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# Delete backups

DELETE https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups
Content-Type: application/json

Deletes the backups you list in `backups` permanently. A backup still uploading is cancelled on the website first (best effort), and master backups are deleted like any other backup. Nothing restores a deleted backup.

Your role must be allowed to delete backups; without it the request answers 404.

**Body**
- `backups` (array of integers, required): ids of the backups to delete, 1 to 50.

**Errors**
- **404**: an id your token cannot reach refuses the whole call and nothing is deleted.
- **422**: `backups` is missing, empty, has more than 50 ids or contains an id that is not a backup.

Reference: https://api.docs.modulards.com/modular-ds-public-api/backups/website-backups/delete-backups

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Personal access token created in the Modular DS dashboard; read-only tokens can only call GET endpoints.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `backups` (list of double, optional)

## Response

### 204

204 No Content

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "backups": [
    9001,
    9002
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Delete backups
import requests

url = "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups"

payload = { "backups": [9001, 9002] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Delete backups
const url = 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"backups":[9001,9002]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Delete backups
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"backups\": [\n    9001,\n    9002\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Delete backups
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"backups\": [\n    9001,\n    9002\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Delete backups
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"backups\": [\n    9001,\n    9002\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Delete backups
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups', [
  'body' => '{
  "backups": [
    9001,
    9002
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Delete backups
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"backups\": [\n    9001,\n    9002\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Delete backups
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["backups": [9001, 9002]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.modulards.com/api/public/v1/site-backups")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```