Delete User
The Delete User operation deletes an existing user in a database.
Request
| Method | Request URI | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DELETE | https://{databaseaccount}.documents.azure.com/dbs/{db-id}/users/{user-id} | Note that the {databaseaccount} is the name of the Azure Cosmos DB account created under your subscription. |
Headers
See Common Azure Cosmos DB REST request headers for headers that are used by all Cosmos DB requests.
Body
None.
Response
Headers
See Common Azure Cosmos DB REST response headers for headers that are returned by all Cosmos DB responses.
Status codes
The following table lists common status codes returned by this operation. For a full list of status codes, see HTTP Status Codes.
| HTTP status code | Description |
|---|---|
| 204 No Content | The delete operation was successful. |
| 404 Not Found | The user to be deleted is not found. |
Body
None.
Example
DELETE https://contosomarketing.documents.azure.com/dbs/volcanodb/users/another_user HTTP/1.1
x-ms-date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:54:15 GMT
authorization: type%3dmaster%26ver%3d1.0%26sig%3d02AiXEjqafG01Xo%2fbKoK41ZuGbQRFeWwXBFlaB%2bQFIg%3d
Cache-Control: no-cache
User-Agent: contoso/1.0
x-ms-version: 2015-08-06
Accept: application/json
Host: contosomarketing.documents.azure.com
Content-Length: 0
Connection: Keep-Alive
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content
Cache-Control: no-store, no-cache
Pragma: no-cache
Content-Length: 0
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Location: https://contosomarketing.documents.azure.com/dbs/volcanodb/users/another_user
Server: Microsoft-HTTPAPI/2.0
Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=31536000
x-ms-resource-quota: users=500000;
x-ms-resource-usage: users=1;
x-ms-alt-content-path: dbs/volcanodb
x-ms-content-path: Sl8fAA==
x-ms-session-token: 864
x-ms-request-charge: 4.95
x-ms-serviceversion: version=1.5.57.3
x-ms-activity-id: 43377faf-90c3-421e-8c49-56a259a31167
x-ms-gatewayversion: version=1.5.57.3
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2015 19:54:15 GMT