Delete Articles

Overview

This API deletes article(s). For a given article, this API deletes all the versions of that article, in all the available languages. For 'Article', 'Personal article', or 'approved article suggestion', the user must have required permissions to delete an article.

Permissions :

  • 'Delete Article' permission on the parent folder is required.
  • For suggestions that are in the approval process (new, pending feedback and rejected), only the creator of the article is allowed to delete it.

PreConditions required for Article(s) Delete

  • System created articles cannot be deleted.
  • The requested articles must NOT be checked-out in any of the available languages.
  • The requested articles should not be configured as subscription notification settings.
  • The requested articles must NOT be used as a macro in workflow or in any other article's content.
  • The requested articles must NOT be referenced by other resources in the system, like portal, workflow, notifications etc.
SecurityoAuthUser
Request
path Parameters
ID
required
string

The comma separated Ids of the articles on which operation is performed. Numeric Id format is supported for article Id.

Examples:
Providing numeric article ids.
202200000002268,202200000002269
Responses
204

No Content

400

Bad Request

401

Unauthorized

403

Forbidden

404

Not Found

500

Internal server error

delete/articles/{ID}
Request samples
Response samples
application/json
Required query parameter is missing


{
  • "code": "400-112",
  • "developerMessage": "Required query parameter(s) is missing. The following parameters are required: <param name>"
}