# Delete a contract file

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- Sandbox: `DELETE https://sandbox.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/{payment_contract_guid}/invoices/{invoice_guid}`
- Production: `DELETE https://live.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/{payment_contract_guid}/invoices/{invoice_guid}`

## Credentials

- Header `PayMe-Merchant-Key` (required): Your `seller_payme_id` (MPL). You must be the seller that uploaded the file.

Deletes a file you uploaded to a contract. Only the seller who uploaded the file can delete it (error `385`).

Send `Content-Type: application/json` and a JSON body that isn't empty, for example `{"confirm": true}`. A DELETE without a JSON body fails with error `900` or `901`.

If the contract has no file with this `invoice_guid`, the call returns success (`status_code` `0`) and deletes nothing.

### Errors

HTTP status | Error code | Message | When
---|---|---|---
`400` | `251` | Seller was not found | The `PayMe-Merchant-Key` header is missing. `status_additional_info` is the header name. 
`400` | `385` | Action not allowed - please contact Customer Support | This seller is neither side of the contract. `status_additional_info` is the seller key. 
`400` | `385` | Action not allowed - please contact Customer Support | This seller may not delete this file. 
`500` | `251` | Seller was not found | The seller key is unknown. 
`500` | `163` | Account settings problem - please contact Customer Support | The seller is not active. 
`500` | `380` | Payment contract not found | No contract has this GUID. `status_additional_info` is the GUID. 
`500` | `900` | Please provide all required information in JSON format. Make sure to include 'Content-Type: application/json' header | The request is not JSON. 
`500` | `901` | Please verify that the JSON provided is valid | The JSON body is empty or invalid.

## Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `PayMe-Merchant-Key` | header | string | yes | Your `seller_payme_id` (MPL). You must be the seller that uploaded the file. |
| `payment_contract_guid` | path | string | yes | The contract's `guid`, as returned when the contract was created, e.g. `CONT1700-000000AA-EXAMPLE1-CONT0001`. It already starts with `CONT`; don't add another prefix. |
| `invoice_guid` | path | string | yes | The file's `id` (`INV…`), as returned by [Upload contract files](/b2b-payments/contracts/post-contracts-files) or [List contract files](/b2b-payments/contracts/get-contracts-files). |

## Request body

Content type: `application/json`

Required: any JSON object that isn't empty, e.g. `{"confirm": true}`. PayMe doesn't read its content.

### Request example

```json
{
  "confirm": true
}
```

## Code samples

### curl

```bash
curl -X DELETE 'https://sandbox.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/<payment_contract_guid>/invoices/<invoice_guid>' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'PayMe-Merchant-Key: <PayMe-Merchant-Key>' \
  --data-raw '{
  "confirm": true
}'
```

### Node.js

```javascript
const response = await fetch("https://sandbox.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/<payment_contract_guid>/invoices/<invoice_guid>", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "PayMe-Merchant-Key": "<PayMe-Merchant-Key>",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    "confirm": true
  }),
});

console.log(await response.text());
```

### Python

```python
import requests

response = requests.delete(
    "https://sandbox.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/<payment_contract_guid>/invoices/<invoice_guid>",
    headers={
        "PayMe-Merchant-Key": "<PayMe-Merchant-Key>",
    },
    json={
        "confirm": True,
    },
)

print(response.text)
```

### PHP

```php
<?php

$body = <<<'BODY'
{
  "confirm": true
}
BODY;

$ch = curl_init('https://sandbox.payme.io/api/payment-contracts/<payment_contract_guid>/invoices/<invoice_guid>');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => 'DELETE',
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Content-Type: application/json',
        'PayMe-Merchant-Key: <PayMe-Merchant-Key>',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $body,
]);

$response = curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

echo $response;
```

## Responses

### 200 — The file was deleted, or the contract has no file with this `invoice_guid`. (success)

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `status_code` | integer | `0` on success. |
| `session` | string | PayMe session ID. Quote it when you contact PayMe support. |

```json
{
  "status_code": 0,
  "session": "FhT3aXe7"
}
```

### 400 — Bad Request (error)

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `status_code` | number | Status code 1 (for failure) |
| `status_error_details` | string | What caused the error |
| `status_additional_info` | string | The parameters related to the error |
| `status_error_code` | number | Status error code |
| `session` | string | PayMe session ID. |

```json
{
  "status_code": 1,
  "status_error_details": "Seller was not found",
  "status_additional_info": "PayMe-Merchant-Key",
  "status_error_code": 251,
  "session": "FhT3aXe7"
}
```

### 500 — Internal Server Error (error)

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| `status_code` | number | Status code 1 (for failure) |
| `status_error_details` | string | What caused the error |
| `status_additional_info` | string | The parameters related to the error |
| `status_error_code` | number | Status error code |
| `session` | string | PayMe session ID. |

```json
{
  "status_code": 1,
  "status_error_details": "Seller was not found",
  "status_additional_info": "seller_payme_id",
  "status_error_code": 251,
  "session": "FhT3aXe7"
}
```