Delete a User

{ deleteUser }

Removes a user from the system.

Method

/API3/access/deleteUser

  • API Section: /API3/access
  • API Version: 3.0
  • From Release: 2023.10
  • Usage: REST API and Client SDK libraries. REST APIs via POST actions only.
  • Usage by:
    • Enterprise Admin
    • Domain Admin
  • Input Parameters

    Name

    userId

    Type

    string

    Description

    The system user ID

    Output Response

    Successful Result Code

    200

    Response Type

    Description of Response Type

    Generic API response object with success or failure flag and related messages.

    Notes

    Removing users will place their private content into the recycle bin folder

    Examples

    Code Snippets

    Use the Authentication API methods to generate an access 'key' or 'token' for use in code as shown below.

    TypeScript
    Curl
    Java
    C#
    Python
    PHP
    curl -X POST \
    -H "paToken: [[apiKey]]" \
     -H "Accept: application/json,application/json;charset=utf-8,text/plain,text/plain;charset=utf-8" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
     "http://Your.Server.URL/API3/access/deleteUser" \
     -d ''
    
    import com.pyramidanalytics.*;
    import com.pyramidanalytics.auth.*;
    import com.pyramidanalytics.model.*;
    import com.pyramidanalytics.api.AccessServiceApi;
    
    import java.util.*;
    import java.time.*;
    
    public class AccessServiceApiExample {
        public static void main(String[] args) {
            ApiClient defaultClient = Configuration.getDefaultApiClient();
            defaultClient.setBasePath("http://Your.Server.URL/");
            
            // Configure API key authorization: paToken
            ApiKeyAuth paToken = (ApiKeyAuth) defaultClient.getAuthentication("paToken");
            paToken.setApiKey("YOUR API KEY");
            // Uncomment the following line to set a prefix for the API key, e.g. "Token" (defaults to null)
            //paToken.setApiKeyPrefix("Token");
    
            // Create an instance of the API class
            AccessServiceApi apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
            // Initialize the userId parameter object for the call
            String userId = userId_example; // Create the input object for the operation, type: String 
    
            try {
                ModifiedItemsResult result = apiInstance.deleteUser(userId);
                System.out.println(result);
            } catch (ApiException e) {
                System.err.println("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi#deleteUser");
                e.printStackTrace();
            }
        }
    }
    
    import * as PyramidAnalyticsWebApi from "com.pyramidanalytics";
    
    // Create an instance of the API class
    const api = new PyramidAnalyticsWebApi.AccessServiceApi("http://Your.Server.URL")
    
    // Configure API key authorization: paToken
    api.setApiToken("YOUR API KEY");
    
    const userId = userId_example; // {String} 
    
    api.deleteUser(userId).then(function(data) {
      console.log('API called successfully. Returned data: ' + data);
    }, function(error) {
      console.error(error);
    });
    
    
    using System;
    using System.Diagnostics;
    using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Api;
    using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Client;
    using PyramidAnalytics.Sdk.Model;
    
    public class deleteUserExample
    {
        public static void Main()
        {
            Configuration conf = new Configuration();
            conf.BasePath = "http://Your.Server.URL/";
            
            
            // Configure API key authorization: paToken
            conf.ApiKey.Add("paToken", "YOUR_API_KEY");
            // Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
            // conf.ApiKeyPrefix.Add("paToken", "Bearer");
    
            GlobalConfiguration.Instance = conf;
            
            // Create an instance of the API class
            var apiInstance = new AccessServiceApi();
            // Initialize the userId parameter object for the call
            var userId = userId_example;  // Create the input object for the operation, type: String | 
    
            try {
                // Removes a user from the system.
                ModifiedItemsResult result = apiInstance.deleteUser(userId);
                Debug.WriteLine(result);
            } catch (Exception e) {
                Debug.Print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi.deleteUser: " + e.Message );
            }
        }
    }
    
    
    import com.pyramidanalytics
    from com.pyramidanalytics import ApiException
    from com.pyramidanalytics import AccessServiceApi
    from pprint import pprint
    
            
    # Configure API key authorization: paToken
    api_config = com.pyramidanalytics.Configuration(host = 'http://Your.Server.URL/', api_key={ paToken:'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' })
    
    with com.pyramidanalytics.ApiClient(api_config) as api_client:
        # Create an instance of the API class
        api_instance = AccessServiceApi(api_client)
        # Initialize the userId parameter object for the call
        userId = userId_example # String | 
    
        try:
            # Removes a user from the system.
            api_response = api_instance.delete_user(userId)
            pprint(api_response)
        except ApiException as e:
            print("Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->deleteUser: %s\n" % e)
    <?php
    require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');
    
    OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setHost('http://Your.Server.URL');
    
    // Configure API key authorization: paToken
    OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('paToken', 'YOUR_API_KEY');
    // Uncomment below to setup prefix (e.g. Bearer) for API key, if needed
    // OpenAPITools\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKeyPrefix('paToken', 'Bearer');
    
    // Create an instance of the API class
    $api_instance = new OpenAPITools\Client\Api\AccessServiceApi();
    $userId = userId_example; // String | 
    
    try {
        $result = $api_instance->deleteUser($userId);
        print_r($result);
    } catch (Exception $e) {
        echo 'Exception when calling AccessServiceApi->deleteUser: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
    }
    ?>