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# Remove Risk

DELETE https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/{riskId}

Permanently removes the specified Risk.
            
This operation cannot be undone. Any related references
(such as links, history, or notifications) will be handled
according to system rules.
            
Authorization is enforced to ensure the caller has permission
to delete the Risk.

Reference: https://developer.projectmanager.com/api-reference/risk/remove-risk

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `riskId` (string, required) — The id of the risk to remove

### Headers

- `x-integration-name` (string, optional) — The name of the calling system passed along as a header parameter

## Response

### 200

Success

- `error` (AstroError, optional, nullable) — If the API call failed, this will contain information about the error that occurred.
- `success` (boolean, optional) — True if the API call succeeded; false otherwise.
- `hasError` (boolean, optional) — True if the API call failed.
- `statusCode` (enum, optional) — The HTTP code of the response.
  - Allowed values: `Continue`, `SwitchingProtocols`, `Processing`, `EarlyHints`, `OK`, `Created`, `Accepted`, `NonAuthoritativeInformation`, `NoContent`, `ResetContent`, `PartialContent`, `MultiStatus`, `AlreadyReported`, `IMUsed`, `MultipleChoices`, `MovedPermanently`, `Found`, `SeeOther`, `NotModified`, `UseProxy`, `Unused`, `TemporaryRedirect`, `PermanentRedirect`, `BadRequest`, `Unauthorized`, `PaymentRequired`, `Forbidden`, `NotFound`, `MethodNotAllowed`, `NotAcceptable`, `ProxyAuthenticationRequired`, `RequestTimeout`, `Conflict`, `Gone`, `LengthRequired`, `PreconditionFailed`, `RequestEntityTooLarge`, `RequestUriTooLong`, `UnsupportedMediaType`, `RequestedRangeNotSatisfiable`, `ExpectationFailed`, `MisdirectedRequest`, `UnprocessableEntity`, `Locked`, `FailedDependency`, `UpgradeRequired`, `PreconditionRequired`, `TooManyRequests`, `RequestHeaderFieldsTooLarge`, `UnavailableForLegalReasons`, `InternalServerError`, `NotImplemented`, `BadGateway`, `ServiceUnavailable`, `GatewayTimeout`, `HttpVersionNotSupported`, `VariantAlsoNegotiates`, `InsufficientStorage`, `LoopDetected`, `NotExtended`, `NetworkAuthenticationRequired`

## Types

### AstroError

Information about an error that occurred within the ProjectManager API.

- `technicalError` (string, optional, nullable) — A technical description of the error that occurred. Not suitable for display to end users.
- `additionalErrors` (list of string, optional, nullable) — If additional errors beyond the main error in `Message` occurred, they will be listed here as individual messages.
- `validationErrors` (map from string to list of string, optional, nullable) — This contains a dictionary of validation errors. The key is the name of the field
- `message` (string, optional, nullable) — A description of the error that occurred. If your application has a user interface, show this message to explain what went wrong.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "error": {
    "technicalError": "string",
    "additionalErrors": [
      "string"
    ],
    "validationErrors": {},
    "message": "string"
  },
  "success": true,
  "hasError": true,
  "statusCode": "Continue"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId"

headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "Bearer <token>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.projectmanager.com/api/data/risks/riskId")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```