zulip/templates/zerver/api/delete-queue.md

Delete a queue

Delete a previously registered queue.

DELETE {{ api_url }}/v1/events

Usage examples

• Python
• JavaScript
• curl

curl -X "DELETE" {{ api_url }}/v1/events \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
    -d 'queue_id=1515096410:1'

#!/usr/bin/env python

import zulip

# Download ~/zuliprc-dev from your dev server
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc-dev")

# Delete a queue
print(client.deregister(queue_id="1515096410:1"))

More examples and documentation can be found [here](https://github.com/zulip/zulip-js). ```js const zulip = require('zulip-js');

// Download zuliprc-dev from your dev server const config = { zuliprc: 'zuliprc-dev', };

zulip(config).then((client) => { // Register a queue const queueParams = { event_types: ['message'] }; client.queues.register(queueParams).then((res) => { // Delete a queue const deregisterParams = { queue_id: res.queue_id, }; client.queues.deregister(deregisterParams).then(console.log); }); });

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## Arguments

{generate_api_arguments_table|arguments.json|delete-queue.md}

## Response

#### Example response

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{ 'msg':'', 'result':'success' }

A typical JSON response for when the `queue_id` is non-existent or the
associated queue has already been deleted:

{ 'code':'BAD_EVENT_QUEUE_ID', 'queue_id':'1515096410:2', 'result':'error', 'msg':'Bad event queue id: 1515096410:2' }

{!invalid-api-key-json-response.md!}