Delete a patient

DELETE/patients/{patientId}

Deletes a patient record, as deleting a patient in BloomText does. Their conversations stay in BloomText for your records and for the staff in them. Pending campaign messages to the patient are cancelled.

Credentials: API key or an org admin’s OAuth token
Scope: patients.write

Path parameters

patientIdUUIDRequired

ID of the patient.

Returns

Returns 204 No Content with an empty body.

Errors

Failed requests return application/problem+json problem details. The errors specific to this endpoint:

Status	Code	Meaning
400	`invalid_request`	The request is malformed, such as invalid JSON.
401	`invalid_token`	The API key or access token is missing, expired, or revoked.
403	`insufficient_scope`	The credential doesn’t have the scope this endpoint needs.
404	`not_found`	The resource doesn’t exist, or isn’t visible to this credential.
429	`rate_limited`	Too many requests. Retry after `Retry-After` seconds.

cURL

Request


curl -X DELETE "https://api.bloomtext.com/v1/patients/5a1c9e2b-7d44-4f1a-9c3e-2b8d6f0a1e77" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BLOOMTEXT_API_KEY"

JavaScript

Request


const response = await fetch('https://api.bloomtext.com/v1/patients/5a1c9e2b-7d44-4f1a-9c3e-2b8d6f0a1e77', {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BLOOMTEXT_API_KEY}`,
  },
})
 
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`BloomText API error: ${response.status}`)

Python

Request


import os
 
import requests
 
response = requests.delete(
    "https://api.bloomtext.com/v1/patients/5a1c9e2b-7d44-4f1a-9c3e-2b8d6f0a1e77",
    headers={
        "Authorization": f"Bearer {os.environ['BLOOMTEXT_API_KEY']}",
    },
)
response.raise_for_status()

Go

Request


package main
 
import (
	"fmt"
	"io"
	"net/http"
	"os"
)
 
func main() {
	req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.bloomtext.com/v1/patients/5a1c9e2b-7d44-4f1a-9c3e-2b8d6f0a1e77", nil)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("BLOOMTEXT_API_KEY"))
 
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
 
	out, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
	fmt.Println(res.Status, string(out))
}

Ruby

Request


require "net/http"
require "json"
 
uri = URI("https://api.bloomtext.com/v1/patients/5a1c9e2b-7d44-4f1a-9c3e-2b8d6f0a1e77")
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer #{ENV.fetch("BLOOMTEXT_API_KEY")}"
 
response = Net::HTTP.start(uri.hostname, uri.port, use_ssl: true) do |http|
  http.request(request)
end
puts response.code

Response


HTTP/1.1 204 No Content