Delete directory object

Deletes a directory object.

DELETE ~/api/directoryObjects?<parameters>

Query parameters

Name
Required
Type
Description
directoryobject
True
string
The identifier of the directory object to delete. An object can be identified by:
Distinguished name (DN) {.black}
```
# Example
CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com
```
Globally unique identifier (GUID) {.black}
```
# Example
7a4267ce-d354-44e7-8bd6-c681f1284a41
```
Security identifier (SID) {.black}
```
# Example
S-1-5-21-3635565734-1729062999-1822655016-1627
```

Request headers

Name
Required
Description
Adm-Authorization
True
Specify the security token obtained during authentication.

Request body

Do not send a body with this request.

Responses

If successful, returns 200 OK status code and an operation result in the response body. Otherwise, returns one of the common HTTP error codes and an error description in the response body.

Examples

Delete a user

The following code sample deletes a user account.

Request

PowerShell

Add-Type -AssemblyName System.Web
$userIdentifier = [System.Web.HttpUtility]::UrlEncode("CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com")

$baseUrl = "https://host.example.com/restApi"
$endpoint = "/api/directoryObjects"
$requestParams = "?directoryobject=$userIdentifier"
$requestUrl = $baseUrl + $endpoint + $requestParams
$requestHeaders = @{"Adm-Authorization"="HxtdAPz73OFfae7....w7lQvxjJHIbVqgkCtPtLD"}

# Make request
Invoke-RestMethod -Method DELETE -Headers $requestHeaders -Uri $requestUrl

C#

using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        const string userIdentifier = "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com";
        const string token = "HxtdAPz73OFfae7....w7lQvxjJHIbVqgkCtPtLD";

        UriBuilder requestUrl = new UriBuilder(
            "https://host.example.com/restApi/api/directoryObjects");
        requestUrl.Query += $"?directoryObject={userIdentifier}";

        // Initialize HTTP client
        using (HttpClient client = new HttpClient())
        {
            client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Adm-Authorization", token);

            // Make request
            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.DeleteAsync(requestUrl.ToString());
            string responseBody = response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync().Result;
            Console.WriteLine(responseBody);
        }
    }
}

cURL

curl  --header 'Adm-Authorization: HxtdAPz73OFfae7....w7lQvxjJHIbVqgkCtPtLD' \
--get -X DELETE 'https://host.example.com/restApi/api/directoryObjects' \
--data-urlencode 'directoryobject=CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com'

node.js

var userIdentifier = "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com";

var https = require('https');

// Request parameters and headers
var requestPath = "/restApi/api/directoryObjects"
    + `?directoryobject=${userIdentifier}`;

var options = {
    'method': 'DELETE',
    'hostname': 'host.example.com',
    'path': encodeURI(requestPath),
    'headers': {
        'Adm-Authorization': 'HxtdAPz73OFfae7....w7lQvxjJHIbVqgkCtPtLD'
    }
};

// Make request
var req = https.request(options, function (res) {
    var chunks = [];

    res.on("data", function (chunk) {
        chunks.push(chunk);
    });

    res.on("end", function (chunk) {
        var body = Buffer.concat(chunks);
        console.log(body.toString());
    });

    res.on("error", function (error) {
        console.error(error);
    });
});

req.end();

Response

HTTP Status code: 200 OK
Response body:

{
    "resultType": 0,
    "innerMessages": [],
    "exception": null,
    "actualObjectDN": "CN=John Smith,CN=Users,DC=example,DC=com",
    "extraInfo": {}
}

Delete directory object

Query parameters

Name

Required

Type

Description