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# Delete Device

DELETE https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/{project_name}/fleet/devices/{name}

Delete a device. If the device does not exist, this API will return a 204. To learn more about devices, read [Device Concept](ref:fleet-api#device-concept).

RBAC Capability Required: `fleet.device.delete`

Reference: https://mediakind.ferndocs.com/beam/api/fleets/devices/delete-device

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Path parameters

- `project_name` (string, required)
- `name` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `$force` (boolean, optional) — Force the delete of this device
- `$reason` (string, optional) — Must be set to one of Failed|Maintenance|Storage|Other - if 'Other', the additional 'notes' query parameter is required with a brief description of the reason
- `$notes` (string, optional) — Other reason description - minimum 5 characters, maximum 255 characters

## Response

### 200

Device deleted.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 409 Conflict Error

This could be due to one of: - - The device is not connected. The device should be reconnected (recommended) or a force delete used (not recommended). - Interface(s) on this device are referenced by one or more sources or destinations and those references must be removed before deletion.

- `any`

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Too Many Requests

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (ErrorDetail, required) — Pertinent information about the error
- `ref` (string, required) — A reference to the request that caused the error.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code

## Types

### ErrorDetail

- `code` (string, required) — The error code.
- `detail` (string, required) — The error message.
- `extraDetail` (map from string to any, optional) — Extra information regarding this error.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name"

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

	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
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name")

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

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

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.mk.io/api/v1/projects/project_name/fleet/devices/name")! 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()
```