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DELETE /v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}

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Delete a Snapshot

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId} \
  --header 'X-API-Key: <api-key>'

Python

import requests

url = "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}"

headers = {"X-API-Key": "<api-key>"}

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

print(response.text)

JavaScript (Fetch API)

const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-API-Key': '<api-key>'}};

fetch('https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

PHP

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "X-API-Key: <api-key>"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go

package main

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

func main() {

url := "https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}"

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

req.Header.Add("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")

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

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

fmt.Println(string(body))
}

Java (Unirest)

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}")
  .header("X-API-Key", "<api-key>")
  .asString();

Ruby

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api-trial.cognigy.ai/new/v2.0/snapshots/{snapshotId}")

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

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

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

Response Codes

• 202: Task to delete the Snapshot successfully created.
• 400: Bad Request
• 401: Unauthorized
• 402: Payment Required
• 403: Forbidden
• 404: Not Found
• 405: Method Not Allowed
• 409: Conflict
• 413: Payload Too Large
• 500: Internal Server Error
• 501: Not Implemented
• 502: Bad Gateway
• 503: Service Unavailable
• 504: Gateway Timeout

Example Success Response

{
  "_id": "<string>",
  "status": "queued",
  "type": "trainIntents",
  "parameters": {},
  "lastChangedAt": 1594243850,
  "lastCreatedAt": 1594243850,
  "currentStep": 0,
  "totalStep": 100
}

Example Error Responses

Bad Request

{
  "type": "Bad Request",
  "title": "Bad Request Error",
  "status": 400,
  "detail": "Validation failed. Missing payload.",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 1000,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

Unauthorized

{
  "type": "Unauthorized",
  "title": "Unauthorized Error",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "<string>",
  "instance": "/v2.0/flows/5ce7c2d833ea1e04d7e6c432",
  "code": 401,
  "traceId": "api--f84324f4-98eb-4f02-abdd-375a2e6c3c1f",
  "details": {}
}

Authorizations

• APIKeyHeader: Supply the API Key in the HTTP-Header.

Path Parameters

• snapshotId: The unique identifier for the Snapshot.
  • Required string length: 24
  • Pattern: ^[a-z0-9]{24}$

Response Structure

• status: The status of the task
  • Available options: queued, active, done, cancelling, cancelled, error
• lastChangedAt: Number indicating the last changed timestamp
• lastCreatedAt: Number indicating the creation timestamp
• currentStep: Integer for the current step
• totalStep: Integer for the total steps

Last modified on July 8, 2026.