Content Management API > Upload

Delete multiple uploads

Query parameters

filter[ids] string

IDs to destroy, comma separated

Example:

"42,86"

Examples

The response contains the ID of the asynchronous job that started:

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DELETE https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/batch-destroy HTTP/1.1
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Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN
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Accept: application/json
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X-Api-Version: 3

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curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/batch-destroy' \
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  -X DELETE \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json" \
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  -H "X-Api-Version: 3"

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await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/uploads/batch-destroy", {
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  method: "DELETE",
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  headers: {
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    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",
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    Accept: "application/json",
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    "X-Api-Version": "3",
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  },
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});

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HTTP/1.1 202 Accepted
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Content-Type: application/json
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Cache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
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X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "job",
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    "id": "4235"
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  }
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}

To get the asynchronous job result, poll the job result endpoint. While the task is in progress, the endpoint returns a 404 status code. When the job completes, the status changes to 200 OK:

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GET https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id HTTP/1.1
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Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN
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Accept: application/json
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X-Api-Version: 3

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curl -g 'https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id' \
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   \
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  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN" \
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  -H "Accept: application/json" \
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  -H "X-Api-Version: 3"

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await fetch("https://site-api.datocms.com/job-results/:job_result_id", {
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  headers: {
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    Authorization: "Bearer YOUR-API-TOKEN",
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    Accept: "application/json",
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    "X-Api-Version": "3",
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  },
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});

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HTTP/1.1 200 OK
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Content-Type: application/json
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Cache-Control: cache-control: max-age=0, private, must-revalidate
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X-RateLimit-Limit: 30
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X-RateLimit-Remaining: 28
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{
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  "data": {
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    "type": "job_result",
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    "id": "34",
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    "attributes": {
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      "status": 200,
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      "payload": {
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        "data": [],
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        "meta": {
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          "successful": 20,
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          "failed": 20
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        }
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      }
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    }
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  }
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}

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