Delete a document

Permanently delete a document and all extraction results derived from it. Returns 204 on success. Returns 404 if the document does not exist on this project.

On this page

• HTTP request
• URI Parameters
• Request Header
• Responses
• Security
• Python example

HTTP request

DELETE https://api.parsewise.ai/api/v1/projects/{project_id}/documents/{document_id}/

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
document_id	path	Yes	string (uuid)
project_id	path	Yes	string (uuid)

Request Header

Name	Required	Type	Description
X-API-Key	Yes	string	API key with the pw_live_ prefix. See Authentication.

Responses

Status	Type	Description
204	—	No response body

Security

• ApiKeyAuth — apiKey — in X-API-Key header. API key with pw_live_ prefix.

Python example

import os
import requests

API_KEY = os.environ["PARSEWISE_API_KEY"]
BASE_URL = "https://api.parsewise.ai/api/v1"

document_id = "<uuid>"
project_id = "<uuid>"

resp = requests.delete(
    f"{BASE_URL}/projects/{project_id}/documents/{document_id}/",
    headers={"X-API-Key": API_KEY},
)
resp.raise_for_status()
print(resp.status_code)  # DELETE returns no body