Delete writing style

Remove a writing style. If it was its scope’s default, the next style by position is promoted automatically. Refuses to delete a brand’s last content style; a social channel’s styles may go to zero — content generation always needs a content default to fall back to, social replies do not.


DELETE /brands/{brand_id}/writing-styles/{style_id}

Authorization

Header	Type	Required
`Authorization`	`Bearer asky_sk_…`	required
`Idempotency-Key`	`string`	required on every write. See Idempotency

Path parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
`brand_id`	`uuid`	required	From List brands
`style_id`	`uuid`	required	From List writing styles

Request

cURL


curl --request DELETE \
  --url 'https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <api-key>' \
  --header 'Idempotency-Key: 5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa'

Python


import requests
 
url = "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45"
 
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <api-key>",
    "Idempotency-Key": "5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa",
}
 
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
 
print(response.text)

JavaScript


const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer <api-key>',
    'Idempotency-Key': '5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa',
  },
};
 
fetch('https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

PHP


<?php
 
$curl = curl_init();
 
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <api-key>",
    "Idempotency-Key: 5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa"
  ],
]);
 
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
 
curl_close($curl);
 
if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

Go


package main
 
import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io"
)
 
func main() {
 
    url := "https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45"
 
    req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
 
    req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <api-key>")
    req.Header.Add("Idempotency-Key", "5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa")
 
    res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
 
    defer res.Body.Close()
    body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
 
    fmt.Println(string(body))
 
}

Ruby


require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
 
url = URI("https://api.askylabs.com/v1/brands/242546de-4cee-4a7d-952e-f6aa60c63ef8/writing-styles/8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45")
 
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
 
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <api-key>'
request["Idempotency-Key"] = '5b0e77d2-13a9-4f6a-8ce1-9a3f5e21c0aa'
 
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Response

200


{
  "data": {
    "deleted_style_id": "8c082c21-a2eb-4c0f-bcd9-d58097a48e45",
    "new_default_id": "3c9fe109-0a5f-4c1e-9b2d-6a8e1f3c7b5d"
  },
  "request_id": "req_5b0e77d213a94f6a8ce1"
}

401


{
  "error": {
    "code": "token_expired",
    "message": "This API key has expired. Roll it from the API tab on the Connections page to get a replacement.",
    "request_id": "req_8f21c0aa47b1490d2e63"
  }
}

404


{
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "Not found.",
    "request_id": "req_2a7c5e91b8d04f36ac10"
  }
}

409


{
  "error": {
    "code": "conflict",
    "message": "Cannot delete the brand's last content style.",
    "request_id": "req_31c9ba7f0e5d4a118cc2"
  }
}

429


{
  "error": {
    "code": "rate_limited",
    "message": "Too many requests. Retry after 24 seconds.",
    "request_id": "req_9a3f5e21c0aa47b190d2"
  }
}

Response fields

Field	Type	Description
`data.deleted_style_id`	`uuid`	required
`data.new_default_id`	`uuid \| null`	The style promoted to default in its place, if the deleted style was the default and another style existed in scope. `null` if the deleted style was not the default, or if it was and no other style remained to promote (a social channel emptied out)
`request_id`	`string`	required. Also returned as the `x-request-id` header. Quote it when contacting support

Errors

Status	Code	When
401	`invalid_token`	The key is missing, malformed, or does not exist
401	`token_expired`	The key passed its expiry date
401	`token_revoked`	The key was revoked
404	`not_found`	The style does not exist for this brand, or this key is not allowed to reach the brand
409	`conflict`	This is the brand’s only remaining content style
429	`rate_limited`	Over 60 requests per minute on write endpoints

Notes

A social channel can be emptied completely. Identities on that channel with no explicit writing_style_id simply lose their voice override; content generation has no equivalent fallback-free path, which is why content refuses to go to zero.

Deleting a style’s documents. Any Brand Knowledge documents attached to this style (uploaded as style reference material) are deleted along with it, not returned to the general Brand Knowledge list.