Bulk Delete Variables

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+++Attention+++

This endpoint is extremely powerful. But with great power comes a great responsibility.

Deleting Variables CANNOT be undone. Please backup any Variable data before deleting one or more Variables.

Request

To delete one or more Variables please make a POST request to the following URL:

To delete one or more Variables in a Device please make a POST request to the following URL:

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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 <variable_key>. Each <variable_key> object can contain the following body parameters:

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<variable_key>

Remember that the <variable_id> has 2 valid formats:
-<variable_id> : "6e3wef09da44fc8455a9cceb5aa"
-JSON of <variable_id>: { "id": "1237809ca5pIhpjgc345fc" }

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+++ATTENTION+++

Please be VERY careful using this endpoint, why? Because it's possible to delete many Variables at once.

We propose 1 safe alternatives:

• Do a GET All Variables request using the query parameter fields=id. This returns an Array of the Variable Ids. Simply copy this Array and use it in the body for this endpoint. Thus, you make sure that only the intended Variables in that Array are deleted and not any other.

Query Parameters

Header

$ curl -X DELETE 'https://industrial.api.ubidots.com/api/v2.0/variables/_/bulk/delete/' \
 -H 'X-Auth-Token: oaXBo6ODhIjPsusNRPUGIK4d72bc73' \
 -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
 -H 'X-Bulk-Operation: True' \
 -d '[
  "6e309da44fc8455a9cceb5aa",
  {
    "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 of the asynchronous process.