Delete a file
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": null,
"code": 400,
"error": "bad_request",
"detail": "Cannot manually delete documents from a workspace configured for synced documents. Documents in this workspace can only be managed through external datasources.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#bad_request"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 401,
"error": "unauthorized",
"detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 403,
"error": "insufficient_permissions",
"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 404,
"error": "not_found",
"detail": "The requested resource was not found.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#not_found"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 500,
"error": "internal_server_error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#internal_server_error"
}{
"detail": "System is under maintenance.",
"error": "service_maintenance",
"mode": "full_shutdown",
"reason": "<string>",
"started_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"endpoint_category_names": [
"<string>"
]
}Files
Delete a file
Permanently delete a file and all associated data.
Requirements:
- Delete permission on the document
- Workspace must allow manual document management (not sync-only)
Public datasets: deleting a public-dataset file requires the instance-admin MANAGE_PUBLIC_DATASET permission. A workspace-scoped API key with read access (company opted in via allow_access_to_public_datasets) can see the file but gets 403, not 404, when attempting to delete it — public datasets are read-only.
Returns 204 (No Content) on success.
DELETE
/
api
/
v3
/
files
/
{id}
Delete a file
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"id": null,
"code": 400,
"error": "bad_request",
"detail": "Cannot manually delete documents from a workspace configured for synced documents. Documents in this workspace can only be managed through external datasources.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#bad_request"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 401,
"error": "unauthorized",
"detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 403,
"error": "insufficient_permissions",
"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 404,
"error": "not_found",
"detail": "The requested resource was not found.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#not_found"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 500,
"error": "internal_server_error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#internal_server_error"
}{
"detail": "System is under maintenance.",
"error": "service_maintenance",
"mode": "full_shutdown",
"reason": "<string>",
"started_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"endpoint_category_names": [
"<string>"
]
}⌘I