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DELETE
/
contacts
/
{contactId}
Archive contact
curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://api.routera.io/contacts/{contactId} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "id": "<string>",
  "external_id": "<string>",
  "first_name": "<string>",
  "last_name": "<string>",
  "email": "<string>",
  "contact_owner": "jane@example.com",
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "archived": true,
  "archived_by": "<string>"
}

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Endpoint

DELETE https://api.routera.io/contacts/{id}
Route: /contacts/{contactId}
Authentication: Bearer JWT Path parameter: contactId — object ID DELETE archives the object. The record is kept and archived is set to an ISO timestamp.

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Response fields after archive

The 200 response uses default properties plus archived_by:
PropertyDescription
idInternal object ID
first_nameCustom or system field (flat on the object)
last_nameCustom or system field (flat on the object)
emailCustom or system field (flat on the object)
contact_ownerAssigned owner email
external_idExternal identifier (nullable)
archivedfalse when active; ISO timestamp when archived
archived_byUser or API client ID who archived the object (only when archived; added automatically)
FieldValue when archived
archivedISO timestamp (no longer false)
archived_byID of the user or API client who archived the object
created_at and updated_at are always included in every response.

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Response example

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "external_id": "ext-001",
  "created_at": "2026-05-01T10:00:00.000Z",
  "updated_at": "2026-05-28T12:00:00.000Z",
  "archived": "2026-05-28T12:00:00.000Z",
  "first_name": "Ada",
  "last_name": "Lovelace",
  "email": "ada@example.com",
  "contact_owner": "jane@example.com",
  "archived_by": "user-uuid"
}

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Errors

StatusWhen
400Missing contactId in path
401Missing account context
404Object not found or already archived

Authorizations

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Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer JWT with valid account context.

Path Parameters

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contactId
string
required

Object identifier

Response

Archived object

Flat JSON object; custom fields at top level alongside id and external_id. created_at and updated_at are always present.

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id
string
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external_id
string | null
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first_name
string | null
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last_name
string | null
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email
string | null
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contact_owner
string | null

Assigned owner email

Example:

"jane@example.com"

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created_at
string<date-time>
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updated_at
string<date-time>
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archived

false when active, or ISO timestamp when archived

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archived_by
string

Present when archived