> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://exa.ai/docs/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. > ## Agent Instructions > The Exa API is served at https://api.exa.ai. Authenticate with `Authorization: Bearer $EXA_API_KEY` (or `x-api-key: $EXA_API_KEY`); create keys at https://dashboard.exa.ai/api-keys. > Prefer the official SDKs, `exa-py` (`pip install exa-py`) and `exa-js` (`npm install exa-js`); both read `EXA_API_KEY` from the environment. > Tool-using agents can call Exa without writing code through the hosted MCP server at https://mcp.exa.ai/mcp, or install the Exa agent skill with `npx skills add exa-labs/agent-skills` (skill file: https://exa.ai/docs/skill.md). > The OpenAPI specs at https://exa.ai/docs/exa-spec.yaml and https://exa.ai/docs/team-management-spec.yaml are the source of truth for request and response schemas. # Cancel a running webset > Cancels all operations being performed on a Webset. Any enrichment or search will be stopped and the Webset will be marked as `idle`. ## OpenAPI ````yaml exa-spec.yaml POST /v0/websets/{id}/cancel openapi: 3.1.0 info: title: Exa Public API version: 2.0.0 servers: - url: https://api.exa.ai security: - apiKey: [] - bearer: [] paths: /v0/websets/{id}/cancel: servers: - url: https://api.exa.ai/websets post: tags: - Websets summary: Cancel a running Webset description: >- Cancels all operations being performed on a Webset. Any enrichment or search will be stopped and the Webset will be marked as `idle`. operationId: websets-cancel parameters: - in: path name: id schema: type: string description: The id or externalId of the Webset required: true responses: '200': description: Webset canceled headers: X-Request-Id: schema: type: string description: Unique identifier for the request. required: true content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Webset' security: - apiKey: [] - bearer: [] components: schemas: Webset: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the webset type: string object: const: webset default: webset description: The type of object type: string status: enum: - idle - pending - running - paused description: The status of the webset title: WebsetStatus type: string externalId: type: string description: The external identifier for the webset nullable: true title: type: string description: The title of the webset nullable: true searches: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetSearch' description: The searches that have been performed on the webset. type: array imports: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Import' description: Imports that have been performed on the webset. type: array enrichments: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetEnrichment' description: The Enrichments to apply to the Webset Items. type: array monitors: items: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Monitor' description: The Monitors for the Webset. type: array excludes: description: >- The Excludes sources (existing imports or websets) that apply to all operations within this Webset. Any results found within these sources will be omitted across all search and import operations. items: properties: source: enum: - import - webset type: string id: type: string required: - source - id type: object type: array metadata: default: {} description: Set of key-value pairs you want to associate with this object. propertyNames: maxLength: 250 type: string additionalProperties: type: string maxLength: 1000 type: object dashboardUrl: format: uri description: The URL to view the webset in the Exa dashboard type: string createdAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the webset was created type: string updatedAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the webset was updated type: string required: - id - object - status - externalId - title - searches - imports - enrichments - monitors - dashboardUrl - createdAt - updatedAt type: object WebsetSearch: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the search type: string object: const: webset_search default: webset_search description: The type of object type: string websetId: description: The unique identifier for the Webset this search belongs to type: string status: enum: - created - pending - running - completed - canceled description: The status of the search title: WebsetSearchStatus type: string query: minLength: 1 maxLength: 5000 description: The query used to create the search. type: string entity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity' description: >- The entity the search will return results for. When no entity is provided during creation, we will automatically select the best entity based on the query. nullable: true criteria: items: properties: description: minLength: 1 maxLength: 1000 description: The description of the criterion type: string successRate: minimum: 0 maximum: 100 description: >- Value between 0 and 100 representing the percentage of results that meet the criterion. type: number required: - description - successRate type: object description: >- The criteria the search will use to evaluate the results. If not provided, we will automatically generate them for you. type: array count: minimum: 1 description: >- The number of results the search will attempt to find. The actual number of results may be less than this number depending on the search complexity. type: number maxPeoplePerCompany: minimum: 1 type: integer description: >- The soft cap requested for matching people from the same current employer company, or null when no cap was requested. nullable: true behavior: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetSearchBehavior' default: override description: >- The behavior of the search when it is added to a Webset. - `override`: the search will replace the existing Items found in the Webset and evaluate them against the new criteria. Any Items that don't match the new criteria will be discarded. - `append`: the search will add the new Items found to the existing Webset. Any Items that don't match the new criteria will be discarded. exclude: items: properties: source: enum: - import - webset type: string id: type: string required: - source - id type: object description: >- Sources (existing imports or websets) used to omit certain results to be found during the search. type: array scope: items: properties: source: enum: - import - webset type: string id: type: string relationship: properties: definition: description: >- What the relationship of the entities you hope to find is relative to the entities contained in the provided source. type: string limit: minimum: 1 maximum: 10 type: number required: - definition - limit type: object required: - source - id type: object description: >- The scope of the search. By default, there is no scope - thus searching the web. If provided during creation, the search will only be performed on the sources provided. type: array progress: properties: found: description: The number of results found so far type: number analyzed: description: The number of results analyzed so far type: number completion: minimum: 0 maximum: 100 description: The completion percentage of the search type: number timeLeft: type: number description: The estimated time remaining in seconds, null if unknown nullable: true required: - found - analyzed - completion - timeLeft description: The progress of the search type: object recall: properties: expected: properties: total: description: The estimated total number of potential matches type: number confidence: enum: - high - medium - low description: The confidence in the estimate type: string bounds: properties: min: description: The minimum estimated total number of potential matches type: number max: description: The maximum estimated total number of potential matches type: number required: - min - max type: object required: - total - confidence - bounds type: object reasoning: description: The reasoning for the estimate type: string required: - expected - reasoning type: object description: >- Recall metrics for the search, null if not yet computed or requested. nullable: true metadata: default: {} description: Set of key-value pairs you want to associate with this object. propertyNames: maxLength: 250 type: string additionalProperties: type: string maxLength: 1000 type: object canceledAt: format: date-time type: string description: The date and time the search was canceled nullable: true canceledReason: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetSearchCanceledReason' description: The reason the search was canceled nullable: true createdAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the search was created type: string updatedAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the search was updated type: string required: - id - object - websetId - status - query - entity - criteria - count - maxPeoplePerCompany - exclude - scope - progress - recall - canceledAt - canceledReason - createdAt - updatedAt type: object Import: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the Import type: string object: enum: - import description: The type of object type: string status: enum: - pending - processing - completed - failed - canceled description: The status of the Import type: string format: enum: - csv - webset description: The format of the import. type: string entity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity' description: The type of entity the import contains. nullable: true title: description: The title of the import type: string count: description: The number of entities in the import type: number metadata: description: Set of key-value pairs you want to associate with this object. propertyNames: maxLength: 250 type: string additionalProperties: type: string maxLength: 1000 type: object failedReason: enum: - invalid_format - invalid_file_content - missing_identifier type: string description: The reason the import failed nullable: true failedAt: format: date-time type: string description: When the import failed nullable: true failedMessage: type: string description: A human readable message of the import failure nullable: true createdAt: format: date-time description: When the import was created type: string updatedAt: format: date-time description: When the import was last updated type: string required: - id - object - status - format - entity - title - count - metadata - failedReason - failedAt - failedMessage - createdAt - updatedAt type: object WebsetEnrichment: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the enrichment type: string object: const: webset_enrichment default: webset_enrichment description: The type of object type: string status: enum: - pending - canceled - completed description: The status of the enrichment title: WebsetEnrichmentStatus type: string websetId: description: The unique identifier for the Webset this enrichment belongs to. type: string title: type: string description: >- The title of the enrichment. This will be automatically generated based on the description and format. nullable: true description: description: >- The description of the enrichment task provided during the creation of the enrichment. type: string format: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetEnrichmentFormat' description: The format of the enrichment response. nullable: true options: items: properties: label: description: The label of the option type: string required: - label type: object type: array description: >- When the format is options, the different options for the enrichment agent to choose from. title: WebsetEnrichmentOptions nullable: true instructions: type: string description: >- The instructions for the enrichment Agent. This will be automatically generated based on the description and format. nullable: true metadata: default: {} description: The metadata of the enrichment propertyNames: maxLength: 250 type: string additionalProperties: type: string maxLength: 1000 type: object createdAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the enrichment was created type: string updatedAt: format: date-time description: The date and time the enrichment was updated type: string required: - id - object - status - websetId - title - description - format - options - instructions - createdAt - updatedAt type: object Monitor: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the Monitor type: string object: enum: - monitor description: The type of object type: string status: enum: - enabled - disabled description: The status of the Monitor type: string websetId: description: The id of the Webset the Monitor belongs to type: string cadence: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorCadence' description: How often the monitor will run behavior: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorBehavior' description: Behavior to perform when monitor runs lastRun: $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorRun' title: MonitorRun description: The last run of the monitor nullable: true nextRunAt: format: date-time type: string description: Date and time when the next run will occur in nullable: true metadata: description: Set of key-value pairs you want to associate with this object. propertyNames: maxLength: 250 type: string additionalProperties: type: string maxLength: 1000 type: object createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: When the monitor was created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: When the monitor was last updated required: - id - object - status - websetId - cadence - behavior - lastRun - nextRunAt - metadata - createdAt - updatedAt type: object Entity: oneOf: - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CompanyEntity' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/PersonEntity' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ArticleEntity' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/ResearchPaperEntity' - $ref: '#/components/schemas/CustomEntity' WebsetSearchBehavior: enum: - override - append type: string WebsetSearchCanceledReason: enum: - webset_deleted - webset_canceled - out_of_credits type: string WebsetEnrichmentFormat: enum: - text - date - number - options - email - phone - url type: string MonitorCadence: properties: cron: description: >- Cron expression for monitor cadence (must be a valid Unix cron with 5 fields). The schedule must trigger at most once per day. type: string timezone: default: Etc/UTC description: IANA timezone (e.g., "America/New_York") type: string required: - cron type: object MonitorBehavior: properties: config: properties: query: description: >- The query to search for. By default, the query from the last search is used. minLength: 2 maxLength: 10000 type: string criteria: description: >- The criteria to search for. By default, the criteria from the last search is used. maxItems: 5 items: properties: description: minLength: 2 maxLength: 1000 type: string required: - description type: object type: array entity: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Entity' title: Entity description: >- The entity to search for. By default, the entity from the last search/import is used. count: exclusiveMinimum: 0 description: The maximum number of results to find type: number behavior: $ref: '#/components/schemas/WebsetSearchBehavior' default: append description: The behaviour of the Search when it is added to a Webset. required: - count description: >- Specify the search parameters for the Monitor. By default, the search parameters (query, entity and criteria) from the last search are used when no parameters are provided. type: object type: type: string const: search default: search description: >- Configure the Monitor to find new Items matching your search criteria required: - type - config type: object MonitorRun: properties: id: description: The unique identifier for the Monitor Run type: string object: enum: - monitor_run description: The type of object type: string monitorId: description: The monitor that the run is associated with type: string status: enum: - created - running - completed - canceled - failed description: The status of the Monitor Run type: string completedAt: format: date-time type: string description: When the run completed nullable: true failedAt: format: date-time type: string description: When the run failed nullable: true failedReason: type: string description: The reason the run failed nullable: true canceledAt: format: date-time type: string description: When the run was canceled nullable: true createdAt: type: string format: date-time description: When the run was created updatedAt: type: string format: date-time description: When the run was last updated type: type: string enum: - search - refresh description: The type of the Monitor Run required: - id - object - monitorId - status - type - completedAt - failedAt - failedReason - canceledAt - createdAt - updatedAt type: object CompanyEntity: properties: type: type: string const: company default: company required: - type title: Company type: object PersonEntity: properties: type: type: string const: person default: person required: - type title: Person type: object ArticleEntity: properties: type: type: string const: article default: article required: - type title: Article type: object ResearchPaperEntity: properties: type: type: string const: research_paper default: research_paper required: - type title: Research Paper type: object CustomEntity: properties: description: minLength: 2 maxLength: 200 type: string type: type: string const: custom default: custom required: - type - description title: Custom type: object securitySchemes: apiKey: type: apiKey name: x-api-key in: header description: >- Pass your Exa API key in the x-api-key header. You can also authenticate with Authorization: Bearer . bearer: type: http scheme: bearer description: >- Pass your Exa API key in the x-api-key header. You can also authenticate with Authorization: Bearer . ````