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Terminate contract

POST
/contracts/:contract_id/terminations
POST
/rest/v2/contracts/:contract_id/terminations
$curl -X POST https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts/eq2ykjw/terminations \
>     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>" \
>     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
>     -d '{
>  "data": {}
>}'
1{
2  "data": {
3    "id": "5f4e1e4e",
4    "completion_date": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
5  }
6}

Initiates termination of an active contract, recording the termination reason, effective date, and any final payment details. Can only be called on contracts that are currently active. Token scopes: contracts:write

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## Authentication The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail. ```curl curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \ -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE' ``` [Learn more about authentication](/api/authentication)
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AuthorizationBearer

Standard OAuth2 security scheme based on https://swagger.io/docs/specification/authentication/

Path parameters

contract_idstringRequired
The unique identifier of the contractor contract

Request

This endpoint expects an object.
dataobjectRequired

Termination data. At minimum, you must provide either terminate_now: true (for immediate termination) OR completion_date (for scheduled termination).

Response

Successful operation
dataobject

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
403
Forbidden Error
404
Not Found Error
409
Conflict Error
500
Internal Server Error

Authentication

The Deel API uses bearer tokens to authenticate requests. All API calls must be made over HTTPS — calls over plain HTTP or without authentication will fail.

1curl -X GET 'https://api.letsdeel.com/rest/v2/contracts' \
2  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR-TOKEN-HERE'

Learn more about authentication