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# Delete an indexed asset

DELETE https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/{index-id}/indexed-assets/{indexed-asset-id}

This method deletes all the information about the specified indexed asset. This action cannot be undone.


Reference: https://docs.twelvelabs.io/api-reference/index-content/delete

## Authentication

- `x-api-key` header (required) — Your API key. You can find your API key on the API Keys page.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `index-id` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the index to which the indexed asset has been uploaded.
- `indexed-asset-id` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the indexed asset to delete.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request has failed.

- `code` (string, optional) — A string representing the code associated with the error. See the [Error codes](/v1.3/api-reference/error-codes) page for details.
- `message` (string, optional) — A human-readable string describing the error, intended to be suitable for display in a user interface.

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c"

headers = {"x-api-key": "<apiKey>"}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'x-api-key': '<apiKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<apiKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c")
  .header("x-api-key", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c', [
  'headers' => [
    'x-api-key' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("x-api-key", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["x-api-key": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.twelvelabs.io/v1.3/indexes/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c/indexed-assets/6298d673f1090f1100476d4c")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```