Bulk Delete Devices

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+++Attention+++
This endpoint is extremely powerful, and with great power comes great responsibility.
Deleting Devices CANNOT be undone. Back up any device and variable data before deleting a Device.

Request

To delete one or more Devices, make a POST request to the following URL:

HTTP Method	URL
POST	`https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/_/bulk/delete/`

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It's a POST
Please note that it's a POST request and not a DELETE request.

Body Parameters

The body is an Array containing one or more <device_key>. Each <device_key> object can contain the following body parameters:

Parameter	Type	Description
device_key	String	The id or label of the Device, label should use the prefix `~`

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<device_key>
Remember that the <device_key> has 3 valid formats:
-<device_id> : "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa"
-<device_label>: "~second-device" //Remember to add the ~ before the device label
-JSON of <device_id>: { "id": "1237809ca5pIhpjgc345fc" }

❗️
+++ATTENTION+++
Please be VERY careful using this endpoint, why? Because it's possible to delete many Devices at once.
We propose one safe alternative:

Make a GET All Devices request using the query parameter fields=id. This returns an array of the Device IDs. Copy this array and use it in the body for this endpoint. This helps ensure that only the intended Devices in that array are deleted.

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Use	Description
token	String	Authentication	Authentication Token can optionally be sent as a query parameter

Header

Parameter	Required?	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	Authentication Token of account
X-Bulk-Operation	Yes	Need to be set to True for the bulk operation to work
Content-Type	Yes	Content type of body

$ curl -X DELETE 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/devices/_/bulk/delete/' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Bulk-Operation: True' \
 -d '[
  "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
  "~second-device",
  "~third-device",
  {
    "id": "1237809ca5pIhpjgc345fc"
  }
]'

{
  "task": {
    "id": "tyg54645501a9ca5714e7b098721"
  }
}

{
    "code": 400001,
    "message": "Validation Error.",
    "detail": {
        ....
    }
}

{
    "code": 401001,
    "message": "Authentication credentials were not provided.",
    "detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided."
}

{
    "detail": "Header `X-BULK-OPERATION` should be provided for bulk operation."
}

Response

Returns a task ID for the asynchronous process.