Manage
Delete DM event
Deletes a specific direct message event by its ID, if owned by the authenticated user.
DELETE
/
2
/
dm_events
/
{event_id}
Delete DM event
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true
},
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"status": 123
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}Authorizations
OAuth2UserTokenUserToken
The access token received from the authorization server in the OAuth 2.0 flow.
FlowAuthorization Code
- Authorization URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/authorize
- Token URL
- https://api.x.com/2/oauth2/token
Scopes2
dm.read
Read all your Direct Messages.
dm.write
Send and manage your Direct Messages.
Path Parameters
The ID of the direct-message event to delete. Unique identifier of a DM Event.
Pattern:
^[0-9]{1,19}$Example:
"1146654567674912769"
Response
The request has succeeded.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Minimum array length:
1An HTTP Problem Details object, as defined in IETF RFC 7807 (https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7807).
- Option 1
- Option 2
- Option 3
- Option 4
- Option 5
- Option 6
- Option 7
- Option 8
- Option 9
- Option 10
- Option 11
- Option 12
- Option 13
- Option 14
- Option 15
- Option 16
- Option 17
- Option 18
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
⌘I
Delete DM event
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.x.com/2/dm_events/{event_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"data": {
"deleted": true
},
"errors": [
{
"title": "<string>",
"type": "<string>",
"detail": "<string>",
"status": 123
}
]
}{
"code": 123,
"message": "<string>"
}