Help with deleting company - Delete Company API question

[5c0tt]

Hi, I might be doing something wrong, misunderstanding the API, or the doc is wrong, please can you help?

The API reference for delete a company shows the same URL as for return a company:

https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/methods/companies/delete_company  shows:

Example DELETE URL:
https://api.hubapi.com/companies/v2/companies/10444744?hapikey=demo

https://developers.hubspot.com/docs/methods/companies/get_company

Example GET URL:
https://api.hubapi.com/companies/v2/companies/10444744?hapikey=demo

What am I missing? how do I delete a company?

[WendyGoh · Accepted solution]

Hi @5c0tt,

I hope all is well with you 🙂

You're right to say that both the delete and get company endpoint is using the same URLs, however the HTTP methods are different. 

The Delete company endpoint is using a HTTP Methods - Delete where it'll delete the resource at the specified URL. 

The Get company endpoint is using a HTTP Methods - Get where it is used to retreive data from a server at the specified resource. 

When looking to delete a company, you'll have to change the HTTP method to Delete.

Additionally, I'd love to share with you this useful documentation about HTTP request methods.

Hope this helps to clarify!

[5c0tt]

Oh! Of course. So sorry, it’s obvious now