Updated on 2026-04-28 GMT+08:00

Deleting a File

Function

This API is used to delete a file.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

URI

DELETE https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/repository/file

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A.

Value range:

1~2147483647

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

file_path

Yes

String

Definition

File path.

Range

1–10,000 characters.

author_name

No

String

Definition

Author name.

Value range:

1~10000

branch

Yes

String

Definition

Branch name.

Range

1–2,000 characters.

Value range:

1~2000

commit_message

Yes

String

Definition

Delete description.

Range

1–2,000 characters.

Value range:

1~2000

author_email

No

String

Definition

Author's email address.

Range

1–2,000 characters.

Value range:

1~2000

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain a token by calling the IAM API for obtaining a user token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is the user token.

Constraints

Mandatory.

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A.

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Table 4 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

status

String

Definition:

Status code

  • success: The API request is successful.

  • fail: The API request failed.

Enumeration values:

  • success

  • fail

Status code: 401

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v4/repositories/2112015538/repository/file?file_path=2112016471&branch=master&commit_message=123

Example Responses

Status code: 204

OK

{
  "status" : "success"
}

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "DEV.00000003",
  "error_msg" : "Authentication information expired."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

OK

401

Unauthorized

Error Codes

See Error Codes.