topic Rest delete content item in Alfresco Archive https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222777#M175907 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>I am using the Restful API and calling to delete items.&nbsp; It appears to be deleting the item, but for some reason the status code comes back as 204 - No Content.&nbsp; While technically this is true because it deleted it, shouldn't it be returning 200 - Success?&nbsp; Note I am using 3.1 Labs.&nbsp; </SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>Delete call is as follows:</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@DELETE</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@Consumes("text/plain")</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;@Path("/delete/{id}")</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;public String deleteContentItem(@PathParam("id") String id) throws Exception{</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;//DELETE /alfresco/service/api/path/{store_type}/{store_id}/{id}?includeChildren={includeChildren?}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;HttpClient client = buildClient("admin", "admin");</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;DeleteMethod method = new DeleteMethod("</SPAN><A href="http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/node/workspace/SpacesStore/%22+" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">http://localhost:8080/alfresco/service/api/node/workspace/SpacesStore/'+</A><SPAN> id);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;try {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;int statusCode = client.executeMethod(method);</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;if (statusCode != HttpStatus.SC_OK) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;System.err.println("Method failed: " + method.getStatusLine());</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.info(method.getResponseBody());</SPAN><BR /><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return method.getResponseBodyAsString();</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;} catch (Exception e) {</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;logger.error("exception while processing message", e);</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;return "Exception while getting person";</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;}</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</SPAN><BR /><SPAN>I don't know if this a bug or what alfresco expects.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:11:13 GMT erictice 2009-06-01T13:11:13Z Rest delete content item https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222777#M175907 I am using the Restful API and calling to delete items.&nbsp; It appears to be deleting the item, but for some reason the status code comes back as 204 - No Content.&nbsp; While technically this is true because it deleted it, shouldn't it be returning 200 - Success?&nbsp; Note I am using 3.1 Labs.&nbsp; Delete call is Mon, 01 Jun 2009 13:11:13 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222777#M175907 erictice 2009-06-01T13:11:13Z Re: Rest delete content item https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222778#M175908 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>You need the alf_ticket in order to perform the delete as it requires "user" authentication.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:47:36 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222778#M175908 rliu 2009-06-08T04:47:36Z Re: Rest delete content item https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222779#M175909 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><SPAN>ok, thank you.&nbsp; The api didn't mention it, so it was not obvious.</SPAN></BODY></HTML> Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:18:46 GMT https://connect.hyland.com/t5/alfresco-archive/rest-delete-content-item/m-p/222779#M175909 erictice 2009-06-08T17:18:46Z