REST API: data sources

Delete data sources

Delete data sources from a group.

Purpose

Use this call to delete one source or several at once. The sources must belong to the group you name.

Request

POST <API_BASE_URL>/source/delete. All calls are POST under your API address. Replace <API_BASE_URL> with the API address provided with your access.

Send a permanent API token in the token field of the body, or a user token in the token header. See authentication.

Content type: application/json.

FieldTypeRequiredDescription
tokenstring (uuid)if no headerYour permanent API token. Required unless you send a user token in the token header.
group_idstring (uuid)yesThe group the sources belong to.
source_idarray of string (uuid) or stringyesOne source identifier, or an array of identifiers.

Response

HTTP 200. The sources that belonged to the group were deleted.

FieldTypeDescription
statusstringAlways ok on this body.
messagestringLists the deleted sources. Never branch on it.

Errors

  • 400: The body failed validation. The answer has status of error and a details list with one entry per offending field (path, expected, actual).
  • 401: The token is missing, expired or unknown.

A refusal can also come before the operation runs: an address outside your IP allowlist, a token bound to another address, or a body that is not valid JSON. See response format and errors.

Example

Request:

curl -X POST "<API_BASE_URL>/source/delete" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "token": "<your permanent API token>",
    "group_id": "<group id>",
    "source_id": [
      "<source id>"
    ]
  }'

Response:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "message": "<detail>"
}

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