Delete a Database User¶
Groups and projects are synonymous terms. Your {GROUP-ID}
is the
same as your project ID. For existing groups, your group/project ID
remains the same. The resource and corresponding endpoints use the
term groups
.
https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0
The Atlas API uses HTTP Digest Authentication. Provide your Atlas username as the username and Atlas API key as the password as part of the HTTP request.
This endpoint requires that the Atlas user has the Owner
role. To view the available Atlas users, click on
Users & Teams in the left-hand navigation.
For complete documentation on configuring API access for an Atlas project, see Configure Atlas API Access.
Syntax¶
DELETE /api/atlas/v1.0/groups/{GROUP-ID}/databaseUsers/{databaseName}/{USERNAME}
Request Path Parameters¶
Parameter | Required/Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
GROUP-ID | Required. | Unique identifier for the project. |
databaseName | Required. | The user's authentication database. Accepted values include:
|
USERNAME | Required. | Username to delete. Must be a fully qualified distinguished name, as defined in RFC-2253, if:
|
Request Query Parameters¶
The following query parameters are optional:
Query Parameter | Type | Description | Default |
---|---|---|---|
pretty | boolean | Displays response in a prettyprint format. | false |
envelope | boolean | Specifies whether or not to wrap the response in an envelope. | false |
Request Body Parameters¶
This endpoint does not use HTTP request body parameters.
Response Elements¶
This endpoint does not have response elements.
Examples¶
Request¶
Delete one database user that Atlas authenticates using
SCRAM-SHA and the admin
database.
You must modify the following code block with the appropriate credentials and project ID.
curl -i -u "{PUBLIC-KEY}:{PRIVATE-KEY}" --digest -X DELETE "https://cloud.mongodb.com/api/atlas/v1.0/groups/5356823b3794dee37132bb7b/databaseUsers/admin/ellen"
Response Header¶
HTTP/1.1 401 Unauthorized Content-Type: application/json;charset=ISO-8859-1 Date: {dateInUnixFormat} WWW-Authenticate: Digest realm="MMS Public API", domain="", nonce="{nonce}", algorithm=MD5, op="auth", stale=false Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes} Connection: keep-alive
HTTP/1.1 204 No Content Vary: Accept-Encoding Content-Type: application/json Strict-Transport-Security: max-age=300 Date: {dateInUnixFormat} Connection: keep-alive Content-Length: {requestLengthInBytes}
Response Body¶
This endpoint does not return a response body.