Delete a User from Stytch.
Delete User
DELETE
https://test.stytch.com/v1/users/{user_id}Path parameters
user_id* string
The unique ID of a specific User. You may use an external_id here if one is set for the user.
Response fields
status_code int
The HTTP status code of the response. Stytch follows standard HTTP response status code patterns, e.g. 2XX values equate to success, 3XX values are redirects, 4XX are client errors, and 5XX are server errors.
request_id string
Globally unique UUID that is returned with every API call. This value is important to log for debugging purposes; we may ask for this value to help identify a specific API call when helping you debug an issue.
user_id string
The unique ID of the deleted User.
const stytch = require('stytch');
const client = new stytch.Client({
project_id: 'PROJECT_ID',
secret: 'SECRET',
});
const params = {
user_id: "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6",
};
client.users.delete(params)
.then(resp => { console.log(resp) })
.catch(err => { console.log(err) });RESPONSE 200
200
{
"status_code": 200,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"user_id": "user-test-16d9ba61-97a1-4ba4-9720-b03761dc50c6"
}RESPONSE 400
200
{
"status_code": 400,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "invalid_user_id",
"error_message": "user_id format is invalid.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/400"
}RESPONSE 401
200
{
"status_code": 401,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "unauthorized_credentials",
"error_message": "Unauthorized credentials.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/401"
}RESPONSE 404
200
{
"status_code": 404,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "user_not_found",
"error_message": "User could not be found.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/404"
}RESPONSE 429
200
{
"status_code": 429,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "too_many_requests",
"error_message": "Too many requests have been made.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/429"
}RESPONSE 500
200
{
"status_code": 500,
"request_id": "request-id-test-b05c992f-ebdc-489d-a754-c7e70ba13141",
"error_type": "internal_server_error",
"error_message": "Oops, something seems to have gone wrong, please reach out to support@stytch.com to let us know what went wrong.",
"error_url": "https://stytch.com/docs/api/errors/500"
}