Delete a category
Deletes a custom category. Requires the categories:write scope, writes_enabled, and an Idempotency-Key. The body is optional: with none, the category's transactions become uncategorized; with merge_into_category_id they are reassigned to that category, which must itself be visible to this connection.
System categories return 409, as on PATCH. A category with subcategories returns 409 — move or delete them first.
curl -X DELETE "https://api.403fin.io/v1/categories/123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Idempotency-Key: example_string" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
-H "X-API-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \
-d '{
"merge_into_category_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}'
import requests
import json
url = "https://api.403fin.io/v1/categories/123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
headers = {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Idempotency-Key": "example_string",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
}
data = {
"merge_into_category_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers, json=data)
print(response.json())
const response = await fetch("https://api.403fin.io/v1/categories/123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000", {
method: "DELETE",
headers: {
"Content-Type": "application/json",
"Idempotency-Key": "example_string",
"Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
"X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
},
body: JSON.stringify({
"merge_into_category_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
})
});
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);
package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"bytes"
"encoding/json"
)
func main() {
data := []byte(`{
"merge_into_category_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}`)
req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://api.403fin.io/v1/categories/123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000", bytes.NewBuffer(data))
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
req.Header.Set("Idempotency-Key", "example_string")
req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")
req.Header.Set("X-API-Key", "YOUR_API_KEY")
client := &http.Client{}
resp, err := client.Do(req)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
defer resp.Body.Close()
fmt.Println("Response Status:", resp.Status)
}
require 'net/http'
require 'json'
uri = URI('https://api.403fin.io/v1/categories/123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000')
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(uri)
request['Content-Type'] = 'application/json'
request['Idempotency-Key'] = 'example_string'
request['Authorization'] = 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'
request['X-API-Key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY'
request.body = '{
"merge_into_category_id": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174000"
}'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.body
{
"data": {
"deleted": true,
"transactions_merged": 42
},
"pagination": {
"next_cursor": "example_string",
"has_more": true
},
"redacted_fields": [
"example_string"
],
"filtered": true
}
{}
/v1/categories/{id}Target server for requests. Edit to use your own host.
An opaque ff_ credential (ff_ak_ / ff_at_) presented as a Bearer token.
An opaque ff_ credential presented in the X-API-Key header.
The resource UUID.
The media type of the request body
A caller-chosen unique key (1-128 chars) that makes the write idempotent. A retry with the SAME key against the SAME operation, resource, and body replays the original response (Idempotency-Replayed: true). The same key with anything different — a changed body, a different endpoint, or a different {id} — is a 409 conflict; a still-in-flight duplicate is 409 with Retry-After. Required on every write. Stored for 24 hours. The key is bound to the target, not only to the payload, so reusing one key across two deletes (which carry no body at all) conflicts rather than replaying the first delete's response.
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Response
Response will appear here after sending the request
Authentication
Bearer token. An opaque ff_ credential (ff_ak_ / ff_at_) presented as a Bearer token.
API Key for authentication. An opaque ff_ credential presented in the X-API-Key header.
Path Parameters
The resource UUID.
Headers
A caller-chosen unique key (1-128 chars) that makes the write idempotent. A retry with the SAME key against the SAME operation, resource, and body replays the original response (Idempotency-Replayed: true). The same key with anything different — a changed body, a different endpoint, or a different {id} — is a 409 conflict; a still-in-flight duplicate is 409 with Retry-After. Required on every write. Stored for 24 hours.
The key is bound to the target, not only to the payload, so reusing one key across two deletes (which carry no body at all) conflicts rather than replaying the first delete's response.
Body
Responses
The result of deleting a category.
Cursor pagination state, present on list endpoints.
Field ids stripped from the payload by connection scope.
True when row or aggregate filtering is in effect for this response.