Request Details

Request URL

{api-domain}/crm/{version}/settings/variables?ids={variable_id1, variable_id2, variable_id3}

To delete a specific variable:
{api-domain}/crm/{version}/settings/variables/{variable_id}

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Scope

scope=ZohoCRM.settings.variables.{operation_type}

Possible operation types

ALL - Full access to variable data
DELETE - Delete variable data

Parameters

  • idsstring, mandatory when deleting multiple variables

    Specify comma separated variable IDs.

Sample Request

Copiedcurl "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v6/settings/variables?ids=40000000047007,40000000047009,40000000047010"
-X DELETE
-H "Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken 1000.8cb99dxxxxxxxxxxxxx9be93.9b8xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxf"
Copiedresponse = invokeurl
[
	url: "https://www.zohoapis.com/crm/v6/settings/variables?ids=40000000047007,40000000047009,40000000047010"
	type: DELETE
	connection:"crm_oauth_connection"
];
info response;

Possible Errors

  • INVALID_URL_PATTERNHTTP 404

    Please check if the URL trying to access is a correct one
    Resolution: The request URL specified is incorrect. Specify a valid request URL. Refer to request URL section above.

  • OAUTH_SCOPE_MISMATCHHTTP 401

    Unauthorized
    Resolution: Client does not have ZohoCRM.settings.variables.DELETE scope. Create a new client with valid scope. Refer to scope section above.

  • NO_PERMISSIONHTTP 403

    Permission denied to delete records
    Resolution: The user does not have permission to delete variables. Contact your system administrator.

  • INTERNAL_ERRORHTTP 500

    Internal Server Error
    Resolution: Unexpected and unhandled exception in Server. Contact support team.

  • INVALID_REQUEST_METHODHTTP 400

    The http request method type is not a valid one
    Resolution: You have specified an invalid HTTP method to access the API URL. Specify a valid request method. Refer to endpoints section above.

  • NOT_ALLOWEDHTTP 400

    The variable you want to delete is associated with other features
    Resolution: You cannot delete a variable that is used in other features such as email or inventory templates, webhooks, functions etc. The "details" key in the response contains the places where the variables are used. Remove the variables from these places and then delete them.

  • AUTHORIZATION_FAILEDHTTP 400

    User does not have sufficient privilege to delete variables
    Resolution: The user does not have the permission to delete variables. Contact your system administrator.

  • INVALID_DATAHTTP 400

    variable not deleted
    Resolution: The specified ID of the variable is incorrect. Refer to Get Variables API to get unique variable ID.

  • UNABLE_TO_PARSE_DATA_TYPEHTTP 400

    either the request body or parameters is in wrong format
    Resolution: The parameter values are in the wrong format. Specify valid record IDs in the correct format. Refer to endpoints section above.

  • REQUIRED_PARAM_MISSINGHTTP 400

    One of the expected parameter is missing
    Resolution: 'ids' parameter is missing in the request. Please specify the valid IDs of the variables to be deleted. Refer to Get Variable Data API to get valid record IDs.

Sample Response

Copied{
    "variables": [
       {
            "code": "SUCCESS",
            "details": {
                "id": "40000000047007"
            },
            "message": "variable deleted",
            "status": "success"
        },
       {
            "code": "SUCCESS",
            "details": {
                "id": "40000000047009"
            },
            "message": "variable deleted",
            "status": "success"
        },
       {
            "code": "SUCCESS",
            "details": {
                "id": "40000000047010"
            },
            "message": "variable deleted",
            "status": "success"
        }
    ]
}