Synthetic locations API v2 - DELETE a location (Dynatrace Managed)

Published Jul 26, 2019

This API call deletes an existing private Synthetic location. Deletion cannot be undone.

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Service Provider API (ServiceProviderAPI) permission assigned to your API token. Generate your API token via Cluster Management Console (CMC). To learn how to obtain and use it, see Cluster API - Authentication.

Endpoint

/api/cluster/v2/synthetic/locations

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
locationId	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the private synthetic location to be deleted.	path	Required

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204	-	Success. The location has been deleted. Response doesn't have a body.
4XX	ErrorEnvelope	Client side error.
5XX	ErrorEnvelope	Server side error.

Response body objects

The `ErrorEnvelope` object

Element	Type	Description
error	Error	-

The `Error` object

Element	Type	Description
code	integer	The HTTP status code
constraintViolations	ConstraintViolation[]	A list of constraint violations
message	string	The error message

The `ConstraintViolation` object

A list of constraint violations

Element	Type	Description
location	string	-
message	string	-
parameterLocation	string	- The element can hold these values `HEADER` `PATH` `PAYLOAD_BODY` `QUERY`
path	string	-

Response body JSON models

{
  "error": {
    "code": 1,
    "constraintViolations": [
      {
        "location": "string",
        "message": "string",
        "parameterLocation": "HEADER",
        "path": "string"
      }
    ],
    "message": "string"
  }
}

Example

In this example, the request deletes the private Synthetic location from the POST request example. The response code of 204 indicates that the deletion was successful.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

curl -X DELETE \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-493122BFA29674DC \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v2/synthetic/locations/SYNTHETIC_LOCATION-493122BFA29674DC

Response code

204

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