Delete all records of a Tulip Table
  • 17 Jan 2024
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Delete all records of a Tulip Table


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Delete
/tables/{tableId}/records

Permanently deletes all records in a Tulip Table. All record-level data will be irrecoverably deleted. After this operation, the table will be empty. Use with caution!

The operation will fail if any record in the table is currently being used by a running Tulip app.

Requires the tables:write API key scope.

Security
Http
Type basic
A Tulip API key is required to use the Tulip API. API key authentication uses HTTP Basic Authentication as defined by [RFC 7617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617). HTTP Basic Authentication uses a generic username/password scheme to authenticate. For Tulip API requests, the password should be the API key's associated secret. The username should have the format `{type}.{version}_{id}`, where `{type}` is the API key type, `{version}` is the type's version number, and `{id}` is the id of the key. Tulip API keys currently are one of two types: * `apikey.2` - user API keys provisioned by creating a Tulip API Bot. The key id is the bot id. * `onetime.1` - temporary API keys provisioned using the `/auth/temporary` endpoint or using the [One-Time API Key page](https://templates.tulip.co/apiKey). These keys are only valid for 30 seconds after provisioning. Once you have determined the username and password you need to use, the `Authorization` header should be set to the value `Basic {credentials}`, where `{credentials}` is the base64-encoded value of the string `{username}:{password}`. See [RFC 7617](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7617) for more details of this encoding.
Path parameters
tableId
stringRequired

The id of a Tulip Table.

Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9]+$
Query parameters
allowRecordsInUse
boolean

If this option is set to true, the operation will not check for records in the table being used by a running Tulip app. If there are records in use, the apps using them may not work properly.

Default"False"
Responses
204

The Tulip Table was cleared successfully.

400

The request was malformed. This could mean that headers, query parameters, or the request body was unable to be parsed or had unexpected values.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
401

The request was made unauthorized. HTTP Basic Authorization using a Tulip API Key is required for use of the API.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "AuthenticationRequired" ]
403

The provided authentication info was rejected. The response will provide additional details.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "AuthenticationFailed" ]
404

The requested database entry was not found.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "NoSuchDatabaseEntry" ]
422

The request was syntactically sound, but could not be processed due to a logical problem.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string
errorCode
Valid values[ "UnprocessableEntity" ]
500

The server encountered an unexpected error.

object
errorCode
string
errorUniqueID
string
Pattern^[a-zA-Z0-9+/]+$
Exampleaq21mSKC1rbO87TjC/4Hz2EJHd/v+jxf7MtC315vo0Y
details
string

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