Delete a message

DELETE

/v1/messages/{id}

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.hookbridge.io/v1/messages/01935abc-def0-7123-4567-890abcdef012 \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

• Production

Soft-delete a single outbound message. The payload becomes immediately unreachable; the S3 object is removed by the sweeper on its next run. Metadata and delivery-attempt history are preserved. The original status is kept unchanged.

Idempotent: deleting an already-deleted message returns 200 with already_deleted: true and the original deleted_at timestamp.

Authorizations

• BearerAuth

Parameters

Path Parameters

id

required

string format: uuid

Unique message identifier (UUIDv7)

Example

01935abc-def0-7123-4567-890abcdef012

Responses

200

Message deleted (or already deleted)

Media typeapplication/json

object

data

object

message_id

required

The deleted message ID

string

deleted_at

required

Timestamp when the message was deleted

string format: date-time

already_deleted

required

True if the message was already deleted before this call

boolean

meta

object

request_id

Unique identifier for this request (useful for support)

string

Example

{
  "data": {
    "message_id": "01935abc-def0-7123-4567-890abcdef012",
    "deleted_at": "2026-04-05T14:23:11.123Z",
    "already_deleted": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

400

Invalid request

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

object

code

Machine-readable error code

string

message

Human-readable error message

string

meta

object

request_id

Unique identifier for this request (useful for support)

string

Examples

Endpoint not found

{
  "error": {
    "code": "ENDPOINT_NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "endpoint not found"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

Invalid endpoint ID format

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_REQUEST",
    "message": "endpoint_id must be in format ep_xxx"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

Invalid payload

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_REQUEST",
    "message": "payload must be valid JSON"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

Invalid headers

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INVALID_HEADERS",
    "message": "header 'Host' is forbidden and cannot be overridden"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

401

Unauthorized - Invalid or missing API key

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

object

code

Machine-readable error code

string

message

Human-readable error message

string

meta

object

request_id

Unique identifier for this request (useful for support)

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "UNAUTHORIZED",
    "message": "Invalid or missing API key"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

404

Resource not found

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

object

code

Machine-readable error code

string

message

Human-readable error message

string

meta

object

request_id

Unique identifier for this request (useful for support)

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "NOT_FOUND",
    "message": "Message not found"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}

500

Internal server error

Media typeapplication/json

object

error

object

code

Machine-readable error code

string

message

Human-readable error message

string

meta

object

request_id

Unique identifier for this request (useful for support)

string

Example

{
  "error": {
    "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
    "message": "An internal error occurred"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_xyz123"
  }
}