Delete Custom Field Deletes the specified custom field and its associated data
Request URL https://{server-hostname}:8383/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn
Scope
Header Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52
Request Parameters - Request Headers Content-Type string Mandatory
- Request Body application/json JSON Object
Hide Sub-Attributes tableName string Mandatory
The table name can be any of the names provided in the list below 1.ManagedComputerCustomFields-if customfield created in computer view 2.InvSWCustomFields-if customfield created in software view.
actualColumnName string Mandatory
The actual name of the custom field column for which the User Data Type length is required actualColumnName can be get from the columName key from the response of /dcapi/customFields/computers/{ID}
Curl
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curl --request DELETE \
--url https://appdomain/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn \
--header 'Authorization: d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json' \
--data '{"actualColumnName":"COL2","tableName":"ManagedComputerCustomFields"}'import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
.uri(URI.create("https://appdomain/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn"))
.header("Content-Type", "application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json")
.header("Authorization", " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
.method("DELETE", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.ofString("{\"actualColumnName\":\"COL2\",\"tableName\":\"ManagedComputerCustomFields\"}"))
.build();
HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
System.out.println(response.body());
}
}
import http.client
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("appdomain")
payload = "{\"actualColumnName\":\"COL2\",\"tableName\":\"ManagedComputerCustomFields\"}"
headers = {
'Content-Type': "application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json",
'Authorization': " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52"
}
conn.request("DELETE", "/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn", payload, headers)
res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()
print(data.decode("utf-8"))
headersMap = Map();
headersMap.put("Content-Type", "application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json");
headersMap.put("Accept", "application/json");
data=Map();
data.put("tableName","value");
data.put("actualColumnName","value");
response = invokeUrl
[
url: "https://appDomain/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn"
type: DELETE
headers: headersMap
body: data
connection: connection_name
]
info response;
$headers=@{}
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json")
$headers.Add("Authorization", " d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
$response = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri 'https://appdomain/dcapi/customColumn/removeCustomColumn' -Method DELETE -Headers $headers -ContentType 'application/deletedCustomColumnDetails.v1+json' -Body '{"actualColumnName":"COL2","tableName":"ManagedComputerCustomFields"}'Sample Request Body {
"actualColumnName": "COL2",
"tableName": "ManagedComputerCustomFields"
}
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Response Parameters - HTTP code 200 Response Body - application/json JSON Object
Hide Sub-Attributes status string
Indicates whether the custom field removal was successful
message string
Confirmation message indicating the custom field has been removed
Possible Response Codes Sample Response: HTTP 200 {
"message": "Custom field <b>COL2</b> has been removed successfully",
"status": "SUCCESS"
}
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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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