Deleting a Domain

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The instruction below shows how to delete a domain from your Short.io account

1) Get your secret API key here: https://app.short.io/settings/integrations/api-key

• Click "Create API key".
• Add a Secret key.

2) Copy an ID of a domain you want to delete.

• Open Domain settings.
• Copy domain ID.

3) Install prerequisites for requests.

Python

pip install requests

Node.js

npm install @short.io/client-node

Now everything is ready to run the following snippet. It will delete a domain.

4) Create a file: filename.py/ .js/ .rb. Use the code snippet below.

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Please, replace domainID with appropriate value.

Python

import requests

url = "https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID"

headers = {'authorization': '<<apiKey>>'}

response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

Node.js

const url = "https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID";
const options = {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    accept: "application/json",
    "content-type": "application/json",
    authorization: "<<apiKey>>"
  }
};

const response = await fetch(url, options);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'

url = URI("https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["authorization"] = '<<apiKey>>'

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

5) Launch the file.

Python

python filename.py

Node.js

node filename.js

Ruby

ruby filename.rb

6) JSON Response (the domain will be deleted).

Once you run the code, you will see the response.

{
  success: true
}