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Delete a contact

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DELETE
https://api.close.com/api/v1/contact/:id/
DELETE
/api/v1/contact/:id/
$curl -X DELETE https://api.close.com/api/v1/contact/id/ \
>     -u "<CLOSE_API_KEY>:"
1{}
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Authentication

AuthorizationBasic
Use your API key as the username and leave the password empty.
OR
AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

idstringRequired

Response

Successful response

Errors

400
Bad Request Error
401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error