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Deleting the Login Information of an IAM User

Function

This API is used to delete the login information of a specified IAM user.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

iam:users:deleteLoginProfileV5

Write

user *

  • g:ResourceTag/<tag-key>

  • iam:ResourceIsRootUser

-

-

URI

DELETE /v5/users/{user_id}/login-profile

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

user_id

Yes

String

Definition:

IAM user ID.

Constraints:

The user ID must exist and be valid.

Range:

32 bits.

Default Value:

N/A

Request Parameters

None

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

Successful

Status code: 403

Table 2 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

encoded_authorization_message

String

Definition :

Encrypted details returned when the authentication fails, which are used to locate authentication problems. The STS5 decryption API can be used for decryption. For details, see API link.

Range:

N/A.

Status code: 404

Table 3 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition :

Error code. For details, see Error Code.

Range:

The format is PAP5.XXXX, for example, PAP5.0012.

error_msg

String

Definition :

Error message. For details, see Error Message.

Range:

N/A.

request_id

String

Definition:

Unique identifier of an API request, which is used to locate API calling exceptions.

Range:

N/A

Example Requests

Deleting the login information of a specified IAM user

DELETE https://{endpoint}/v5/users/{user_id}/login-profile

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

204

Successful

403

Forbidden

404

Not found

Error Codes

See Error Codes.

Parent topic: Managing Credentials