Delete a book
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "error",
"message": "Cannot delete book",
"errors": [
{
"field": "status",
"error": "INVALID_STATUS_TRANSITION",
"description": "Book must be INACTIVE to delete. Current status: ACTIVE"
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Authentication failed",
"errors": [
{
"field": "Authorization",
"error": "INVALID_TOKEN",
"description": "The JWT is missing, malformed, or expired. Obtain a new token and retry."
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Book not found",
"errors": [
{
"field": "bookId",
"error": "NOT_FOUND",
"description": "No book exists with bookId 123e4567-e89b-41d4-a716-426614174000"
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the window resets (see X-RateLimit-Reset header)."
}Endpoints
Delete a book
Permanently deletes a book from the BookHub marketplace.
Returns 204 No Content on success, with an empty response body.
Important notes
- Only
INACTIVEbooks can be deleted - This operation cannot be undone
- Active books must be deactivated before deletion
DELETE
/
books
/
{bookId}
Delete a book
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'import requests
url = "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}"
headers = {"Authorization": "Bearer <token>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>'}};
fetch('https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://bookhub-mock.onrender.com/books/{bookId}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"status": "error",
"message": "Cannot delete book",
"errors": [
{
"field": "status",
"error": "INVALID_STATUS_TRANSITION",
"description": "Book must be INACTIVE to delete. Current status: ACTIVE"
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Authentication failed",
"errors": [
{
"field": "Authorization",
"error": "INVALID_TOKEN",
"description": "The JWT is missing, malformed, or expired. Obtain a new token and retry."
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Book not found",
"errors": [
{
"field": "bookId",
"error": "NOT_FOUND",
"description": "No book exists with bookId 123e4567-e89b-41d4-a716-426614174000"
}
]
}{
"status": "error",
"message": "Rate limit exceeded. Retry after the window resets (see X-RateLimit-Reset header)."
}Last modified on June 8, 2026