Soft-remove a taxonomy node
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/v1/taxonomy/nodes/019f177f-9abe-78cd-8008-f40b58e3147d?tenant_id=org-123&actor_id=example';const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
try { const response = await fetch(url, options); const data = await response.json(); console.log(data);} catch (error) { console.error(error);}curl --request DELETE \ --url 'http://localhost:8080/v1/taxonomy/nodes/019f177f-9abe-78cd-8008-f40b58e3147d?tenant_id=org-123&actor_id=example' \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'Soft-removes a taxonomy node (sets removed_at/removed_by) and records a soft_remove event
attributed to actor_id. The node is retained for audit but excluded from tree responses.
Tenant-scoped; returns 404 if the node does not belong to the tenant. While a tenant data purge
runs for the same tenant_id, the request is rejected with HTTP 409 (code tenant_write_conflict).
Authorizations
Section titled “Authorizations”Parameters
Section titled “Parameters”Path Parameters
Section titled “Path Parameters”Example
019f177f-9abe-78cd-8008-f40b58e3147dTaxonomy node ID.
Query Parameters
Section titled “Query Parameters”Example
org-123Tenant that owns the node.
Identifier of the actor performing the removal (recorded in the audit event).
Responses
Section titled “Responses”The soft-removed node
A node in a taxonomy tree. Non-root nodes have a parent; leaf nodes reference the cluster they summarize.
object
Parent node ID; absent for the root node.
Cluster this node summarizes; typically present on leaf nodes.
Position of a node within the taxonomy tree.
Label as originally generated, before any rename.
Depth in the tree; the root is level 0.
object
Set when the node has been soft-removed.
Actor that soft-removed the node.
Example
{ "node_type": "root"}Bad Request (e.g. invalid node_id or missing/invalid query parameters)
RFC 9457 problem details (application/problem+json). Branch on the stable code member rather than on title or type.
object
Stable, machine-readable error code; the primary value to branch on. service_unavailable indicates a feature or dependency is temporarily unavailable and the request may be retried later. tenant_write_conflict indicates the write conflicted with an in-progress tenant data purge (or vice versa) and may be retried later unchanged. All other codes are terminal until the request itself is changed.
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
Optional structured context for this problem, e.g. resource_type on a 404.
object
A URI reference (typically the request path) identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.
Field-level validation failures (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension). Present on validation errors.
A single invalid request parameter (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension member).
object
Dotted path to the offending request field, e.g. ‘field_type’ or ‘items[0].field_type’.
Human- and agent-readable explanation of why the value is invalid, naming allowed values or constraints where applicable so the request can be corrected without guessing.
Identifier for this request, also returned in the X-Request-ID response header; include it when reporting a problem.
HTTP status code
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.
A URI reference identifying the problem type.
Example
{ "code": "validation", "detail": "One or more request parameters are invalid", "instance": "/v1/feedback-records", "invalid_params": [ { "name": "field_type", "reason": "must be one of: text, categorical, nps, csat, ces, rating, number, boolean, date" } ], "request_id": "0190a1b2-c3d4-7e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", "status": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "type": "https://hub.formbricks.com/problems/bad-request"}Unauthorized (missing or invalid API key)
RFC 9457 problem details (application/problem+json). Branch on the stable code member rather than on title or type.
object
Stable, machine-readable error code; the primary value to branch on. service_unavailable indicates a feature or dependency is temporarily unavailable and the request may be retried later. tenant_write_conflict indicates the write conflicted with an in-progress tenant data purge (or vice versa) and may be retried later unchanged. All other codes are terminal until the request itself is changed.
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
Optional structured context for this problem, e.g. resource_type on a 404.
object
A URI reference (typically the request path) identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.
Field-level validation failures (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension). Present on validation errors.
A single invalid request parameter (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension member).
object
Dotted path to the offending request field, e.g. ‘field_type’ or ‘items[0].field_type’.
Human- and agent-readable explanation of why the value is invalid, naming allowed values or constraints where applicable so the request can be corrected without guessing.
Identifier for this request, also returned in the X-Request-ID response header; include it when reporting a problem.
HTTP status code
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.
A URI reference identifying the problem type.
Example
{ "code": "validation", "detail": "One or more request parameters are invalid", "instance": "/v1/feedback-records", "invalid_params": [ { "name": "field_type", "reason": "must be one of: text, categorical, nps, csat, ces, rating, number, boolean, date" } ], "request_id": "0190a1b2-c3d4-7e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", "status": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "type": "https://hub.formbricks.com/problems/bad-request"}Not Found – no node with this ID for the tenant.
RFC 9457 problem details (application/problem+json). Branch on the stable code member rather than on title or type.
object
Stable, machine-readable error code; the primary value to branch on. service_unavailable indicates a feature or dependency is temporarily unavailable and the request may be retried later. tenant_write_conflict indicates the write conflicted with an in-progress tenant data purge (or vice versa) and may be retried later unchanged. All other codes are terminal until the request itself is changed.
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
Optional structured context for this problem, e.g. resource_type on a 404.
object
A URI reference (typically the request path) identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.
Field-level validation failures (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension). Present on validation errors.
A single invalid request parameter (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension member).
object
Dotted path to the offending request field, e.g. ‘field_type’ or ‘items[0].field_type’.
Human- and agent-readable explanation of why the value is invalid, naming allowed values or constraints where applicable so the request can be corrected without guessing.
Identifier for this request, also returned in the X-Request-ID response header; include it when reporting a problem.
HTTP status code
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.
A URI reference identifying the problem type.
Example
{ "code": "validation", "detail": "One or more request parameters are invalid", "instance": "/v1/feedback-records", "invalid_params": [ { "name": "field_type", "reason": "must be one of: text, categorical, nps, csat, ces, rating, number, boolean, date" } ], "request_id": "0190a1b2-c3d4-7e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", "status": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "type": "https://hub.formbricks.com/problems/bad-request"}Conflict – a tenant data purge for the same tenant_id is in progress
(code tenant_write_conflict). The node was not changed; retry later.
RFC 9457 problem details (application/problem+json). Branch on the stable code member rather than on title or type.
object
Stable, machine-readable error code; the primary value to branch on. service_unavailable indicates a feature or dependency is temporarily unavailable and the request may be retried later. tenant_write_conflict indicates the write conflicted with an in-progress tenant data purge (or vice versa) and may be retried later unchanged. All other codes are terminal until the request itself is changed.
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
Optional structured context for this problem, e.g. resource_type on a 404.
object
A URI reference (typically the request path) identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.
Field-level validation failures (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension). Present on validation errors.
A single invalid request parameter (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension member).
object
Dotted path to the offending request field, e.g. ‘field_type’ or ‘items[0].field_type’.
Human- and agent-readable explanation of why the value is invalid, naming allowed values or constraints where applicable so the request can be corrected without guessing.
Identifier for this request, also returned in the X-Request-ID response header; include it when reporting a problem.
HTTP status code
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.
A URI reference identifying the problem type.
Example
{ "code": "validation", "detail": "One or more request parameters are invalid", "instance": "/v1/feedback-records", "invalid_params": [ { "name": "field_type", "reason": "must be one of: text, categorical, nps, csat, ces, rating, number, boolean, date" } ], "request_id": "0190a1b2-c3d4-7e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", "status": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "type": "https://hub.formbricks.com/problems/bad-request"}default
Section titled “default”Error
RFC 9457 problem details (application/problem+json). Branch on the stable code member rather than on title or type.
object
Stable, machine-readable error code; the primary value to branch on. service_unavailable indicates a feature or dependency is temporarily unavailable and the request may be retried later. tenant_write_conflict indicates the write conflicted with an in-progress tenant data purge (or vice versa) and may be retried later unchanged. All other codes are terminal until the request itself is changed.
A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the problem.
Optional structured context for this problem, e.g. resource_type on a 404.
object
A URI reference (typically the request path) identifying the specific occurrence of the problem.
Field-level validation failures (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension). Present on validation errors.
A single invalid request parameter (RFC 9457 “invalid_params” extension member).
object
Dotted path to the offending request field, e.g. ‘field_type’ or ‘items[0].field_type’.
Human- and agent-readable explanation of why the value is invalid, naming allowed values or constraints where applicable so the request can be corrected without guessing.
Identifier for this request, also returned in the X-Request-ID response header; include it when reporting a problem.
HTTP status code
A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value should not change between occurrences of the error.
A URI reference identifying the problem type.
Example
{ "code": "validation", "detail": "One or more request parameters are invalid", "instance": "/v1/feedback-records", "invalid_params": [ { "name": "field_type", "reason": "must be one of: text, categorical, nps, csat, ces, rating, number, boolean, date" } ], "request_id": "0190a1b2-c3d4-7e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b", "status": 400, "title": "Bad Request", "type": "https://hub.formbricks.com/problems/bad-request"}