Delete Configuration Item (CI)

To delete a CI use the following URL format:

http://<servername>:<portnumber>/api/change/cmdb/ci/CI Type:CI Name/delete/

Assuming you deleting a requester CI in the local server with port number 8080, the URL should be given as:

http://localhost:8080/api/cmdb/ci/Requester:Mukul/delete/

Keypoints:

The operation name "delete" should be sent as a "POST attribute" with key "OPERATION_NAME".
The technician key should be sent as a "POST attribute" with key "TECHNICIAN_KEY".

Note:

It is mandatory to give colon between CI Type and CI Name, so as to delete the CI uniquely.
Parameter Result Format - Optional. specifies the return format ( XML or JSON )

If no result format specified then API will return output in JSON format.

Sample XML Output:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<API version="1.0">
    <response>
            <result>
                <statuscode>200</statuscode>
                <status>Success</status>
                <message>1 records removed successfully.</message>
                <created-date>Mar 22, 2013 10:58 AM</created-date>
            </result>
   </response>
</API>

Sample JSON Output:

{
    "API": {
        "response": {
            "result": {
                "created-date": "Sep 2, 2013 03:10 PM",
                "message": "1 records removed successfully.",
                "status": "Success",
                "statuscode": "200"
            }
        },
        "version": "1.0"
    }
}