Open Archives API » Links/Delete

This method removes a link between records page and online family tree page, previously created with the Links/Add API call. Links created with a certain API key can only be deleted by a call with the same API key.

URL

https://api.openarchieven.nl/1.0/links/delete.json

Method

POST

Input

Name	Required	Description	Default
archive	Yes	Code of archive (obtain a list of valid archive codes via Stats/Archives)
identifier	Yes	Identifier of the record
url	Yes	Reference to a family tree page to be deleted.
key	Yes	API key
callback	No	Function name to be called on JSON data (JSONP).

Output

The result in JSON(P) format is a status message with either "ok" or "no records deleted". An example status looks (pretty-printed) like:

{
	"status": "ok"
}

Errors

One of the following errors may be thrown:

Error code	Error message
1	Invalid archive
2	Invalid identifier (syntax)
3	Invalid key (syntax)
7	Unknown key
8	Invalid url (syntax)
11	Missing required archive
12	Missing required identifier
13	Missing required key
14	Missing required url

An example error looks (pretty-printed) like:

{
	"error_code": 7,
	"error_description": "Unknown key"
}

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