Delete a file
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"id": null,
"code": 400,
"error": "bad_request",
"detail": "Cannot manually delete documents from a workspace configured for synced documents. Documents in this workspace can only be managed through external datasources.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#bad_request"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 401,
"error": "unauthorized",
"detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 403,
"error": "insufficient_permissions",
"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 404,
"error": "not_found",
"detail": "The requested resource was not found.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#not_found"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 500,
"error": "internal_server_error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#internal_server_error"
}{
"detail": "System is under maintenance.",
"error": "service_maintenance",
"mode": "full_shutdown",
"reason": "<string>",
"started_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"endpoint_category_names": [
"<string>"
]
}Files
Delete a file
Permanently delete a file and all associated data.
Requirements:
- Delete permission on the document
- Workspace must allow manual document management (not sync-only)
Public datasets: deleting a public-dataset file requires the instance-admin MANAGE_PUBLIC_DATASET permission. A workspace-scoped API key with read access (company opted in via allow_access_to_public_datasets) can see the file but gets 403, not 404, when attempting to delete it — public datasets are read-only.
Returns 204 (No Content) on success.
DELETE
/
api
/
v3
/
files
/
{id}
Delete a file
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://paradigm.lighton.ai/api/v3/files/{id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));{
"id": null,
"code": 400,
"error": "bad_request",
"detail": "Cannot manually delete documents from a workspace configured for synced documents. Documents in this workspace can only be managed through external datasources.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#bad_request"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 401,
"error": "unauthorized",
"detail": "Authentication credentials were not provided or are invalid.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#unauthorized"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 403,
"error": "insufficient_permissions",
"detail": "You do not have permission to perform this action.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#insufficient_permissions"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 404,
"error": "not_found",
"detail": "The requested resource was not found.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#not_found"
}{
"id": null,
"code": 500,
"error": "internal_server_error",
"detail": "An unexpected error occurred. Please try again later.",
"doc_url": "https://developers.lighton.ai/errors#internal_server_error"
}{
"detail": "System is under maintenance.",
"error": "service_maintenance",
"mode": "full_shutdown",
"reason": "<string>",
"started_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
"endpoint_category_names": [
"<string>"
]
}