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      • GETAdvanced search for Assets
      • POSTAdvanced search for Assets
      • POSTBulk copy assets
      • DELBulk delete assets
      • POSTCopy asset
      • POSTCreate an Asset
      • DELDelete an Asset
      • GETFetch child Assets
      • GETGet an Asset
      • GETGet audio for an Asset
      • GETGet the subtitles for an Asset
      • POSTMove asset
      • POSTRequest upload URLs for real-time upload
      • GETSearch for Assets
      • POSTSearch for Assets
      • DELUnversion an Asset
      • PUTUpdate an Asset
      • POSTVersion an Asset

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Delete an Asset

DELETE
https://api.frame.io/v2/assets/:asset_id
DELETE
/v2/assets/:asset_id
1import requests
2
3url = "https://api.frame.io/v2/assets/asset_id"
4
5payload = {}
6headers = {
7    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
8    "Content-Type": "application/json"
9}
10
11response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
12
13print(response.json())
1{
2  "account_id": "a3f1c9d2-4b7e-4f3a-9d2e-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
3  "archive_from": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
4  "archive_scheduled_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
5  "archive_status": "scheduled",
6  "archived_at": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
7  "asset_type": "document",
8  "bundle": true,
9  "bundle_view": "thumbnail",
10  "cover_asset_id": "b7e3f9a1-2c4d-4e5f-8a9b-0c1d2e3f4a5b",
11  "creator": {
12    "digest_frequency": "weekly",
13    "image_32": "https://cdn.frame.io/images/users/32/user123.png",
14    "image_128": "https://cdn.frame.io/images/users/128/user123.png",
15    "from_google": true,
16    "mfa_enforced_at": "2023-11-01T12:00:00Z",
17    "email": "jane.doe@example.com",
18    "name": "Jane Doe",
19    "image_64": "https://cdn.frame.io/images/users/64/user123.png",
20    "timezone_value": "America/Los_Angeles",
21    "account_id": "a3f1c9d2-4b7e-4f3a-9d2e-1b2c3d4e5f6a",
22    "updated_at": "2024-04-10T08:45:00Z",
23    "image_256": "https://cdn.frame.io/images/users/256/user123.png",
24    "_type": "user",
25    "user_hash": "hash_abc123xyz",
26    "upload_url": "https://upload.frame.io/user123",
27    "profile_image": "https://cdn.frame.io/images/users/profile/user123.png",
28    "first_login_at": "2022-05-15T09:00:00Z",
29    "joined_via": "google_oauth",
30    "id": "user-1234-5678-9012",
31    "next_digest_date": "2024-04-17T00:00:00Z",
32    "last_seen": "2024-04-12T16:30:00Z",
33    "inserted_at": "2022-05-15T09:00:00Z",
34    "from_adobe": true,
35    "avatar_color": "#4A90E2",
36    "highest_account_role": "admin",
37    "integrations": [
38      "slack",
39      "dropbox"
40    ],
41    "roles": {
42      "admin": true,
43      "id": "role-5678",
44      "sales": true,
45      "support": true,
46      "service_desk": true
47    },
48    "user_default_color": "#FF5733"
49  },
50  "frames": 2400,
51  "hard_deleted_at": "2024-02-14T09:30:00Z",
52  "id": "eefb57e0-79f2-4bc7-9b70-99fbc175175c",
53  "index": 1.1,
54  "is_bundle_child": true,
55  "is_hls_required": true,
56  "is_session_watermarked": true,
57  "item_count": 12,
58  "label": "approved",
59  "metadata": {
60    "camera": "RED Komodo",
61    "location": "Los Angeles Studio",
62    "scene": "Interview"
63  },
64  "metadata_flags": {
65    "id": "d4e5f6a7-b8c9-4d0e-9f1a-2b3c4d5e6f7a",
66    "is_360": false,
67    "is_hdr": true,
68    "is_original_player_compatible": true
69  },
70  "name": "Interview_Session_01.mov",
71  "original": "https://cdn.frame.io/assets/eefb57e0-79f2-4bc7-9b70-99fbc175175c/original.mov",
72  "parent_asset_id": "c1d2e3f4-a5b6-7c8d-9e0f-1a2b3c4d5e6f",
73  "project_id": "f1e2d3c4-b5a6-7890-1234-56789abcdef0",
74  "properties": {
75    "color_grade": "cinematic",
76    "editor": "John Smith"
77  },
78  "required_transcodes": {
79    "cover": true,
80    "finalized": [
81      "thumb",
82      "h264_720",
83      "image_high"
84    ],
85    "h264_1080_best": true,
86    "h264_2160": false,
87    "h264_360": true,
88    "h264_540": true,
89    "h264_720": true,
90    "image_full": true,
91    "image_high": true,
92    "page_proxy": true,
93    "thumb": true,
94    "thumb_540": true,
95    "thumb_orig_ar_540": false,
96    "thumb_scrub": true
97  },
98  "team_id": "team-9876-5432-10ab-cdef12345678",
99  "user_permissions": {
100    "can_download": true,
101    "can_modify_template": false,
102    "can_public_share_presentation": true,
103    "can_public_share_review_link": true,
104    "can_share_downloadable_presentation": true,
105    "can_share_downloadable_review_link": true,
106    "can_share_unwatermarked_presentation": false,
107    "can_share_unwatermarked_review_link": false
108  },
109  "type": "file",
110  "view_count": 152
111}
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Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

asset_idstringRequiredformat: "uuid"

Response headers

x-ratelimit-limitdouble

The number of times you can make this call within the x-ratelimit-window

x-ratelimit-windowstring
The length in milliseconds of the rate limit window
x-ratelimit-remainingstring

The number of remaining times you can make this API call in the x-ratelimit-window

Response

Asset success response
object

Errors

401
Unauthorized Error
404
Not Found Error