# DeleteSamplingRule
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Deletes a sampling rule.

## Request Syntax
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```
POST /DeleteSamplingRule HTTP/1.1
Content-type: application/json

{
   "RuleARN": "string",
   "RuleName": "string"
}
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request does not use any URI parameters.

## Request Body
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The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [RuleARN](#API_DeleteSamplingRule_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="xray-DeleteSamplingRule-request-RuleARN"></a>
The ARN of the sampling rule. Specify a rule by either name or ARN, but not both.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [RuleName](#API_DeleteSamplingRule_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="xray-DeleteSamplingRule-request-RuleName"></a>
The name of the sampling rule. Specify a rule by either name or ARN, but not both.  
Type: String  
Required: No

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 200
Content-type: application/json

{
   "SamplingRuleRecord": { 
      "CreatedAt": number,
      "ModifiedAt": number,
      "SamplingRule": { 
         "Attributes": { 
            "string" : "string" 
         },
         "FixedRate": number,
         "Host": "string",
         "HTTPMethod": "string",
         "Priority": number,
         "ReservoirSize": number,
         "ResourceARN": "string",
         "RuleARN": "string",
         "RuleName": "string",
         "SamplingRateBoost": { 
            "CooldownWindowMinutes": number,
            "MaxRate": number
         },
         "ServiceName": "string",
         "ServiceType": "string",
         "URLPath": "string",
         "Version": number
      }
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [SamplingRuleRecord](#API_DeleteSamplingRule_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="xray-DeleteSamplingRule-response-SamplingRuleRecord"></a>
The deleted rule definition and metadata.  
Type: [SamplingRuleRecord](API_SamplingRuleRecord.md) object

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

 ** InvalidRequestException **   
The request is missing required parameters or has invalid parameters.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** ThrottledException **   
The request exceeds the maximum number of requests per second.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

## 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/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/xray-2016-04-12/DeleteSamplingRule)