Deleting a Domain

This method deletes a domain from your Short.io account

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The instruction below shows how to delete a domain from your Short.io account

  • Click "Create API key".
  • Add a Secret key.

2) Copy an ID of a domain you want to delete.

  • Open Domain settings.
  • Copy domain ID.

3) Install prerequisites for requests.

pip install requests
npm install --save axios

Now everything is ready to run the following snippet. It will delete a domain.

4) Create a file: filename.py/ .js/ .rb. Use the code snippet below.

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Please, replace domainID with appropriate value.

import requests
url = "https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID"
headers = {'authorization': '<<apiKey>>'}
response = requests.request("POST", url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)
const axios = require('axios');
const options = {
    headers: {
      accept: 'application/json',
      'content-type': 'application/json',
      authorization: '<<apiKey>>'
    }
  };
  axios.post('https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID', '', options)
  .then(function (response) {
    console.log(response.data);
  })
  .catch(function (response) {
    console.log(response);
  });
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
require 'openssl'
url = URI("https://api.short.io/domains/delete/domainID")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["authorization"] = '<<apiKey>>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

5) Launch the file.

python filename.py
node filename.js
ruby filename.rb

6) JSON Response (the domain will be deleted).

Once you run the code, you will see the response.

{ 
  success: true
}