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Delete Preset
Description
To delete a preset, send a DELETE request to the /2012-09-25/presets/
resource.presetId
Note
If the preset has been used, you cannot delete it.
Requests
Syntax
DELETE /2012-09-25/presets/presetId HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: charset=UTF-8 Accept: */* Host: elastictranscoder.
Elastic Transcoder endpoint
.amazonaws.com:443 x-amz-date: 20130114T174952Z Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AccessKeyID
/request-date
/Elastic Transcoder endpoint
/elastictranscoder/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=calculated-signature
Request Parameters
This operation takes the following request parameter.
- presetId
-
The identifier of the preset for which you want to get detailed information.
Request Headers
This operation uses only request headers that are common to all operations. For information about common request headers, see HTTP Header Contents.
Request Body
This operation does not have a request body.
Responses
Syntax
Status: 202 Accepted x-amzn-RequestId: c321ec43-378e-11e2-8e4c-4d5b971203e9 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length:
number of characters in the response
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:01:47 GMT { "Success":"true" }
Response Headers
This operation uses only response headers that are common to most responses. For information about common response headers, see HTTP Responses.
Response Body
The response body contains the following JSON object.
- Success
-
If the preset is successfully deleted, the value of
Success
istrue
.
Errors
For information about Elastic Transcoder exceptions and error messages, see Handling Errors in Elastic Transcoder.
Examples
The following example request deletes the preset that has the ID
5555555555555-abcde5
.
Sample Request
DELETE /2012-09-25/pipelines/5555555555555-abcde5 HTTP/1.1 Content-Type: charset=UTF-8 Accept: */* Host: elastictranscoder.
Elastic Transcoder endpoint
.amazonaws.com:443 x-amz-date: 20130114T174952Z Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AccessKeyID
/request-date
/Elastic Transcoder endpoint
/elastictranscoder/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=host;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=calculated-signature
Sample Response
Status: 202 Accepted x-amzn-RequestId: c321ec43-378e-11e2-8e4c-4d5b971203e9 Content-Type: application/json Content-Length:
number of characters in the response
Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2013 06:01:47 GMT { "Success":"true" }