API to Delete

Rhythmyx Technical Discussion
1

I was looking for API to delete a content item for which I have the content id.

Is there any API which simply takes the content id/ guid and simply deletes the content item from the repository?

thanks
Manvinder

2

The function you want is IPSContentWs.deleteItems()

This function takes a List of GUIDs, and the items are permanently removed (purged) from the database.

3

Thanks a lot Dave

4

I made a list of all the GUIDs that I wanted to delete.
When I invoked the API to delete, I get the following WARN message:

15:14:08,289 WARN [PSItemDefManager] Failed to get the content type for locator
PSKey CONTENTID=771 REVISIONID=1
Setting the icon path to null.

I believe the items were deleted, as when I did a refresh on the content explorer window, the deleted item disappeared.

Do I need to be concerned of the above message, or is there anything you would recommend to take care of the message.

thanks
Manvinder

5

Without knowing more about what item 771 is (or was, assuming it’s gone now), I cannot tell if this is a serious problem or not.

Do you know if it was an item or a folder? If an item, which content type? This could be a simple as you have a content type for which you did not define an icon.

Dave

6

It was a content item NOT a folder. Also it was a custom content type that we created. It only had few fields of sys_EditBox type.

7

Does that content type have an icon ?

If not, add one, and the error should go away.