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# Decline Invitation

> Decline a pending connection invitation.

## Overview

Declines (ignores) a pending connection invitation using the invitation's `shared_secret` and `entity_urn`. These values can be obtained from the [List Invitations](/api-reference/v2/network/list-invitations) endpoint. The sender is not notified, as on LinkedIn.

Same request and response as [Accept Invitation](/api-reference/v2/network/accept) — only `action` changes.

<Note>This endpoint consumes **1 credit** per request. Ignore this if you're on per-seat pricing: usage is unlimited.</Note>

## Request

<ParamField header="x-api-key" type="string" required>
  Your API key for authentication.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="account_id" type="string" required>
  The unique identifier of the account to use.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="action" type="string" required>
  Must be `"decline"`.
</ParamField>

<ParamField body="params" type="object" required>
  <Expandable title="params properties">
    <ParamField body="shared_secret" type="string" required>
      The shared secret associated with the invitation. Obtained from the invitation data.
    </ParamField>

    <ParamField body="entity_urn" type="string" required>
      The entity URN of the invitation to decline.
    </ParamField>
  </Expandable>
</ParamField>

## Response

<ResponseField name="success" type="boolean">
  Indicates whether the request was successful.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="data" type="object">
  Confirmation of the declined invitation.
</ResponseField>

<ResponseField name="metadata" type="object">
  <Expandable title="metadata properties">
    <ResponseField name="action" type="string">
      The action that was performed (`"decline"`).
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="account_id" type="string">
      The account ID used for the request.
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="credits_consumed" type="integer">
      Number of credits consumed (1).
    </ResponseField>

    <ResponseField name="timestamp" type="string">
      ISO 8601 timestamp of the response.
    </ResponseField>
  </Expandable>
</ResponseField>

<ResponseExample>
  ```json 200 theme={null}
  {
    "success": true,
    "data": {
      "status": "ok",
      "message": "success"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "action": "decline",
      "account_id": "your-account-id",
      "credits_consumed": 1,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-17T18:00:00Z"
    }
  }
  ```

  ```json 400 theme={null}
  {
    "success": false,
    "error": {
      "code": "INVALID_PARAMS",
      "message": "Invalid parameter"
    },
    "metadata": {
      "action": "decline",
      "account_id": "your-account-id",
      "credits_consumed": 1,
      "timestamp": "2026-09-17T18:00:00Z"
    }
  }
  ```
</ResponseExample>