Delete Tags from Shared File or Folder in Edge Drive (REST API: DELETE)

Use this operation to delete tags from one or more shared files and folders in Edge Drive.

Request

Syntax

DELETE <webservice>/drive/share/{shareId}/tags HTTP/1.1

 Host: <host name>

 Accept: application/xml

 Authtoken: <authentication token>

 Content-type: application/xml

 <Api_TagsReq values=""> 

 <fileFolderInfo fileGUID=""/> 

 <fileFolderInfo fileGUID=""/> 

 </Api_TagsReq>

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Parameters

Name	Description	Required
shareId	The unique identifier (syncWebFolderId response) returned when you share a file or folder or view the shared files and folders in Edge Drive. For details on retrieving the syncWebFolderId response, see Sharing a File or Folder or Viewing Shared Files and Folders.

Request Headers

Name	Description
Host	The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.
Accept	The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.
Authtoken	The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Request Body

An XML element is required. See Syntax. The following table displays the parameters for the request body.

Name

Description

Elements

values

The tag name. You can specify multiple tag names separated by a comma (,).

Api_TagsReq

fileGUID

The GUID of the file or folder from which the tags need to be deleted. GUID is a unique identifier for a file or folder and remains the same even when you rename or move the file or folder to another path.

To retrieve the GUID, see View Properties of File or Folder .

fileFolderInfo

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter	Description	Element
errorMessage	The description of the error. Not all error codes have an error string.	response
fileGUID	The GUID of the file or folder for which the delete tag operation failed. If delete operation was successful for all the files and folders in the request, the response will be blank. For example, <Api_TagsRespList/>	fileFolderInfo

Examples

Sample Request

DELETE <webservice>/drive/share/37/tags HTTP/1.1

 Host: client.mydomain.com

 Accept: application/xml

 Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6

 0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f

 8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f

 40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7

 68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323

 3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8

 Content-type: application/xml

 <Api_TagsReq values="tag1,tag2"> 

 <fileFolderInfo fileGUID="4c303a847f494d0d9f05df09f08494b4"/> 

 <fileFolderInfo fileGUID="6sdkjfh47f494d0d9f05df09f08494sd"/> 

 </Api_TagsReq>

Sample Response

<Api_TagsRespList> 

 <response errorMessage="Guid provided in the request is not found."> 

 <fileFolderInfo 

 fileGUID="6sdkjfh47f494d0d9f05df09f08494sd " /> 

 </response> 

 </Api_TagsRespList>

Supported Error Codes

Code	Status	Description
400	Bad Request	The request is missing required request body or the file or folder information is not provided in the request body or shareId is not specified correctly.
500	Internal Server Error	Failed to retrieve the share information.
403	Forbidden	Error caused by one of the following reasons: Input token does not match Share expired User does not have access to the share User does not have editable rights to the share
404	Not Found	Failed to get share folder details. Share may no longer exist.