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# Delete

DELETE https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/{nameOrId}

Deletes an external storage policy by name or ID. The policy must not be referenced by any agent.

Reference: https://docs.phonic.ai/api-reference/external-storage-policies/delete

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication header of the form `Bearer <PHONIC_API_KEY>`. Manage your API keys [here](https://phonic.co/api-keys).

## Request

### Path parameters

- `nameOrId` (string, required) — The name or the ID of the external storage policy to delete.

### Query parameters

- `project` (string, optional, default: main) — The name of the project containing the external storage policy. Only used when `nameOrId` is a name.

## Response

### 200

Success response

- `success` (boolean, required) — Whether the external storage policy was deleted successfully.

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized (authentication missing or invalid)

- `error` (BasicErrorError, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden (resource belongs to a different organization)

- `error` (BasicErrorError, optional)

### 404 Not Found Error

External storage policy not found

- `error` (BasicErrorError, optional)

### 409 Conflict Error

External storage policy is still attached to one or more agents

- `error` (BasicErrorError, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal server error

- `error` (BasicErrorError, optional)

## Types

### BasicErrorError

- `message` (string, required) — Error message
- `code` (string, optional) — Error code

## Examples

**Response**

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

**SDK Code**

```python Delete external storage policy response
import requests

url = "https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId"

querystring = {"project":"main"}

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Delete external storage policy response
const url = 'https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <apiKey>'}};

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

```go Delete external storage policy response
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")

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

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

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

}
```

```ruby Delete external storage policy response
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main")

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

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

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

```java Delete external storage policy response
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php Delete external storage policy response
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <apiKey>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Delete external storage policy response
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Delete external storage policy response
import Foundation

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.phonic.ai/v1/external_storage_policies/nameOrId?project=main")! 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()
```