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# Delete a metadata option

DELETE https://acme-api.invivo.benchling.com/api/public/v1/metadata/{metadataId}/options
Content-Type: application/json

Delete a specific metadata option.

Reference: https://docs.benchling.com/in-vivo/metadata-option/delete

## Authentication

- OAuth2 — send the obtained token as `Authorization: Bearer <token>`

## Request

### Path parameters

- `metadataId` (string, required) — The unique identifier of the metadata.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a MetadataOptionDeleteV1.

- `value` (string, required, nullable) — The value of the option to delete.

## Response

### 200

The metadata option was deleted.

- `deleted` (boolean, required) — Always `true`. A failed deletion is reported as a 4xx error instead.

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

The request was rejected. Validation failures return a `ValidationErrorResponse`; an unrecognised `X-Studies-Api-Version` header returns an `AuthErrorResponse` with the code `invalid_header`.

- `BadRequestErrorResponse`

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Authentication failed. The body is normally empty; when an otherwise valid access token is missing required claims the body is an `AuthErrorResponse` with the code `invalid_token`.

- `any`

### 403 Forbidden Error

The access token does not grant the scopes this operation requires. The body is normally empty; when the token's team is missing or deleted the body is an `AuthErrorResponse` with the code `invalid_data`.

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

No resource matching the given identifier exists on your team. The body is empty.

- `any`

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

A rate limit was exceeded. Retry once the window resets; no `Retry-After` header is sent, so use `X-RateLimit-Reset`.

- `error` ("rate_limit_exceeded", required) — A machine-readable error code.
- `message` (string, required) — A human-readable explanation of the failure.

## Types

### ValidationErrorResponse

Returned when a request body or parameter fails validation.

- `message` (string, required) — A summary of the failure.
- `errors` (map from string to list of string, required) — Failure messages keyed by the offending field, using the field's name as it appears on the wire. Nested fields are dotted, e.g. `schedule.duration`.

### AuthErrorResponse

Returned when a request is rejected during authentication, before it is processed.

- `error` (enum, required) — A machine-readable error code.
  - Allowed values: `invalid_header`, `invalid_token`, `invalid_data`
- `error_description` (string, required) — A human-readable explanation of the failure.

### ProblemDetail

An RFC 9457 problem detail, returned when a request is rejected before it reaches a controller method — most commonly an unparseable or absent JSON body. Unlike the rest of this API, null members are omitted rather than serialised as `null`.

- `title` (string, required) — A short, human-readable summary of the problem type.
- `status` (integer, required) — The HTTP status code, repeated in the body.
- `detail` (string, required) — A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence.
- `instance` (string, required) — The path of the request that produced the problem.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "value": "string"
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "deleted": true
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://acme-api.invivo.benchling.com/api/public/v1/metadata/mgl_30heIdJG2lAToYBGydMNBh/options"

payload = { "value": "string" }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "<token>.",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://acme-api.invivo.benchling.com/api/public/v1/metadata/mgl_30heIdJG2lAToYBGydMNBh/options';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {Authorization: '<token>.', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"value":"string"}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```