Delete an Attachment

Purpose

To delete a file attached to a record.

Endpoints

DELETE /{module_api_name}/{record_id}/Attachments/{attachment_id}

Request Details

Request URL

{api-domain}/crm/{version}/{module_api_name}/{record_id}/Attachments/{attachment_id}

Supported modules

Leads, Accounts, Contacts, Deals, Campaigns, Tasks, Cases, Events, Calls, Solutions, Products, Vendors, Price Books, Quotes, Sales Orders, Purchase Orders, Invoices, Custom, Appointments, Services and Notes

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Scope

scope=ZohoCRM.modules.ALL
(or)
scope=ZohoCRM.modules.{module_name}.{operation_type}
(and)
scope=ZohoCRM.modules.attachments.{operation_type}

Possible module names

leads, accounts, contacts, deals, campaigns, tasks, cases, events, calls, solutions, products, vendors, pricebooks, quotes, salesorders, purchaseorders, invoices, custom, appointments, services and notes

Possible operation types

ALL - Full access to attachments
DELETE - Delete attachment data

Sample Request

Curl Deluge

Copiedcurl "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v5/Leads/2883756000000261075/Attachments/2883756000000261017"
-X DELETE
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"

Copiedresponse = invokeurl
[
	url: "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v5/Leads/2883756000000261075/Attachments/2883756000000261017"
	type: DELETE
	connection:"crm_oauth_connection"
];
info response;

Possible Errors

INVALID_MODULEHTTP 400
The module name given seems to be invalid
Resolution: You have specified an invalid module name or there is no tab permission, or the module could have been removed from the available modules. Specify a valid module API name.
INVALID_MODULEHTTP 400
The given module is not supported in API
Resolution: The modules such as Documents and Projects are not supported in the current API. (This error will not be shown, once these modules are been supported). Specify a valid module API name.
INVALID_URL_PATTERNHTTP 404
Please check if the URL trying to access is a correct one
Resolution: The request URL specified is incorrect. Specify a valid request URL. Refer to request URL section above.
OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCHHTTP 401
Unauthorized
Resolution: Client does not have ZohoCRM.modules.attachments.DELETE scope. Create a new client with valid scope. Refer to scope section above.
NO_PERMISSIONHTTP 403
Permission denied to delete attachment
Resolution: The user does not have permission to delete attachments. Contact your system administrator.
INTERNAL_ERRORHTTP 500
Internal Server Error
Resolution: Unexpected and unhandled exception in Server. Contact support team.
INVALID_REQUEST_METHODHTTP 400
The http request method type is not a valid one
Resolution: You have specified an invalid HTTP method to access the API URL. Specify a valid request method. Refer to endpoints section above.
AUTHORIZATION_FAILEDHTTP 400
User does not have sufficient privilege to delete attachments
Resolution: The user does not have the permission to delete attachments. Contact your system administrator.
INVALID_DATAHTTP 400
the related id given seems to be invalid
Resolution: The related record ID specified in the URL is invalid. Refer to Get Related Records API to get valid related record IDs.

Sample Response

Copied{
    "data": [
       {
            "code": "SUCCESS",
            "details": {
                "id": "2883756000000261017"
            },
            "message": "record deleted",
            "status": "success"
        }
    ]
}