Classic ASP / Postman API / Delete Collection
Back to Collection Items
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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
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<%
' This example assumes the Chilkat API to have been previously unlocked.
' See Global Unlock Sample for sample code.
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.Http")
set http = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.Http")
http.SetRequestHeader "X-API-Key","{{postman_api_key}}"
' resp is a Chilkat.HttpResponse
Set resp = http.QuickRequest("DELETE","https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}")
If (http.LastMethodSuccess = 0) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( http.LastErrorText) & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.StringBuilder")
set sbResponseBody = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.StringBuilder")
success = resp.GetBodySb(sbResponseBody)
' For versions of Chilkat < 10.0.0, use CreateObject("Chilkat_9_5_0.JsonObject")
set jResp = Server.CreateObject("Chilkat.JsonObject")
success = jResp.LoadSb(sbResponseBody)
jResp.EmitCompact = 0
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Body:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( jResp.Emit()) & "</pre>"
respStatusCode = resp.StatusCode
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Status Code = " & respStatusCode) & "</pre>"
If (respStatusCode >= 400) Then
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Response Header:") & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( resp.Header) & "</pre>"
Response.Write "<pre>" & Server.HTMLEncode( "Failed.") & "</pre>"
Response.End
End If
' Sample JSON response:
' (Sample code for parsing the JSON response is shown below)
' {
' "collection": {
' "id": "a14c6da7-afba-4a84-bf22-4febbaaced6c",
' "uid": "5852-a14c6da7-afba-4a84-bf22-4febbaaced6c"
' }
' }
' Sample code for parsing the JSON response...
' Use this online tool to generate parsing code from sample JSON: Generate JSON Parsing Code
Id = jResp.StringOf("collection.id")
Uid = jResp.StringOf("collection.uid")
%>
</body>
</html>
Curl Command
curl -X DELETE
-H "X-API-Key: {{postman_api_key}}"
https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}
Postman Collection Item JSON
{
"name": "Delete Collection",
"event": [
{
"listen": "test",
"script": {
"type": "text/javascript",
"exec": [
"pm.test(\"response is ok\", function () {",
" pm.response.to.have.status(200);",
"});",
"",
"pm.test(\"response json data should not have errors\", function () {",
" pm.response.to.have.jsonBody();",
" pm.response.to.not.have.jsonBody('error');",
"});",
"",
"pm.test(\"response json should contain one collection\", function () {",
" pm.expect(pm.response.json()).to.have.property('collection').and.be.an('object');",
"});",
"",
"pm.test(\"response json should return collection details\", function () {",
" pm.expect(pm.response.json()).to.have.property('collection')",
" .and.to.include.keys(['id', 'uid']);",
"});",
"",
"// additional tests to ensure that the relevant environment variables are present",
"pm.test('\"postman_api_key\" variable should be present', function () {",
" pm.expect(pm.variables.get('postman_api_key')).to.be.a('string');",
"});"
]
}
}
],
"request": {
"method": "DELETE",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"collections",
"{{collection_uid}}"
]
},
"description": "This endpoint allows you to delete an existing collection.\n\nOn successful deletion of the collection, the response returns the `id` and `uid`.\n\n> Requires <a href=\"#authentication\">API Key</a> as `X-Api-Key` request header or `apikey` URL query parameter."
},
"response": [
{
"name": "Collection Not Found",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "DELETE",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"collections",
"{{collection_uid}}"
]
}
},
"status": "Not Found",
"code": 404,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"name": "Content-Type",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"error\": {\n \"name\": \"instanceNotFoundError\",\n \"message\": \"The specified item does not exist.\",\n \"details\": {\n \"item\": \"collection\",\n \"id\":\"a14c6da7-afba-4a84-bf22-4febbaaced6c\"\n }\n }\n}"
},
{
"name": "Collection Deleted",
"originalRequest": {
"method": "DELETE",
"header": [
],
"url": {
"raw": "https://api.getpostman.com/collections/{{collection_uid}}",
"protocol": "https",
"host": [
"api",
"getpostman",
"com"
],
"path": [
"collections",
"{{collection_uid}}"
]
}
},
"status": "OK",
"code": 200,
"_postman_previewlanguage": "json",
"header": [
{
"key": "Content-Type",
"value": "application/json",
"description": {
"content": "",
"type": "text/plain"
}
}
],
"cookie": [
],
"body": "{\n \"collection\": {\n \"id\": \"a14c6da7-afba-4a84-bf22-4febbaaced6c\",\n \"uid\": \"5852-a14c6da7-afba-4a84-bf22-4febbaaced6c\"\n }\n}"
}
]
}
