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title: Ignore an inferred DEM journey
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# Ignore an inferred DEM journey{% #ignore-an-inferred-dem-journey %}
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| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                                                        |
| ----------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | POST https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore      |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | POST https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore  |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore |
| app.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore |
| us5.datadoghq.com | POST https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/{journey_id}/ignore |

### Overview

Mark an inferred DEM journey as ignored so it no longer appears in the candidate list. This endpoint requires the `synthetics_write` permission.

### Arguments

#### Path Parameters

| Name                         | Type   | Description                                              |
| ---------------------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------- |
| journey_id [*required*] | string | The unique identifier of the inferred journey to ignore. |

### Response

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No Content
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Not Found
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API error response.

| Parent field | Field                    | Type     | Description                                                                     |
| ------------ | ------------------------ | -------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
|              | errors [*required*] | [object] | A list of errors.                                                               |
| errors       | detail                   | string   | A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the error.          |
| errors       | meta                     | object   | Non-standard meta-information about the error                                   |
| errors       | source                   | object   | References to the source of the error.                                          |
| source       | header                   | string   | A string indicating the name of a single request header which caused the error. |
| source       | parameter                | string   | A string indicating which URI query parameter caused the error.                 |
| source       | pointer                  | string   | A JSON pointer to the value in the request document that caused the error.      |
| errors       | status                   | string   | Status code of the response.                                                    |
| errors       | title                    | string   | Short human-readable summary of the error.                                      |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "detail": "Missing required attribute in body",
      "meta": {},
      "source": {
        "header": "Authorization",
        "parameter": "limit",
        "pointer": "/data/attributes/title"
      },
      "status": "400",
      "title": "Bad Request"
    }
  ]
}
```

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Too many requests
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API error response.

| Field                    | Type     | Description       |
| ------------------------ | -------- | ----------------- |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | A list of errors. |

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```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```

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### Code Example

##### 
                  \# Path parameters export journey_id="inferred-abc123" \# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"  \# Curl command curl -X POST "https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/dem/journeys/inferred/${journey_id}/ignore" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" 
                
##### 

```python
"""
Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v2.api.dem_api import DEMApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = DEMApi(api_client)
    api_instance.ignore_inferred_journey(
        journey_id="journey_id",
    )
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
##### 

```ruby
# Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V2::DEMAPI.new
api_instance.ignore_inferred_journey("journey_id")
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
##### 

```go
// Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV2"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV2.NewDEMApi(apiClient)
	r, err := api.IgnoreInferredJourney(ctx, "journey_id")

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `DEMApi.IgnoreInferredJourney`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
##### 

```java
// Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v2.api.DemApi;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    DemApi apiInstance = new DemApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      apiInstance.ignoreInferredJourney("inferred-abc123");
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling DemApi#ignoreInferredJourney");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
##### 

```rust
// Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV2::api_dem::DEMAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = DEMAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.ignore_inferred_journey("journey_id".to_string()).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<API-KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<APP-KEY>" cargo run
##### 

```typescript
/**
 * Ignore an inferred DEM journey returns "No Content" response
 */

import { client, v2 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
const apiInstance = new v2.DEMApi(configuration);

const params: v2.DEMApiIgnoreInferredJourneyRequest = {
  journeyId: "journey_id",
};

apiInstance
  .ignoreInferredJourney(params)
  .then((data: any) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://docs.datadoghq.com/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:
    DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
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