DELETE /messages/:uuid

caution

This endpoint will remove text and attachments only on Callbell. It will not affect the original message sent on the device of the customer.

Deletes a message by its UUID or external ID.

You can find the external ID in the uuid field of the MessageSendRequest object or by using the GET /contacts/:uuid/messages endpoint.

Required Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
uuid	String	Identifier of the message which was sent through API.

Example Request

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "uuid": "1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a"
  }'

Node

import axios from 'axios';

const response = await axios.delete('https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages', {
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  // data: '{\n    "uuid": "1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a"\n  }',
  data: {
    'uuid': '1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a'
  }
});

Ruby

require 'net/http'
require 'json'

uri = URI('https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages')
req = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
req.content_type = 'application/json'
req['Authorization'] = 'Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM'

# The object won't be serialized exactly like this
# req.body = "{\n    \"uuid\": \"1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a\"\n  }"
req.body = {
  'uuid' => '1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a'
}.to_json

req_options = {
  use_ssl: uri.scheme == 'https'
}
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, req_options) do |http|
  http.request(req)
end

Go

package main

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

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    var data = strings.NewReader(`{
    "uuid": "1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a"
  }`)
    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages", data)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM")
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()
    bodyText, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        log.Fatal(err)
    }
    fmt.Printf("%s\n", bodyText)
}

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, 'https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, 'DELETE');
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Authorization: Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM',
    'Content-Type: application/json',
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, "{\n    \"uuid\": \"1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a\"\n  }");

$response = curl_exec($ch);

curl_close($ch);

Python

import requests

headers = {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
}

json_data = {
    'uuid': '1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a',
}

response = requests.delete('https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages', headers=headers, json=json_data)

# Note: json_data will not be serialized by requests
# exactly as it was in the original request.
#data = '{\n    "uuid": "1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a"\n  }'
#response = requests.delete('https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages', headers=headers, data=data)

C#

using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;

HttpClient client = new HttpClient();

HttpRequestMessage request = new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Delete, "https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages");

request.Headers.Add("Authorization", "Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM");

request.Content = new StringContent("{\n    \"uuid\": \"1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a\"\n  }");
request.Content.Headers.ContentType = new MediaTypeHeaderValue("application/json");

HttpResponseMessage response = await client.SendAsync(request);
response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();

Java

import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.OutputStreamWriter;
import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
import java.net.URL;
import java.util.Scanner;

class Main {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws IOException {
        URL url = new URL("https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages");
        HttpURLConnection httpConn = (HttpURLConnection) url.openConnection();
        httpConn.setRequestMethod("DELETE");

        httpConn.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM");
        httpConn.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");

        httpConn.setDoOutput(true);
        OutputStreamWriter writer = new OutputStreamWriter(httpConn.getOutputStream());
        writer.write("{\n    \"uuid\": \"1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a\"\n  }");
        writer.flush();
        writer.close();
        httpConn.getOutputStream().close();

        InputStream responseStream = httpConn.getResponseCode() / 100 == 2
                ? httpConn.getInputStream()
                : httpConn.getErrorStream();
        Scanner s = new Scanner(responseStream).useDelimiter("\\A");
        String response = s.hasNext() ? s.next() : "";
        System.out.println(response);
    }
}

Rust

extern crate reqwest;
use reqwest::header;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let mut headers = header::HeaderMap::new();
    headers.insert("Authorization", "Bearer test_gshuPaZoeEG6ovbc8M79w0QyM".parse().unwrap());
    headers.insert("Content-Type", "application/json".parse().unwrap());

    let client = reqwest::blocking::Client::builder()
        .redirect(reqwest::redirect::Policy::none())
        .build()
        .unwrap();
    let res = client.delete("https://api.callbell.eu/v1/messages")
        .headers(headers)
        .body(r#"
{
    "uuid": "1da07a20eb0d46728f89d234a727607a"
  }
"#
        )
        .send()?
        .text()?;
    println!("{}", res);

    Ok(())
}

Response

API returns a 204 No Content status code on successful deletion.