POST contacts/delete

Delete an existing contact record.

* required

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
contactID *	integer	Unique ID of a contact
deleteSuppressed	boolean	Delete the contact even if they are suppressed. This should only be done if the contact has requested for their data to be deleted. Default: 0

Response Data

Method returns no data

Permissions

Method requires the Contacts (Delete) permission

Example Calls

Successful delete

POST

/contacts/delete

cURL

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curl https://api.emailer.emfluence.com/v1/contacts/delete \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	-X POST \
	-d '{
		"contactID": 123
	}'

Response Data

{"success":1,"data":{},"code":0,"requestID":"2097174F-8414-458F-B46B62CA790560EE"}

Delete suppressed record

An error will be returned if you try to delete a suppressed record.

POST

/contacts/delete

cURL

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curl https://api.emailer.emfluence.com/v1/contacts/delete \
	-H "Authorization: Bearer {{accessToken}}" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	-X POST \
	-d '{
		"contactID": 123
	}'

Response Data

{"success":0,"errors":["Contact is suppressed and cannot be deleted"],"data":{},"code":302,"requestID":"045EBFA3-68FC-472F-9577B00CBB3A23C1"}

API Console

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POST

contacts/delete

Request Body

{"contactID":0,"deleteSuppressed":"0"}

Access token: *