Delete multiple files in a single request
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"ids": [
123,
124,
125
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete"
payload = { "ids": [123, 124, 125] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({ids: [123, 124, 125]})
};
fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete', 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/bulk-delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'ids' => [
123,
124,
125
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyFiles
Delete multiple files in a single request
Permanently delete multiple files in a single request.
Authorization (applied to every file in the request):
- Visibility: file must be accessible to the user → 404 if any are not found
- Delete permission: user must have the right to delete each file → 403 if any are denied
- Workspace type: workspace must not be sync-managed → 400 if any are synced
Returns 204 (No Content) on success.
POST
/
api
/
v3
/
files
/
bulk-delete
Delete multiple files in a single request
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '
{
"ids": [
123,
124,
125
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete"
payload = { "ids": [123, 124, 125] }
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({ids: [123, 124, 125]})
};
fetch('https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete', 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/bulk-delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'ids' => [
123,
124,
125
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", 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(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/bulk-delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"ids\": [\n 123,\n 124,\n 125\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_bodyAuthorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Body
application/json
Request serializer for V3 bulk file deletion.
Required range:
x >= 1Response
Files deleted successfully (no content returned)
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