Delete a category

DELETE/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}

US Region: https://public-api.sessionboard.com · EU Region: https://public-api-eu.sessionboard.com

Soft-deletes the category. One with subcategories returns 409 unless cascade=true is sent, which deletes the whole subtree. One that submissions are filed under (directly or through a subcategory) also returns 409 unless force=true is sent. Requires the write:awards scope.

Request example

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}' \
  --header 'x-access-token: <api-token>'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch('https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    "x-access-token": "<api-token>"
  },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

Python

import requests

response = requests.request(
    "DELETE",
    "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}",
    headers={
        "x-access-token": "<api-token>"
    },
)

print(response.json())

PHP

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-access-token: <api-token>",
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
curl_close($curl);

echo $response;

Go

package main

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

func main() {
  req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}", nil)
  req.Header.Add("x-access-token", "<api-token>")

  res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
  defer res.Body.Close()
  body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

  fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java

HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
    .uri(URI.create("https://public-api.sessionboard.com/v1/organization/{orgId}/awards/programs/{programId}/categories/{categoryId}"))
    .header("x-access-token", "<api-token>")
    .method("DELETE", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
    .build();

HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
    .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

System.out.println(response.body());

Try it

RegionUS Region — https://public-api.sessionboard.comEU Region — https://public-api-eu.sessionboard.com

Authorization

Send asAPI token (x-access-token)OAuth access token (Bearer)

Token

Your token stays in this page. It is sent only to the region above and is never saved; it is gone when you leave or reload the page.

Path parameters

orgId*

programId*

categoryId*

Query parameters

cascade

force

DELETE

Send request

Authorizations

• x-access-tokenstringheader

  Organization API token. Generate from Organization Settings → API Tokens.

• AuthorizationBearer <token>headeror

  OAuth 2.1 access token. Obtained via the OAuth PKCE flow at /oauth/token.

Send one of these. See Authentication.

Path parameters

• orgIdstringpathrequired

  Your organization ID. Any other organization returns 404.

• programIdstring<uuid>pathrequired

  The Awards program ID.

• categoryIdstring<uuid>pathrequired

  The category ID.

Query parameters

• cascadebooleanquery

  Also delete the category's subcategories.

  Default

  false

• forcebooleanquery

  Delete even though the record is in use (see the 409 response).

  Default

  false

Responses

204

Category deleted

401

Missing or invalid token

403application/json

Token lacks write:awards

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

404application/json

Not found — also returned for any id belonging to another organization

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

409application/json

Category has 2 subcategories; send cascade=true to delete them too

• errorstring

  Allowed values

  "VALIDATION_ERROR", "SCOPE_REQUIRED", "FORBIDDEN", "NOT_FOUND", "CONFLICT"

• messagestring

Response examples

403

{
  "error": "SCOPE_REQUIRED",
  "message": "Token missing required scope: write:awards"
}

404

{
  "error": "NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Not found"
}

409

{
  "error": "CONFLICT",
  "message": "Category has 2 subcategories; send cascade=true to delete them too"
}