Deletes a custom CIS compliance policy group and its profile mappings. Generates configuration for agents to remove the policy
https://{serverurl}/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId}
Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
The ID of the policy group to delete. Fetch from List Policy Groups
The ID of the policy group to delete
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://appdomains/dcapi/scap/compliance/policygroups/{policyGrpId} \
--header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'Result status. success or failed
Error message when the policy group ID is not found
Unauthorized error code: credentials missing, expired, or invalid
Authentication failure reason
Rate limit error code returned when the API call reached threshold
Rate limit exceeded message with retry guidance
Policy group deleted successfully
{
"status": "success"
}
Policy group ID not found
{
"statusMsg": "policy grp id not present",
"status": "failed"
}
User is action-restricted for this policy group
{
"errorMessage": "User Not Authorized",
"errorCode": "UAC_UNAUTHORIZED"
}
API call threshold exceeded
{
"errorMessage": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after some time",
"errorCode": "TOO_MANY_REQUESTS"
}
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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 30 | Lock period: 5 minutes
Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.
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