Delete Pet¶

The Delete Pet endpoint is used to remove an existing pet record from the Petstore system.

This operation deletes the pet associated with the specified pet ID. Once deleted, the resource may no longer be available for retrieval or update operations.

Endpoint¶

DELETE /pet/{petId}

Base URL¶

https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/{petId}

Path Parameters¶

Parameter	Type	Required	Description
petId	integer	Yes	Unique identifier of the pet to be deleted

Request Headers¶

Header	Required	Description
api_key	No	API key used for authorized requests

Sample Request¶

cURLPythonJavaScript

curl -X DELETE "https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101" \
-H "api_key: special-key"

import requests

url = "https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101"

headers = {
    "api_key": "special-key"
}

response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

print(response.status_code)
print(response.text)

fetch("https://petstore.swagger.io/v2/pet/101", {
  method: "DELETE",
  headers: {
    "api_key": "special-key"
  }
})
.then(response => response.json())
.then(data => console.log(data));

Successful Response¶

JSONXML

{
  "code": 200,
  "type": "unknown",
  "message": "101"
}

<ApiResponse>
  <code>200</code>
  <type>unknown</type>
  <message>101</message>
</ApiResponse>

Response Codes¶

Status Code	Description
200	Pet deleted successfully
400	Invalid pet ID supplied
404	Pet not found

Error Response Example¶

{
  "code": 404,
  "type": "error",
  "message": "Pet not found"
}

Notes¶

The petId parameter must reference an existing pet record.
Deleting a non-existing pet may return a 404 response.
Some environments may require API key authentication before performing delete operations.
Deleted records may not be recoverable depending on the system implementation.