Pause Watch

Pause evaluation: no alerts fire until resumed

POST /v1/watches/{id}/pause

Pause Watch

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

import requests

url = "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

fetch('https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/{id}/pause")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

{
  "id": "wat_8kLm2nPq",
  "object": "watch",
  "name": "Class 9 filings (US/EU)",
  "watch_type": "class",
  "status": "paused",
  "alert_count_24h": 2,
  "last_alerted_at": "2026-07-05T09:12:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-06T08:30:00.000Z",
  "request_id": "req_2mR8vNkT"
}

Overview

Pausing preserves the watch and its history. Signa stops evaluating it on each data sync until you resume it. Requires the portfolios:manage scope.

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Watch ID (wat_*).

Response

Returns the updated Watch with status: "paused".

Errors

Status	type	When
404	not_found	Watch doesn’t exist or belongs to another org

Code Examples

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.signa.so/v1/watches/wat_8kLm2nPq/pause" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer sig_YOUR_KEY" \
  -H "Idempotency-Key: pause-wat-8kLm2nPq-2026-06-12"

import { Signa } from "@signa-so/sdk";
const signa = new Signa({ api_key: process.env.SIGNA_API_KEY });

await signa.watches.pause("wat_8kLm2nPq");

{
  "id": "wat_8kLm2nPq",
  "object": "watch",
  "name": "Class 9 filings (US/EU)",
  "watch_type": "class",
  "status": "paused",
  "alert_count_24h": 2,
  "last_alerted_at": "2026-07-05T09:12:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-07-06T08:30:00.000Z",
  "request_id": "req_2mR8vNkT"
}

Related Endpoints

• Resume Watch - restart evaluation
• Update Watch - the same status change via PATCH
• Delete Watch - stop evaluation permanently