# DeleteAssetType
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Deletes an asset type in Amazon DataZone.

Prerequisites:
+ The asset type must exist in the domain. 
+ You must have DeleteAssetType permission.
+ The asset type must not be in use (e.g., assigned to any asset). If used, deletion will fail.
+ You should retrieve the asset type using get-asset-type to confirm its presence before deletion.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /v2/domains/domainIdentifier/asset-types/identifier HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [domainIdentifier](#API_DeleteAssetType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteAssetType-request-uri-domainIdentifier"></a>
The ID of the Amazon DataZone domain in which the asset type is deleted.  
Pattern: `dzd[-_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,36}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [identifier](#API_DeleteAssetType_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteAssetType-request-uri-identifier"></a>
The identifier of the asset type that is deleted.  
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 513.  
Pattern: `(?!\.)[\w\.]*\w`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 204
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
There is a conflict while performing this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource cannot be found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You do not have permission to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 401

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the AWS service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of DeleteAssetType.

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone delete-asset-type \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "CustomerDataAssetType"
```

### Example
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Failure case - already deleted or non-existent type:

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone get-asset-type \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "NonExistentAssetType"
```

#### Sample Response
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```
An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) when calling the GetAssetType operation: The given AssetType doesn't exist. Try creating AssetType before accessing it.
```

### Example
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Failure case - missing `--identifier` 

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone delete-asset-type \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj"
```

#### Sample Response
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```
aws: error: the following arguments are required: —identifier
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteAssetType)