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Deleting objects

This api request will delete an object from your computer vision database.

Resource URL:http://api.iqengines.com/v1.2/object/<id>/
Method:DELETE
Content-Type:application/x-www-form-urlencoded or multipart/form-data

Request parameters

required

api_key:Your API key.
api_sig:The signature of the API call, see Authentication.
time_stamp:The time stamp for your request. The formatting is ‘YYYYmmDDHHMMSS’ (e.g. ‘20100405224038’), and the standard is UTC time.

optional

json:If you set this value to anything other than 0, we will return the result in JSON format.

Sample request

Sample DELETE request using cURL:

curl -X DELETE \
     -F "api_key=API_KEY" \
     -F "api_sig=SIGNATURE" \
     -F "time_stamp=20090612111832" \
     -F "json=1" \
     http://api.iqengines.com/v1.2/object/112480c5e6fe47ed972e2c9d06380689/

Return Values

success

HTTP Status Code: 200

Response Body:

       {'comment': 'successfully deleted', 'error': 0}

error: object does not exist

HTTP Status Code: 404

Response Body:

    {'comment': 'This resource does not exist', 'error': 1}

error: permission denied

returned if you’re not authorized to delete the particular resource

HTTP Status Code: 401

Response Body:

    {'comment': 'Your account is not authorized to perform this operation',
     'error': 1}