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# Delete a cluster by id.

DELETE http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/{clusterUuid}

Use to delete a cluster by Universally Unique Identifier (UUID).
Will return 202 for success if this api was called on a cluster that its version is >=2.20,
and force query param is false or not provided.
Will return 204 for success if force query param is true, or if cluster is in a version \< 2.20

Reference: https://docs.nvidia.com/run-ai/self-hosted/reference/rest-api/endpoints/organizations/clusters/delete-cluster

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication

## Request

### Path parameters

- `clusterUuid` (string, required) — The Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of the cluster.

### Query parameters

- `force` (boolean, optional, default: false) — if true will force cluster instant deletion otherwise will start cluster graceful deletion process.

## Response

### 202

Accepted.

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)

## Errors

### 401 Unauthorized Error

Unauthorized

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 500 Internal Server Error

unexpected error

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

### 503 Service Unavailable Error

unexpected error

- `code` (integer, required)
- `message` (string, required)
- `details` (string, optional)

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "code": 202,
  "message": "Request has been accepted."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Clusters_delete_cluster_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc"

querystring = {"force":"true"}

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

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Clusters_delete_cluster_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true';
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 Clusters_delete_cluster_example
package main

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

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true"

	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 Clusters_delete_cluster_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true")

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

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

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

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

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp Clusters_delete_cluster_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Clusters_delete_cluster_example
import Foundation

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

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v1/clusters/9f55255e-11ed-47c7-acef-fc4054768dbc?force=true")! 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()
```