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Overview
Use API_DeleteDatabase to delete a table or an entire application. Supply an application-level dbid to delete an application; supply a table-level dbid to delete a table.
If you use this API to delete an app, you must be the app manager, or the API will return an error. If you use this API to delete a table, you must have Full Administration permissions in the app, or the API will return an error.
Request parameters
| Parameter | Value | Required? |
|---|---|---|
|
ticket |
A valid authentication ticket. The authentication ticket is returned via the API_Authenticate call. |
yes, one of:
|
|
usertoken |
The user token is an alternative means of authentication, used for API access. User tokens cannot be used to access the Quickbase UI. |
yes, one of:
|
|
apptoken |
A valid application token. |
yes, if the application requires application tokens |
|
udata |
A string value that you want returned. It will not be handled by Quickbase but it will be returned in the response. |
no |
Response values
| Element Name | Value |
|---|---|
|
action |
The originating request, for example, API_DeleteDatabase. |
|
errcode |
Identifies the error code, if any. (See the Error Codes appendix for a list of possible error codes.) 0 indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
errtext |
Text that explains the error code. "No error" indicates that no error was encountered. |
|
udata |
Contains any udata value supplied in the request. |
Sample XML Request
POST https://target_domain/db/target_dbid
HTTP/1.0
Content-Type: application/xml
Content-Length:
QUICKBASE-ACTION: API_DeleteDatabase
<qdbapi>
<ticket>auth_ticket</ticket>
<apptoken>app_token</apptoken>
</qdbapi>
URL alternative
https://target_domain/db/target_dbid?a=API_DeleteDatabase
&ticket=auth_ticket&apptoken=app_token
where target_domain is the domain against which you are invoking this call, for example, quickbase.com. Read about this notation.
Sample response
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<qdbapi>
<action>API_DeleteDatabase</action>
<errcode>0</errcode>
<errtext>No error</errtext>
</qdbapi>