Service: deleteValueByIndex

Description:

Deletes a value associated with an existing handle. Only the owner of the handle is able to delete a value and only types of DESC and URL can be deleted. To obtain available indexes a call to the getHandle service will return all available values and their indexes for a handle.

Service Type:

POST

Parameters:

handle_(Mandatory)

The handle from which a value is to be deleted

index _(Mandatory)

The index of the value to modify.

Example Request:

URL

https://identifiers.ardc.edu.au/pids/deleteValueByIndex?handle=10378.2/1234&index=2

POST Body

XML

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<request name="mint">
    <properties>
        <property name="appId" value="exampleAppID"/>
        <property name="sharedSecret" value="exampleSharedSecret"/>
        <property name="identifier" value="ExampleUser"/>
        <property name="authDomain" value="ExampleAuthDomain"/>
    </properties>
</request>

Example response:

XML

<response type="success">
    <identifier handle="10378.1/44">
        <property index="1" type="URL" value="http://ardc.edu.au" />
    </identifier>
    <timestamp>2009-05-15T02:29:27Z</timestamp>
    <message type="user">Successfully deleted handle value</message>
</response>