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# Delete Async Chat Stream

DELETE /v1/messages/async/{message_id}/delete

Delete an asynchronous chat stream and clean up all associated resources.

This endpoint permanently removes a chat stream from storage and cleans
up all associated resources including:
* Stream metadata and status information
* Cached events and message content
* Task references and cancellation tokens

Notes:
* Stream must exist to be deleted (returns 404 otherwise)
* Active streams are automatically cancelled before deletion
* No response body returned on successful deletion (204 status)
* Use status endpoint to verify deletion if needed

Reference: https://docs.privategpt.dev/api-reference/async-messages/delete-stream-v-1-messages-async-message-id-delete-delete

## Request

### Path parameters

- `message_id` (string, required) — Message ID of the asynchronous chat stream to delete.

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `any`

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `any`

### 404 Not Found Error

Stream not found

- `detail` (OpenApiValidationErrorResponseDetail, required) — Error detail — a string message or a list of validation error objects.

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Validation Error

- `detail` (list of ValidationError, optional) — detail field.

## Types

### OpenApiValidationErrorResponseDetail

Error detail — a string message or a list of validation error objects.

### ValidationError

ValidationError schema.

- `loc` (list of ValidationErrorLocItems, required) — loc field.
- `msg` (string, required) — msg field.
- `type` (string, required) — type field.
- `input` (any, optional) — input field.
- `ctx` (ValidationErrorCtx, optional) — ctx field.

### ValidationErrorLocItems

### ValidationErrorCtx

ctx field.

## Examples

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete"

response = requests.delete(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete';
const options = {method: 'DELETE'};

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

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.example.com/v1/messages/async/message_id/delete")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```