Delete (Service)

URL:: https://<root>/services/<ServiceName>.<ServiceType>/delete
Methods:: POST
Required Capability:: Access allowed with either the "Update", "Delete", or "Security and infrastructure" privileges, or the Publisher role
Version Introduced:: 10.9

Description

The delete operation deletes an individual service, stopping the service and removing all associated resources and configurations.

Request parameters

Parameter Details

Parameter	Details
`async` (Optional)	Introduced at 10.9.1. This parameter specifies whether the operation will run synchronously or asynchronously. If `false`, the operation is run synchronously. If `true`, the operation is run asynchronously and the response returns a JSON object containing job information that can be used to track the job's status. The default value is `false`. Values: `true` \| `false`
`f`	The response format. The default format is `html`. Values: `html` \| `json` \| `pjson`

async

(Optional)

Introduced at 10.9.1. This parameter specifies whether the operation will run synchronously or asynchronously. If false, the operation is run synchronously. If true, the operation is run asynchronously and the response returns a JSON object containing job information that can be used to track the job's status. The default value is false.

Values: true | false

f

The response format. The default format is html.

Values: html | json | pjson

Example usage

The following is a sample POST request for the delete operation:

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POST /context/admin/services/testService.MapServer/delete HTTP/1.1
Host: organization.domain.com
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded
Content-Length: []

async=false&f=pjson&token=Mb0ORrkLObNO2Q8FZoUCHHzSMzZi0CbhLHNRYMqqa6URG_ojQJF3rNsJAfRB23MyCrLwSmuaHPUo4AEIrUuoH1-4Ot5xh4565FtlQahXAhK2C7Sy0oydZhBwD8KdFSnVlnLr-e9uI5ovSWZ2lGNn9SwoV2MPMzeAh_5r-q-wgwF8DTT_nhuCXJGkMRy-48jjGS2aN5FI18STHZ8RAuKxGasH90SI3C7njZzlGCUrY5m6BDhCMsdpZA14GwNX8Cis

JSON Response examples

If async is false, the following response is returned once a service is deleted successfully:

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{"status": "success"}

If async is true, the following response is returned. The value returned for jobsUrl can be used to access the job resource to track a job's status after it's been submitted. For more information, see the Job resource topic.

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{
  "jobsUrl": "https://organization.domain.com/context/admin/jobs/ja2ca1a35-881c-400c-a49a-b26883002d6c",
  "jobID": "ja2ca1a35-881c-400c-a49a-b26883002d6c",
  "jobStatus": "SUBMITTED"
}