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# Delete a rule

DELETE https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/{id}

Delete the rule at the specified index from the personalization ruleset.

Reference: https://docs.ntropy.com/documentation/api/personalization/filter-delete-v-3-rules-id-delete

## Authentication

- `X-Api-Key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Path parameters

- `id` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `any`

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Provided index does not exist in ruleset

- `any`

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional)

## Types

### ValidationError

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required)
- `msg` (string, required)
- `type` (string, required)

### ValidationErrorLocItems

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python Python SDK
from ntropy_sdk import SDK

sdk = SDK("cd1H...Wmhl")
sdk.rules.delete("42c87677-ff07-4428-a76d-d596cc80c057")
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-Api-Key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-Api-Key"] = '<apiKey>'

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

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id")
  .header("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id', [
  'headers' => [
    'X-Api-Key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("X-Api-Key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["X-Api-Key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.ntropy.com/v3/rules/id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```