after expiry the value may be reused for a new logical request.

Bodyapplication/json
reasonstring

Free-form cancellation reason stored on the appointment.

notify_clientboolean

Whether to send the client a cancellation notification.

curl -i -X POST \
  'https://developer.alteg.io/_mock/en/b2b-v3/openapi/locations/{location_id}/appointments/{appointment_id}/cancel' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer <YOUR_TOKEN_HERE>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: string' \
  -d '{
    "reason": "client_request",
    "notify_client": true
  }'

Responses

The cancelled appointment.

Headers
RateLimit-Remaininginteger, (int32), >= 0

Requests left in the most constrained policy window that applies to this request.

RateLimit-Resetinteger, (int32), >= 0

On 429, seconds until the most constrained policy frees up; it equals Retry-After there. On a successful response it reports the length of that policy's window rather than the time left in the current one, so treat it as the window size, not as a countdown — the counter to pace against is RateLimit-Remaining.

RateLimit-Policystring

Most constrained policy applied to the request, as <limit>;w=<window in seconds>.

Example:"10;w=60"
X-Request-Idstring

Request identifier for support and log correlation.

Bodyapplication/json
idintegerread-onlyrequired
objectstringread-onlyrequired
Value:"appointment"
location_idintegerread-onlyrequired
team_member_idintegerrequired
service_idsArray of integersrequired
statusstring(AppointmentStatus)required

Status of an appointment. waiting — scheduled, not yet confirmed; confirmed — confirmed by the client; arrived — the client attended (terminal "done" state); no_show — the client did not attend; cancelled — cancelled via the cancel command (never set through the status command).

Enum:"waiting""confirmed""arrived""no_show""cancelled"
starts_atstring, (date-time)required

RFC 3339 with the Location's local UTC offset.

duration_secondsintegerrequired
client_idinteger or null

null only on appointments without a client.

visit_idinteger or nullread-only

Billing visit of this appointment.

resource_instance_idsArray of integers

Resource instances occupied by the appointment.

ends_atstring, (date-time)read-only

RFC 3339 with the Location's local UTC offset.

is_paidbooleanread-only

Whether the visit of this appointment is fully paid.

commentstring or null
cancelled_atstring or null, (date-time)read-only

UTC; set by the cancel command.

cancellation_reasonstring or nullread-only
clientobject(Client)read-only

Present only when requested with expand[]=client; PII rules apply.

team_memberobject(TeamMember)read-only

Present only when requested with expand[]=team_member.

created_atstring, (date-time)read-only

UTC.

updated_atstring, (date-time)read-only

UTC.

Response
{ "id": 12345, "object": "appointment", "location_id": 4321, "client_id": 789, "visit_id": 5001, "team_member_id": 321, "service_ids": [ 100 ], "resource_instance_ids": [], "status": "cancelled", "starts_at": "2026-07-24T11:30:00+01:00", "ends_at": "2026-07-24T12:30:00+01:00", "duration_seconds": 3600, "is_paid": false, "comment": null, "cancelled_at": "2026-07-22T05:15:00Z", "cancellation_reason": "client_request", "created_at": "2026-07-20T09:57:15Z", "updated_at": "2026-07-22T05:15:00Z" }