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# [BETA] Delete legal value for the context field

DELETE https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/{projectId}/context/{contextField}/legal-values/{legalValue}

**[BETA]** This API is in beta state, which means it may change or be removed in the future.

Removes the specified custom context field legal value. Does not validate that the legal value is not in use and does not remove usage from constraints that use it.

Reference: https://docs.getunleash.io/api/delete-context-field-legal-value-for-project

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (required) — API key needed to access this API
- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — API key needed to access this API, in Bearer token format

## Request

### Path parameters

- `projectId` (string, required)
- `contextField` (string, required)
- `legalValue` (string, required)

## Response

### 200

This response has no body.

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue"

headers = {"Authorization": "<apiKey>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: '<apiKey>'}};

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://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue"

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

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "<apiKey>")

	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://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue")

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

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

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://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue")
  .header("Authorization", "<apiKey>")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue', [
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => '<apiKey>',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "<apiKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Authorization": "<apiKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://app.unleash-instance.example.com/api/admin/projects/projectId/context/contextField/legal-values/legalValue")! 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()
```