Question Error 200 delete User API REST

Pierre Ringenbach · Mar 9, 2025

Hello,
I have a problem with my program that gives me a vague error.
I use REST API with a key generated with the extension "Keychain for API Secret Keys"

Everything works well (user creation, information retrieval, change account status) but it is impossible to delete the user.
Instead, it shows me the following error:

Error deleting user. HTTP Code: 200
API Response: { "id": 11, "created": "2025-03-07", "name": "Pierre", "company": "", "login": "[email protected]", "status": 1, "email": "[email protected]", "locale": "", "guid": "96s24355-3898-4055-982c-191df9ee9a32", "external_id": "", "description": "", "type": "customer" }
(API response data has been anonymized.)

Regarding the code I currently have, here it is:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="fr">
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<title>Supprimer un utilisateur Plesk</title>
</head>
<body>
<h1>Supprimer un utilisateur Plesk</h1>
<form action="delete_user.php" method="POST">
<label for="user_id">ID de l'utilisateur :</label>
<input type="text" id="user_id" name="user_id" required>
<button type="submit">Supprimer</button>
</form>
</body>
</html>
<?php
if (isset($_POST['user_id'])) {
$user_id = $_POST['user_id'];

// URL de l'API Plesk pour obtenir les informations d'un utilisateur
include'./settings/api_connect.php';
$url = $api_link . '/clients/' . $user_id;

// Initialisation de cURL
$ch = curl_init();
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPAUTH, CURLAUTH_BASIC);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
'Content-Type: application/json',
'X-API-Key: ' . $api_key // Utilisation de la clé API
]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);

// Exécution de la requête
$response = curl_exec($ch);
$http_code = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

// Fermeture de la session cURL
curl_close($ch);

// Vérification de la réponse
if ($http_code == 204) {
echo "L'utilisateur avec l'ID {$user_id} a été supprimé avec succès.";
} else {
echo "Erreur lors de la suppression de l'utilisateur. Code HTTP : {$http_code}";
echo "<br>Réponse de l'API : " . htmlentities($response);
}
} else {
echo "Aucun ID d'utilisateur n'a été fourni.";
}
?>

if anyone has the solution, I'm interested.
I really wonder why it refuses to delete the user and instead shows me his info.

Thank you very much for your help

Kaspar · Mar 9, 2025

An 200 status response code actually means that the request has been successful. Doesn't the customer get deleted?

Pierre Ringenbach · Mar 9, 2025

precisely, I saw that the 200 errors meant that it worked, but yet the contact is not deleted.
there would be an error in my code?

Kaspar · Mar 9, 2025

Looking closer at your code it looks like performing a regular GET request. If you want to perform a DELETE request you'll need to use the proper HTTP method.

More general information about DELETE regrets when CURL can be found here: How to Make DELETE Requests Using the curl_init() Function in PHP

Pierre Ringenbach · Mar 10, 2025

That's right, I was able to solve the problem by making this change.
Thanks again!

Question Error 200 delete User API REST

Pierre Ringenbach

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Kaspar

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Pierre Ringenbach

New Pleskian

Kaspar

API expert

Pierre Ringenbach

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