PARSER GUIDES

Delete Documents

POST

/api/v1/process/{parserId}/documents/delete

Delete documents so their externalId values can be reused on re-upload.

Request body: Provide documentIds and/or externalIds.

• If you send documentIds, externalIds is optional.
• If you send externalIds, documentIds is optional.
• You must provide at least one of them.

Authorization

bearerAuth

authorization: <token>

Your API key. Include it directly in the Authorization header as the API key value (e.g., 'authorization: your-api-key-here')

In: header

Path Parameters

parserId — string

The ID of the parser

Format: uuid

Request Body

application/json

documentIds?array<string\>

Optional list of document UUIDs to delete.

externalIds?array<string\>

Optional list of external IDs to delete documents by externalId.

Response Body

200

application/json

400

application/json

401

application/json

404

application/json

405

application/json

curl -X POST "https://api.PARSER.com/api/v1/process/d1458cd7-8692-488f-8b3f-0fddade05f9c/documents/delete" \  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \  -d '{}'

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{
  "success": true,
  "deleted": 0,
  "ids": [
    "497f6eca-6276-4993-bfeb-53cbbbba6f08"
  ]
}

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Parser ID mismatch"
}

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Parser ID mismatch"
}

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Document not found",
  "notFound": [
    {
      "type": "documentId",
      "value": "string"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "error": true,
  "message": "Parser ID mismatch"
}