# Endpoint to purge user data

`DELETE /v1/data/purge`

A call to this endpoint purges all previously deleted data. Use it with care and always with user permission.
The demo user is incapable of using this endpoint.


Authentication (security requirement alternatives):

```json
[
  {
    "firefly_iii_auth": []
  },
  {
    "local_bearer_auth": []
  }
]
```

- firefly_iii_auth: oauth2. OAuth2 authorization code flow. Create a client on your installation's `/profile` page; it authorizes at `/oauth/authorize` and issues tokens at `/oauth/token` there. The URLs below are the demo site's. [How to use the API](https://sourcey-firefly.pages.dev/how-to/firefly-iii/features/api/index.md) walks through it.
- local_bearer_auth: http (bearer). A Personal Access Token, sent as a bearer token. Create one on your installation under Options > Profile > OAuth > Personal Access Tokens.

Parameters:

- `X-Trace-Id` (header, string, uuid, optional) - Unique identifier associated with this request.
  Type: string, uuid
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "40c71bbb-c676-4f24-83cf-cc725d7d7a00"
  ```

Responses:

- 204: Empty response when data has been purged.

- 400: Bad request

Content type: application/json

Type: object

Schema: [BadRequestResponse](https://sourcey-firefly.pages.dev/api/models/badrequestresponse/index.md)

- `message` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "Bad Request"
  ```

- `exception` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "BadRequestHttpException"
  ```

- 401: Unauthenticated

Content type: application/json

Type: object

Schema: [UnauthenticatedResponse](https://sourcey-firefly.pages.dev/api/models/unauthenticatedresponse/index.md)

- `message` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "Unauthenticated"
  ```

- `exception` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "AuthenticationException"
  ```

- 404: Page not found

Content type: application/json

Type: object

Schema: [NotFoundResponse](https://sourcey-firefly.pages.dev/api/models/notfoundresponse/index.md)

- `message` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "Resource not found"
  ```

- `exception` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "NotFoundHttpException"
  ```

- 500: Internal exception

Content type: application/json

Type: object

Schema: [InternalExceptionResponse](https://sourcey-firefly.pages.dev/api/models/internalexceptionresponse/index.md)

- `message` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "Internal Exception"
  ```

- `exception` (optional)
  Type: string, string
  
  Example:
  
  ```json
  "InternalException"
  ```

## Examples

### cURL

```bash
curl -X DELETE 'https://firefly.example.com/api/v1/data/purge' \
  -H 'X-Trace-Id: 40c71bbb-c676-4f24-83cf-cc725d7d7a00' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN'
```

### JavaScript

```javascript
const response = await fetch('https://firefly.example.com/api/v1/data/purge', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'X-Trace-Id': '40c71bbb-c676-4f24-83cf-cc725d7d7a00',
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
  },
});

const data = await response.text();
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.delete(
    'https://firefly.example.com/api/v1/data/purge',
    headers={
        'X-Trace-Id': '40c71bbb-c676-4f24-83cf-cc725d7d7a00',
        'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_TOKEN',
    },
)
print(response.text)
```