# Pause a campaign (/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/pauseWhatsappCampaign) > Stop sending until you resume. Only a running campaign can be paused. A pause you make by hand is never resumed automatically. > **Set up WhatsApp first.** Connect a WhatsApp number in the dashboard or with [Connect numbers](/docs/api-reference/whatsapp/importWhatsappNumbers). Included on every paid plan. [See plans](https://omnidim.io/pricing). **POST** `/whatsapp/campaigns/{campaign_id}/pause` Stop sending until you resume. Only a running campaign can be paused. A pause you make by hand is never resumed automatically. ```yaml operationId: pauseWhatsappCampaign parameters: - in: path name: campaign_id required: true schema: type: integer description: Id of a WhatsApp campaign, from `listWhatsappCampaigns`. responses: '200': description: The paused campaign. content: application/json: schema: type: object properties: id: type: integer name: type: string status: type: string enum: - draft - scheduled - in_progress - paused - completed - failed - cancelled pause_reason: type: string nullable: true enum: - human - balance - channel_down - monthly_limit description: Why it paused, or null. Only `human` waits for you; the rest resume on their own. campaign_mode: type: string enum: - broadcast - broadcast_reply send_mode: type: string enum: - review - on_arrival data_source: type: string enum: - csv - webhook is_dynamic: type: boolean phone_number_id: type: integer template: type: object nullable: true properties: id: type: integer name: type: string agent_id: type: integer nullable: true description: The agent that answers replies, when one is attached. variable_mapping: type: object description: Template field to contact field or static text. additionalProperties: true counts: type: object properties: total: type: integer sent: type: integer delivered: type: integer read: type: integer replied: type: integer failed: type: integer skipped: type: integer opted_out: type: integer receipts_reported: type: boolean description: This number reports delivery and read receipts, so the rates are real. delivery_rate: type: number nullable: true description: Delivered as a percentage of sent. Null when receipts are not reported. read_rate: type: number nullable: true description: Read as a percentage of delivered. Null when receipts are not reported. reply_rate: type: number description: Replied as a percentage of sent. spend: type: object nullable: true description: What the campaign cost so far. Null without billing access. properties: amount: type: number currency: type: string example: USD created_at: type: string nullable: true '400': description: >- A bad parameter or body. `code` says which, such as `invalid_parameter`, `invalid_json`, `invalid_limit` or `invalid_cursor`. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. example: error: invalid_request error_description: limit must be a whole number from 1 to 100. code: invalid_limit request_id: req_4a1c7d9e2f60 '401': description: Missing or invalid API key. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. example: error: unauthorized error_description: Missing or invalid API key code: invalid_api_key request_id: req_6e2b9d4f1a38 '403': description: | `feature_not_enabled` when your plan or role cannot use WhatsApp, `permission_denied` when the key's user cannot make changes, or `service_unavailable` when the account is on hold. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. example: error: forbidden error_description: You do not have permission to make changes to WhatsApp. code: permission_denied request_id: req_9f2c1a4b7d3e '404': description: | No number, conversation, message, template, media upload, agent, campaign, contact or opt-out with that id in your workspace. `code` says which. Another workspace's id gives the same answer. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. example: error: not_found error_description: WhatsApp number not found. code: number_not_found request_id: req_2c8e7a1d9b40 '409': description: '`invalid_transition`: only an in-progress campaign can be paused.' content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. '500': description: Something went wrong on our side. Quote `ref` to support. content: application/json: schema: type: object description: | The error envelope for every WhatsApp route. Some errors add keys: `fields` (the template parameters a send still needs), `ref` (a 500's support reference) and `failed` (on `import_failed`). properties: error: type: string description: Machine-readable category, such as `invalid_request`. error_description: type: string description: Human-readable explanation. code: type: string description: Stable, specific reason, such as `window_closed`. request_id: type: string description: >- Correlates this response with the server log. Also sent as the `X-Request-Id` header. fields: type: array items: type: string description: >- On a template send missing parameters (`missing_fields`), the field keys you still need. ref: type: string description: On a `500`, the reference to quote to support. failed: type: array items: type: object properties: phone_number_id: type: string message: type: string example: >- This WhatsApp number is already connected to another account. Disconnect it there first, then import it again. Contact support if you cannot access that account. description: On `import_failed`, each number and why it could not be connected. example: error: server_error error_description: >- Something went wrong on our side. Please try again shortly, or contact support with reference 9a1f3e8b02c4. ref: 9a1f3e8b02c4 code: server_error request_id: req_9a1f3e8b02c4 ``` **curl** ```bash curl -X POST "https://backend.omnidim.io/api/v1/whatsapp/campaigns/{campaign_id}/pause" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer $OMNIDIM_API_KEY" ```