/cloud/db/delete


POST https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/cloud/db/delete.json

Deletes an existing database.

Form Parameters

ParameterTypeRequiredDescription
client_idintegerYesThe ID for the client that the database belongs to.Example: 1
server_namestringYesThe server the database belongs to.Example: ch-servername
mysql_hoststringYesThe MySQL Integrated Container where the database resides. Valid options (if they are running) are mysql56, mysql57, and mysql8.Example: mysql8
databasestringYesThe name of the database to delete.Example: dbname

Code Samples

JavaScript PHP Rails Python
var xmlHttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
xmlHttp.open("POST", "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/cloud/db/delete.json", false);

var data = new FormData();
data.append("apikey", "your_key_here");
data.append("client_id", "1");
data.append("server_name", "ch-servername");
data.append("mysql_host", "mysql8");
data.append("database", "dbname");

xmlHttp.send(data);

var response = xmlHttp.responseText;
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, "https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/cloud/db/delete.json");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POST, 1);
$body = array(
'apikey' => 'your_key_here',
'client_id' => 1,
'server_name' => 'ch-servername',
'mysql_host' => 'mysql8',
'database' => 'dbname',
);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, $body);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
$status = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
curl_close($ch);
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/cloud/db/delete.json")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(uri.request_uri)

body = {"apikey" => "your_key_here",
"client_id" => 1,
"server_name" => "ch-servername",
"mysql_host" => "mysql8",
"database" => "dbname",
}
request.set_form_data(body)

response = http.request(request)
import requests
from collections import OrderedDict

uri = 'https://api.sitehost.nz/1.3/cloud/db/delete.json'

# We need ordered dictionary because parameters have to be in the right order.
# Refer to Developer Notes for more information.
body = OrderedDict()

body['apikey'] = 'your_key_here'
body['client_id'] = 1
body['server_name'] = 'ch-servername'
body['mysql_host'] = 'mysql8'
body['database'] = 'dbname'

response = requests.post(uri, data=body)

Response

200:

application/json
{
  "return": {
    "job_id": "3433562"
  },
  "msg": "Successful",
  "status": true
}