Deleting Email Templates

Endpoint Overview

Delete an existing email template belonging to your organization by its numeric identifier.

• HTTP Method: DELETE
• Endpoint URL: https://api.trywhiteowl.com/api/v1/email/:id
• Authentication: Bearer Token (API Key)
• Required Permission: email:delete (Ensure your API key has Delete permission under Email)

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Path Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
id	Number	Yes	The numeric identifier of the email template to delete.

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Request Headers

Header	Type	Required	Description
Authorization	String	Yes	Bearer token format: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY
Content-Type	String	Yes	application/json

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Code Examples

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://api.trywhiteowl.com/api/v1/email/101" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

JavaScript (Fetch)

const templateId = 101;
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
};

fetch(`https://api.trywhiteowl.com/api/v1/email/${templateId}`, options)
  .then(response => response.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

Python (Requests)

import requests

template_id = 101
url = f"https://api.trywhiteowl.com/api/v1/email/{template_id}"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_KEY",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

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Response Structure

Success Response (200 OK)

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Email template deleted successfully",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 101,
      "name": "Course Welcome Email",
      "body": "<h1>Welcome {{first_name}}!</h1>",
      "variables": [
        "first_name"
      ],
      "organization": "org_12345"
    }
  ]
}

Error Responses

• Missing Template Identifier:

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "id is required to delete email template"
}

• Missing Permissions (403 Forbidden):

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Your API key does not have the 'email:delete' permission"
}

• Internal Server Error (500 Internal Server Error):

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "There was an error deleting the email template"
}