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  10. Monitors API
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  11. On-call & Incidents API
    1. On-call calendar
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  14. Other API
    1. Metadata
      1. List all existing metadata GET
      2. Get a single metadata record GET
      3. Create a new metadata record POST
      4. Update an existing metadata record PATCH
      5. Delete an existing metadata record DELETE
      6. Metadata API response params

Delete an existing metadata record

Permanently deletes a metadata record.

DELETE https://betteruptime.com/api/v2/metadata/{metadata_id}

URL parameters

metadata_id
required string

The ID of metadata you want to update

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN

204

Returns empty body

Example cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://betteruptime.com/api/v2/metadata/123456 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
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