Deleting an Instance

Function

This API is used to delete an instance. It is an asynchronous API. You can call the ShowInstanceStatus API to query the instance status. If the status of the instance changes from shutting-down to terminated, the instance has been deleted.

Calling Method

For details, see Calling APIs.

URI

DELETE /v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}

**Table 1** URI parameters
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
project_id	Yes	String	Definition The project ID. Constraints N/A Range The project ID of the account Default Value N/A
id	Yes	String	Definition Instance ID. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Request Parameters

**Table 2** Request header parameter
Parameter	Mandatory	Type	Description
X-Auth-Token	Yes	String	Definition Requests for calling an API can be authenticated using a token. If token-based authentication is used, this parameter is mandatory and must be set to a user token. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 204

**Table 3** Response body parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	-

Status code: 400

**Table 4** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Status code: 401

**Table 5** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Status code: 429

**Table 6** Response body parameter
Parameter	Type	Description
-	String	-

Status code: 500

**Table 7** Response body parameters
Parameter	Type	Description
error_code	String	Definition Error code. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A
error_msg	String	Definition Error message. Constraints N/A Range N/A Default Value N/A

Example Requests

Request for deleting instances

GET https://{endpoint}/v1/{project_id}/instances/{id}

Example Responses

None

Status Codes

Status Code	Description
204	The request has succeeded.
400	Invalid request parameter.
401	The request is not authenticated.
429	The request is overloaded.
500	Internal server error.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.

Parent topic: iMetal Instance Management

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