DELETE api/v1/sms/messages

The method will expire all advanced messages regardless of expiry date set in the original request. If the notify recipients option is set then the system will notify all recipients that the message has been expired and no longer viewable (Only for advanced messages). If the delete option is set and the account has the message deletion feature enabled, the contents of the standard and advanced messages will be deleted. The default search criteria will list all messages that have expired or all recipients have read the message the maximum number of times. An object listing the parameters for messages to be deleted.

Request Information

URI Parameters

None.

Body Parameters

MessageCriteria

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Destination	Specifies the destination that the contents of the message will be deleted.	string	None.
MessageIDs	List of all the advanced message IDs that will be deleted. All other critiera will be ignored if this is present.	Collection of globally unique identifier	None.
Range	Search for messages for deletion within a given date range.	DateRange	None.
StartDate	Specifes the start date that search will begin in. The format is the following:[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ]	date	None.
FinishDate	Specifies the finish data that the search will finish. The format is the following:[YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ]	date	None.
Type	Specifies the type of messages to search for to delete.	MessageType	None.
Delete	Determines if the contents of the message will be removed. The account must have the feature enabled for this to work.	boolean	None.
NotifyRecipients	Determines if the recipients of the messages that are being deleted will be notified of the action. Only applicable for advanced messages.	boolean	None.
Reason	Allows the user to provide a reason for message deletion.	string	None.

Request Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "Destination": "sample string 1",
  "MessageIDs": [
    "5a07116f-9d82-4796-9a87-91276e2852ae",
    "c5870966-c540-49d9-8c70-bf0ee79a8f9b"
  ],
  "Range": 0,
  "StartDate": "2024-11-21T08:33:32.0418725+00:00",
  "FinishDate": "2024-11-21T08:33:32.0418725+00:00",
  "Type": 0,
  "Delete": true,
  "NotifyRecipients": true,
  "Reason": "sample string 4"
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<MessageCriteria xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Destination>sample string 1</Destination>
  <MessageIDs>
    <guid>5a07116f-9d82-4796-9a87-91276e2852ae</guid>
    <guid>c5870966-c540-49d9-8c70-bf0ee79a8f9b</guid>
  </MessageIDs>
  <Range>TODAY</Range>
  <StartDate>2024-11-21T08:33:32.0418725+00:00</StartDate>
  <FinishDate>2024-11-21T08:33:32.0418725+00:00</FinishDate>
  <Type>BOTH</Type>
  <Delete>true</Delete>
  <NotifyRecipients>true</NotifyRecipients>
  <Reason>sample string 4</Reason>
</MessageCriteria>

application/x-www-form-urlencoded

Sample:

Sample not available.

Response Information

Resource Description

ResponseOfMessageDeletionResponse

Name	Description	Type	Additional information
Error		Error	None.
ResponseData		ResponseDataOfMessageDeletionResponse	None.

Response Formats

application/json, text/json

Sample:

{
  "Error": {
    "ErrorCode": "sample string 1",
    "ErrorReason": "sample string 2"
  },
  "ResponseData": {
    "Identification": {
      "UserId": "sample string 1"
    },
    "Result": "sample string 1",
    "Detail": {
      "NoOfMessagesExpired": 1,
      "NoOfMessagesDeleted": 2,
      "NumberOfCreditsUsed": 3.1,
      "NumberOfCreditsRemaining": 4.1
    }
  }
}

application/xml, text/xml

Sample:

<ResponseOfMessageDeletionResponse xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
  <Error>
    <ErrorCode>sample string 1</ErrorCode>
    <ErrorReason>sample string 2</ErrorReason>
  </Error>
  <ResponseData>
    <Result>sample string 1</Result>
    <Identification>
      <UserId>sample string 1</UserId>
    </Identification>
    <Detail>
      <NoOfMessagesExpired>1</NoOfMessagesExpired>
      <NoOfMessagesDeleted>2</NoOfMessagesDeleted>
      <NumberOfCreditsUsed>3.1</NumberOfCreditsUsed>
      <NumberOfCreditsRemaining>4.1</NumberOfCreditsRemaining>
    </Detail>
  </ResponseData>
</ResponseOfMessageDeletionResponse>