Chilkat Online Tools

Android / Braze Endpoints / External ID Remove

Back to Collection Items

// Important: Don't forget to include the call to System.loadLibrary
// as shown at the bottom of this code sample.
package com.test;

import android.app.Activity;
import com.chilkatsoft.*;

import android.widget.TextView;
import android.os.Bundle;

public class SimpleActivity extends Activity {

  private static final String TAG = "Chilkat";

  // Called when the activity is first created.
  @Override
  public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
    super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);

    // This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
    // See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.

    CkHttp http = new CkHttp();
    boolean success;

    // Use this online tool to generate code from sample JSON: Generate Code to Create JSON

    // The following JSON is sent in the request body.

    // {
    //   "external_ids": [
    //     "existing_deprecated_external_id_string"
    //   ]
    // }

    CkJsonObject json = new CkJsonObject();
    json.UpdateString("external_ids[0]","existing_deprecated_external_id_string");

    http.SetRequestHeader("Content-Type","application/json");
    // Adds the "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}" header.
    http.put_AuthToken("{{api_key}}");

    CkHttpResponse resp = http.PostJson3("https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/users/external_ids/remove","application/json",json);
    if (http.get_LastMethodSuccess() == false) {
        Log.i(TAG, http.lastErrorText());
        return;
        }

    Log.i(TAG, String.valueOf(resp.get_StatusCode()));
    Log.i(TAG, resp.bodyStr());


  }

  static {
      System.loadLibrary("chilkat");

      // Note: If the incorrect library name is passed to System.loadLibrary,
      // then you will see the following error message at application startup:
      //"The application <your-application-name> has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again."
  }
}

Curl Command

curl -X POST
	-H "Content-Type: application/json"
	-H "Authorization: Bearer {{api_key}}"
	-d '{
  "external_ids" : 
    [
      "existing_deprecated_external_id_string"
    ]
}'
https://rest.iad-01.braze.com/users/external_ids/remove

Postman Collection Item JSON

{
  "name": "External ID Remove",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "header": [
      {
        "key": "Content-Type",
        "value": "application/json",
        "type": "text"
      },
      {
        "key": "Authorization",
        "value": "Bearer {{api_key}}",
        "type": "text"
      }
    ],
    "body": {
      "mode": "raw",
      "raw": "{\n  \"external_ids\" : \n    [\n      \"existing_deprecated_external_id_string\"\n    ]\n}"
    },
    "url": {
      "raw": "https://{{instance_url}}/users/external_ids/remove",
      "protocol": "https",
      "host": [
        "{{instance_url}}"
      ],
      "path": [
        "users",
        "external_ids",
        "remove"
      ]
    },
    "description": "For security purposes, this feature is disabled by default. To enable this feature, please reach out to your Success Manager.\n\nUse this endpoint to remove your users' old deprecated external IDs. This endpoint completely removes the deprecated ID and cannot be undone.\n\n>You can send up to 50 external IDs per request.<br><br>You will need to create a new [API key](https://www.braze.com/docs/api/api_key/) with permissions for this endpoint.<br><br>Only deprecated IDs can be removed; attempting to remove a primary external ID will result in an error.\n\n### Request Parameters\n| Parameter | Required | Data Type | Description |\n| --------- | ---------| --------- | ----------- |\n| `external_ids` | Required | Array of strings | External identifiers for the users to remove |\n\n## Response Body\nThe response will confirm all successful removals, as well as unsuccessful removals with the associated errors. Error messages in the `removal_errors` field will reference the index in the array of the original request.\n\n```\n{\n\n  \"message\" : (string) status message,\n  \"removed_ids\" : (array of successful Remove Operations),\n  \"removal_errors\": (array of any <minor error message>)\n\n}\n```\n\nThe `message` field will return `success` for any valid request. More specific errors are captured in the `removal_errors` array. The `message` field returns an error in the case of:\n- Invalid API key\n- Empty `external_ids` array\n- `external_ids` array with more than 50 items\n- Rate limit hit (>1,000 requests/minute)"
  },
  "response": [
  ]
}