Delete row - ExpertSender Help Center

DataTablesDeleteRow collection allows deleting existing rows using HTTP POST method. It is only possible to delete a single row with one request by specifying its unique identifier (PK, primary key).

Request data format

Request URL parameters:

Parameter	Type	Notes
ApiKey	string	Your API key, required for authentication. Required.
TableName	string	Name of Data Table. Required.
PrimaryKeyColumns	complex	Collection of Column elements. Contains unique identifier (PK, primary key) of the row that is supposed to be updated. This is an equivalent of SQL «WHERE» directive. Required.

Column element children:

Parameter	Type	Notes
Name	string	Column name. Required.
Value	string	Field value. Required.

Examples

Request (deleting a record from table with simple PK):

POST https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/DataTablesDeleteRow/ HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1
Host: api.esv2.com
Content-Length: 269

<ApiRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <ApiKey>test_api_key1</ApiKey>
   <TableName>Table1</TableName>
   <PrimaryKeyColumns>
     <Column>
        <Name>Id</Name>
        <Value>1</Value>
     </Column>
   </PrimaryKeyColumns>
</ApiRequest>

OK response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Cache-Control: private
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 1.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:35:17 GMT
Content-Length: 0

Error response:

HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
Cache-Control: private
Content-Type: text/xml; charset=utf-8
Server: Microsoft-IIS/7.5
X-AspNetMvc-Version: 1.0
X-AspNet-Version: 2.0.50727
X-Powered-By: ASP.NET
Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:32:07 GMT
Content-Length: 239

<ApiResponse xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <ErrorMessage>
      <Code>400</Code>
      <Message>No row matching specified criteria was found.</Message>
   </ErrorMessage>
</ApiResponse>

Request (deleting a record from table with composite/multicolumn PK):

POST https://api.esv2.com/v2/Api/DataTablesDeleteRow/ HTTP/1.1
Accept-Encoding: gzip,deflate
User-Agent: Jakarta Commons-HttpClient/3.1
Host: api.esv2.com
Content-Length: 321

<ApiRequest xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:xs="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema">
   <ApiKey>test_api_key1</ApiKey>
   <TableName>Table1</TableName>
   <PrimaryKeyColumns>
     <Column>
        <Name>Column1</Name>
        <Value>1</Value>
     </Column>
     <Column>
        <Name>Column2</Name>
        <Value>value2</Value>
     </Column>
   </PrimaryKeyColumns>
</ApiRequest>