Request Syntax URI Request Parameters Request Body Response Syntax Response Elements Errors See Also

DeleteChannelMessage

Deletes a channel message. Only admins can perform this action. Deletion makes messages inaccessible immediately. A background process deletes any revisions created by UpdateChannelMessage.

Note

The x-amz-chime-bearer request header is mandatory. Use the ARN of the AppInstanceUser or AppInstanceBot that makes the API call as the value in the header.

Request Syntax


DELETE /channels/channelArn/messages/messageId?sub-channel-id=SubChannelId HTTP/1.1
x-amz-chime-bearer: ChimeBearer

URI Request Parameters

The request uses the following URI parameters.

channelArn

The ARN of the channel.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 1600.

Pattern: arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}

Required: Yes

ChimeBearer

The ARN of the AppInstanceUser or AppInstanceBot that makes the API call.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 5. Maximum length of 1600.

Pattern: arn:[a-z0-9-\.]{1,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[a-z0-9-\.]{0,63}:[^/].{0,1023}

Required: Yes

messageId

The ID of the message being deleted.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [-_a-zA-Z0-9]*

Required: Yes

SubChannelId

The ID of the SubChannel in the request.

Note

Only required when deleting messages in a SubChannel that the user belongs to.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Pattern: [-_a-zA-Z0-9]*

Request Body

The request does not have a request body.

Response Syntax


HTTP/1.1 204

Response Elements

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

Errors

For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.

BadRequestException

The input parameters don't match the service's restrictions.

HTTP Status Code: 400

ForbiddenException

The client is permanently forbidden from making the request.

HTTP Status Code: 403

ServiceFailureException

The service encountered an unexpected error.

HTTP Status Code: 500

ServiceUnavailableException

The service is currently unavailable.

HTTP Status Code: 503

ThrottledClientException

The client exceeded its request rate limit.

HTTP Status Code: 429

UnauthorizedClientException

The client is not currently authorized to make the request.

HTTP Status Code: 401