You can cancel continuous replication by adding the cancel field to the JSON request object and setting the value to true. Note that the structure of the request must be identical to the original for the cancelation request to be honoured. For example, if you requested continuous replication, the cancellation request must also contain the continuous field.

For example, the replication request:

POST http://couchdb:5984/_replicate
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
   "source" : "recipes",
   "target" : "http://couchdb-remote:5984/recipes",
   "create_target" : true,
   "continuous" : true
}

Must be canceled using the request:

POST http://couchdb:5984/_replicate
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: application/json

{
    "cancel" : true,
    "continuous" : true
    "create_target" : true,
    "source" : "recipes",
    "target" : "http://couchdb-remote:5984/recipes",
}

Requesting cancellation of a replication that does not exist results in a 404 error.