Delete Contacts

Remove contacts from your organization. Supports deleting a single contact or bulk deleting up to 1,000 contacts at once.

Delete Single Contact

Soft-delete a contact by ID.

Endpoint

DELETE /contacts/:id

Returns: 200 OK

Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
id	string	The contact ID to delete

Response

{
  "message": "Contact deleted"
}

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Examples

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer be_your_api_key"

JavaScript

const contactId = "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a";

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/${contactId}`,
  {
    method: "DELETE",
    headers: { Authorization: "Bearer be_your_api_key" },
  }
);

console.log(await response.json());

Python

import requests

contact_id = "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a"

response = requests.delete(
    f"https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/{contact_id}",
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer be_your_api_key"},
)

print(response.json())

C#

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer be_your_api_key");

var contactId = "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a";
var response = await client.DeleteAsync($"https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/{contactId}");
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

PHP

<?php
$contactId = "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a";
$ch = curl_init("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/{$contactId}");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Authorization: Bearer be_your_api_key"
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST, "DELETE");
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;
curl_close($ch);

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Bulk Delete Contacts

Delete multiple contacts in a single request. Maximum 1,000 contacts per request.

Endpoint

POST /contacts/bulk-delete

Returns: 200 OK

Headers

Header	Value	Required
Authorization	Bearer <your-api-key>	Yes
Content-Type	application/json	Yes

Body Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
contact_ids	string[]	Yes	Array of contact IDs to delete. Min: 1, Max: 1,000.

Response

{
  "message": "Contacts deleted",
  "deleted": 25
}

Field	Type	Description
deleted	number	Number of contacts that were deleted

Examples

cURL

curl -X POST "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/bulk-delete" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer be_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "contact_ids": [
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6b",
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6c"
    ]
  }'

JavaScript

const response = await fetch("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/bulk-delete", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    Authorization: "Bearer be_your_api_key",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    contact_ids: [
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6b",
      "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6c",
    ],
  }),
});

const result = await response.json();
console.log(`Deleted: ${result.deleted}`);

Python

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/bulk-delete",
    headers={
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer be_your_api_key",
    },
    json={
        "contact_ids": [
            "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
            "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6b",
            "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6c",
        ],
    },
)

result = response.json()
print(f"Deleted: {result['deleted']}")

C#

using var client = new HttpClient();
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("Authorization", "Bearer be_your_api_key");

var payload = new
{
    contact_ids = new[]
    {
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6b",
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6c"
    }
};

var json = System.Text.Json.JsonSerializer.Serialize(payload);
var content = new StringContent(json, System.Text.Encoding.UTF8, "application/json");
var response = await client.PostAsync("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/bulk-delete", content);
Console.WriteLine(await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());

PHP

<?php
$ch = curl_init("https://api.arsel.sa/v1/contacts/bulk-delete");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    "Content-Type: application/json",
    "Authorization: Bearer be_your_api_key"
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, json_encode([
    "contact_ids" => [
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6b",
        "01957e3a-4b5c-7d8e-9f0a-1b2c3d4e5f6c"
    ]
]));
$response = curl_exec($ch);
echo $response;
curl_close($ch);

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Error Responses

404 Not Found

{
  "status_code": 404,
  "name": "not_found",
  "message": "Contact not found"
}

422 Validation Error

{
  "status_code": 422,
  "name": "validation_error",
  "message": "contact_ids must contain no more than 1000 elements"
}

401 Unauthorized

{
  "status_code": 401,
  "name": "unauthorized",
  "message": "Invalid or missing API key"
}