Servers

Delete a server

DELETE/servers/{serverId}

Delete the server now, or delay minutes from now. Refused with 423 while Do Not Disturb mode is active.

Request

Authorization
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer ********************
Path Params#
serverIdinteger#required

A valid server ID as shown in VirtFusion.

Example: 9
Query Params#
delayinteger#

How many minutes the system should wait before deleting the server. (0-43799)

Example: 5

Request Code Samples

curl --location --request DELETE 'https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'
wget --quiet --output-document=- \
  --method=DELETE \
  --header='Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header='Accept: application/json' \
  'https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5'
http DELETE 'https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5' \
  'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  'Accept: application/json'
const response = await fetch("https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5", {
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
});

const data = await response.json();
console.log(response.status, data);
import axios from "axios";

const response = await axios({
    method: "delete",
    url: "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5",
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
});

console.log(response.status, response.data);
const https = require("https");

const req = https.request({
    hostname: "cp.domain.com",
    path: "/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5",
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: {
        "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
        "Accept": "application/json",
    },
}, (res) => {
    let data = "";
    res.on("data", (chunk) => (data += chunk));
    res.on("end", () => console.log(res.statusCode, JSON.parse(data)));
});

req.on("error", (err) => console.error(err));
req.end();
import requests

url = "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Accept": "application/json",
}

response = requests.request("DELETE", url, headers=headers)

print(response.status_code)
print(response.json())
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("cp.domain.com")
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Accept": "application/json",
}

conn.request("DELETE", "/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5", None, headers)
response = conn.getresponse()

print(response.status)
print(json.loads(response.read()))
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, array(
    CURLOPT_URL => 'https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => '',
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 0,
    CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'DELETE',
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => array(
        'Authorization: Bearer <token>',
        'Accept: application/json'
    ),
));

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

echo $response;
<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use GuzzleHttp\Client;

$client = new Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5', [
    'headers' => [
        'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
        'Accept' => 'application/json',
    ],
]);

echo $response->getStatusCode() . "\n";
echo $response->getBody();
package main

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

func main() {
    url := "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5"
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
    req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")

    res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        panic(err)
    }
    defer res.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
    fmt.Println(res.StatusCode, string(body))
}
import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();

        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5"))
            .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
            .header("Accept", "application/json")
            .method("DELETE", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
            .build();

        HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        System.out.println(response.statusCode());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }
}
import okhttp3.*;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")
            .method("DELETE", null)
            .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
            .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            System.out.println(response.code());
            System.out.println(response.body().string());
        }
    }
}
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Net.Http.Headers;
using System.Text;

var client = new HttpClient();
var request = new HttpRequestMessage(new HttpMethod("DELETE"), "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5");
request.Headers.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Bearer", "<token>");
request.Headers.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));

var response = await client.SendAsync(request);
Console.WriteLine((int)response.StatusCode);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer <token>"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"

response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end

puts response.code
puts JSON.pretty_generate(JSON.parse(response.body))
import Foundation

var request = URLRequest(url: URL(string: "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")!)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.setValue("Bearer <token>", forHTTPHeaderField: "Authorization")
request.setValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Accept")

let task = URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { data, response, error in
    guard let data = data, error == nil else { print(error ?? "request failed"); return }
    print((response as! HTTPURLResponse).statusCode)
    print(String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) ?? "")
}
task.resume()
// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use reqwest::blocking::Client;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();
    let response = client
        .request(reqwest::Method::DELETE, "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")
        .bearer_auth("<token>")
        .header("Accept", "application/json")
        .send()?;

    println!("{}", response.status());
    let json: serde_json::Value = response.json()?;
    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json)?);
    Ok(())
}
// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }, tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }, serde_json = "1"
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();
    let response = client
        .request(reqwest::Method::DELETE, "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")
        .bearer_auth("<token>")
        .header("Accept", "application/json")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.status());
    let json: serde_json::Value = response.json().await?;
    println!("{}", serde_json::to_string_pretty(&json)?);
    Ok(())
}
import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient
import okhttp3.Request

fun main() {
    val client = OkHttpClient()
    val request = Request.Builder()
        .url("https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5")
        .method("DELETE", null)
        .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
        .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
        .build()

    client.newCall(request).execute().use { response ->
        println(response.code)
        println(response.body?.string())
    }
}
// pubspec.yaml: http: ^1.2.0
import 'dart:convert';
import 'package:http/http.dart' as http;

Future<void> main() async {
  final request = http.Request('DELETE', Uri.parse('https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5'));
  request.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer <token>';
  request.headers['Accept'] = 'application/json';

  final response = await http.Response.fromStream(await request.send());
  print(response.statusCode);
  print(const JsonEncoder.withIndent('  ').convert(jsonDecode(response.body)));
}
#include <stdio.h>
#include <curl/curl.h>

int main(void) {
    CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
    if (!curl) return 1;

    struct curl_slist *headers = NULL;
    headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Authorization: Bearer <token>");
    headers = curl_slist_append(headers, "Accept: application/json");

    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
    curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, headers);

    CURLcode result = curl_easy_perform(curl);
    if (result != CURLE_OK) fprintf(stderr, "%s\n", curl_easy_strerror(result));

    curl_slist_free_all(headers);
    curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
    return result == CURLE_OK ? 0 : 1;
}
$headers = @{
    Authorization = "Bearer <token>"
    Accept        = "application/json"
}

$response = Invoke-RestMethod -Uri "https://cp.domain.com/api/v1/servers/9?delay=5" -Method DELETE -Headers $headers
$response | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10
DELETE /api/v1/servers/9?delay=5 HTTP/1.1
Host: cp.domain.com
Authorization: Bearer <token>
Accept: application/json

Responses

204

The action completed. There is no response body.

#
No response body.
401

The bearer token is missing, invalid, or expired. The response has no body.

#
No response body.
404

The server was not found.

#
application/json
msgstring#
Example
{
    "msg": "server not found"
}
423

Do Not Disturb mode is active on the server, which blocks this action.

#
application/json
msgstring#
Example
{
    "msg": "do not disturb mode is active"
}
429

Too many requests. Either the token's requests per minute are used up (see the `X-RateL…

#
application/json

Too many requests. Either the token's requests per minute are used up (see the X-RateLimit-* headers) or the calling address has failed authentication 10 times in a minute (the body then includes retry_after_seconds). Retry-After gives the seconds to wait.

object
errorsarray[string]#
retry_after_secondsinteger#

Seconds to wait before retrying. Present on the failed-authentication limit only.

Response headers
Retry-Afterinteger

Seconds to wait before retrying.

X-RateLimit-Limitinteger

The token's requests per minute (token limit only).

X-RateLimit-Remaininginteger

Requests left in the current minute (token limit only).

X-RateLimit-Resetinteger

Unix timestamp at which the minute resets (token limit only).

Examples
{
    "errors": [
        "Too Many Requests"
    ]
}
{
    "errors": [
        "Too many authentication attempts. Try again later."
    ],
    "retry_after_seconds": 42
}