Delete Draft post from the API - getting not_found error

Development
1

Hi,

I’m trying to delete a draft using the API:

DELETE /drafts/{draft_key}.json

The draft exists (verified via GET /drafts.json) and I’m using the correct draft_key and sequence.

API Request (Postman / backend)

DELETE https://<base_url>/drafts/{draft_key}.json

Headers:

Api-Key: <api_key>
Api-Username: <username>
Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded / application/json

Body (tried both):

x-www-form-urlencoded:

draft_key=new_topic_xxxxx
sequence=12

or raw JSON:

{
  "draft_key": "new_topic_xxxxx",
  "sequence": 12
}

Response

{
  "errors": ["The requested URL or resource could not be found."],
  "error_type": "not_found"
}

From UI (works)

The same delete works from the browser using:

  • DELETE /drafts/{draft_key}.json

  • form data: draft_key + sequence

  • session cookies + CSRF token

Question

Is draft deletion supported via API key auth, same as the other APIs? If supported, what is the correct way to call this endpoint?

Thanks.

3

Have you tried passing the username as a query param as well? (aka. adding ?username=<username> to the URL)

Looks like we were not being quite consistent with how we allowed the API to fall-back to the Api-Username username when no username query param was being provided.

That should be fixed with