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# Delete records

DELETE https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/{sheetId}/records

Deletes records from a workbook sheet

Reference: https://reference.flatfile.com/api-reference/records/delete

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `sheetId` (string, required) — ID of sheet

### Query parameters

- `ids` (string, required) — A list of record IDs to delete. Maximum of 100 allowed.

## Response

### 200

- `data` (SuccessData, optional)

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

- `errors` (list of Error, required)

### 404 Not Found Error

- `errors` (list of Error, required)

## Types

### SuccessData

- `success` (boolean, required)

### Error

- `message` (string, required)
- `key` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": {
    "success": true
  }
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Example0
import requests

url = "https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records"

querystring = {"ids":"us_rc_YOUR_ID"}

headers = {
    "X-Disable-Hooks": "true",
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```typescript Example0
import { FlatfileClient } from "@flatfile/api";

const client = new FlatfileClient({ token: "YOUR_TOKEN" });
await client.records.delete("us_sh_YOUR_ID", {
    ids: "us_rc_YOUR_ID"
});

```

```go Example0
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID"

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

	req.Header.Add("X-Disable-Hooks", "true")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Example0
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-Disable-Hooks"] = 'true'
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

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

```java Example0
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID")
  .header("X-Disable-Hooks", "true")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php Example0
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'X-Disable-Hooks' => 'true',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Example0
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("X-Disable-Hooks", "true");
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Example0
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "X-Disable-Hooks": "true",
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>"
]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.x.flatfile.com/v1/sheets/us_sh_YOUR_ID/records?ids=us_rc_YOUR_ID")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```