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Erase an article's content permanently

POST
/v1/articles/{id}/erase
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.orator.space/v1/articles/example/erase \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "confirm": "erase", "reason": "example" }'

The right to erasure (§23.3). Irreversible: the bytes are deleted from storage once no other revision references them. The record of the article remains as evidence.

id
required
string
Media typeapplication/json
object
confirm
required

Required verbatim: the bytes do not come back (§23.3)

string
Allowed value: erase
reason
Any of:
string
<= 500 characters

Erase an article's content permanently

Unauthenticated

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Forbidden

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Not-found

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Validation-failed

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}

Rate-limited (retryable)

Media typeapplication/problem+json

RFC 9457 Problem Details (SPEC 45).

object
type
required
string format: uri
title
required
string
status
required
integer
detail
string
instance
string
request_id
string
retry_after_seconds
integer
Examplegenerated
{
"type": "https://example.com",
"title": "example",
"status": 1,
"detail": "example",
"instance": "example",
"request_id": "example",
"retry_after_seconds": 1
}