Decline a request
The card leaves the board and the report it came from is declined in Median. Nobody is messaged, the same as declining on Signal. Only a card still in the Requests column; past that, deleting it is the way off.
POST
/tasks/{task}/declineAuthorization
AuthorizationBearer token · headerrequired`MEDIAN_KEY` from Settings under API, or an MCP OAuth access token. A key acts as the organization; a token acts as the person who approved it.
Path parameters
taskstringrequiredA task key like "MED-12", its number, its id, or a link to the card.
Responses
200Done.
okboolean401The bearer token is missing, revoked, or expired.
errorobjectShow propertiesHide properties
codestringmessagestring404Not one of yours, or not there at all.
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codestringmessagestring409It already exists, or it was already settled.
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codestringmessagestring429Too many requests. Wait the seconds in `Retry-After`. Limits depend on the plan. See [rate limits](/api/errors-and-limits#rate-limits).
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codestringmessagestringRequest
curl -X POST "https://api.median.sh/v1/tasks/string/decline" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"const response = await fetch("https://api.median.sh/v1/tasks/string/decline", {
method: "POST",
headers: {
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN"
}
});Response
{
"ok": true
}{
"error": {
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
}{
"error": {
"code": "string",
"message": "string"
}
}