# Delete Character

<mark style="color:red;">`DELETE`</mark> `https://api.sonorancad.com/v2/civilian/characters/{characterId}`

> **Rate limit:** `10 requests per minute`\
> Authenticated v2 endpoints are rate limited per API key rather than per IP address.

Remove a Sonoran CAD character by character ID.

## Path Parameters

| Name          | Type    | Description          |
| ------------- | ------- | -------------------- |
| `characterId` | integer | Character record ID. |

## Example Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab title="Sonoran.lua" %}

```lua
-- luarocks install sonoran.lua
local Sonoran = require("sonoran")

local sonoran = Sonoran.createClient({
  product = Sonoran.productEnums.CAD,
  communityId = "YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID",
  apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY",
  defaultServerId = 1
})

local response = sonoran.cad:removeCharacterV2(42)

-- Inspect response.success, response.data, or response.reason as needed.
print(response.success)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Sonoran.js" %}

```javascript
// npm install @sonoransoftware/sonoran.js
const Sonoran = require('@sonoransoftware/sonoran.js');

(async () => {
  const instance = new Sonoran.Instance({
    communityId: 'YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID',
    apiKey: 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    product: Sonoran.productEnums.CAD,
    serverId: 1,
  });

  const response = await instance.cad.removeCharacterV2(42);
  console.log(response);
})();
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Sonoran.py" %}

```python
# pip install Sonoran.py
from sonoran import Instance, productEnums

instance = Instance(
    apiKey="YOUR_API_KEY",
    communityId="YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID",
    product=productEnums.CAD,
    serverId=1,
)

response = instance.cad.removeCharacterV2(42)

print(response.success)
print(response.data if response.success else response.reason)
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="Sonoran.Net" %}

```csharp
// dotnet add package Sonoran.Net
using Sonoran;

using var sonoran = new SonoranClient(new SonoranClientOptions
{
    product = SonoranProduct.CAD,
    communityId = "YOUR_COMMUNITY_ID",
    apiKey = "YOUR_API_KEY",
    defaultServerId = 1
});

var response = await sonoran.Cad.removeCharacterV2(42);

Console.WriteLine(response.success);
Console.WriteLine(response.data);
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="OpenAPI" %}
Import this YAML into Postman with **Import -> Raw text** to create a single-endpoint request collection for this route.

```yaml
openapi: "3.0.3"
info:
  title: "Sonoran CAD v2 - Delete Character"
  version: "1.0.0"
  description: "Remove a character by character ID."
servers:
  -
    url: "https://api.sonorancad.com"
paths:
  /v2/civilian/characters/{characterId}:
    delete:
      summary: "Delete Character"
      operationId: "deleteCharacter"
      responses:
        200:
          description: "Successful response"
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: "object"
              example:
                characterId: 2451
      parameters:
        -
          description: "Character record ID."
          name: "characterId"
          in: "path"
          schema:
            type: "integer"
          required: true
      security:
        -
          bearerAuth:
components:
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: "http"
      scheme: "bearer"
      bearerFormat: "JWT"
```

{% endtab %}

{% tab title="cURL" %}

```bash
curl --request DELETE \
  --url "https://api.sonorancad.com/v2/civilian/characters/2451" \
  --header "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  --header "Accept: application/json"
```

{% endtab %}
{% endtabs %}

## Response

Successful requests return `application/json`.

```json
{
  "characterId": 2451
}
```