delete__settings_user

DELETE /settings/user

Delete Specific User Settings Keys

Delete specific keys from the current user's settings. This endpoint removes only the specified settings keys while preserving all other settings. The user must be authenticated.

Request Body Schema

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» keys	array	true	none	Array of setting keys to delete
»» keys	string	true	none	Setting key to delete

TypeScript Client Library

// Using the Flashback TypeScript client
import { FlashbackClient } from '@flashback/client';

const client = new FlashbackClient({ accessToken: 'your-access-token' });

// Delete specific user setting keys
try {
  const result = await client.settings.user.delete({
    keys: ['theme', 'notifications.push']
  });
  console.log('User settings keys deleted:', result);
} catch (error) {
  console.error('Failed to delete user settings keys:', error);
}

Code Samples

Shell

# You can also use wget
curl -X DELETE https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user \
  -H 'Accept: application/json' \
  -H 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "keys": ["theme", "notifications.push"]
  }'

HTTP

DELETE https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user HTTP/1.1
Host: localhost:3000
Accept: application/json
Authorization: Bearer {access-token}
Content-Type: application/json

{
  "keys": ["theme", "notifications.push"]
}

JavaScript

const headers = {
  'Accept':'application/json',
  'Authorization':'Bearer {access-token}',
  'Content-Type':'application/json'
};

const body = {
  "keys": ["theme", "notifications.push"]
};

fetch('https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user',
{
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: headers,
  body: JSON.stringify(body)
})
.then(function(res) {
    return res.json();
}).then(function(body) {
    console.log(body);
});

Ruby

require 'rest-client'
require 'json'

headers = {
  'Accept' => 'application/json',
  'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
  'Content-Type' => 'application/json'
}

body = {
  "keys" => ["theme", "notifications.push"]
}

result = RestClient.delete 'https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user',
  body.to_json, headers: headers

p JSON.parse(result)

Python

import requests
import json

headers = {
  'Accept': 'application/json',
  'Authorization': 'Bearer {access-token}',
  'Content-Type': 'application/json'
}

body = {
  "keys": ["theme", "notifications.push"]
}

r = requests.delete('https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user', 
                    headers=headers, 
                    data=json.dumps(body))

print(r.json())

PHP

<?php

require 'vendor/autoload.php';

$headers = array(
    'Accept' => 'application/json',
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {access-token}',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
);

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

// Define array of request body.
$request_body = array(
    'keys' => array(
        'theme',
        'notifications.push'
    )
);

try {
    $response = $client->request('DELETE','https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user', array(
        'headers' => $headers,
        'json' => $request_body,
       )
    );
    print_r($response->getBody()->getContents());
 }
 catch (\GuzzleHttp\Exception\BadResponseException $e) {
    // handle exception or api errors.
    print_r($e->getMessage());
 }

Java

URL obj = new URL("https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user");
HttpURLConnection con = (HttpURLConnection) obj.openConnection();
con.setRequestMethod("DELETE");
con.setRequestProperty("Accept", "application/json");
con.setRequestProperty("Authorization", "Bearer {access-token}");
con.setRequestProperty("Content-Type", "application/json");

String jsonInputString = "{\"keys\":[\"theme\",\"notifications.push\"]}";

con.setDoOutput(true);
try(OutputStream os = con.getOutputStream()) {
    byte[] input = jsonInputString.getBytes("utf-8");
    os.write(input, 0, input.length);           
}

int responseCode = con.getResponseCode();
BufferedReader in = new BufferedReader(
    new InputStreamReader(con.getInputStream()));
String inputLine;
StringBuffer response = new StringBuffer();
while ((inputLine = in.readLine()) != null) {
    response.append(inputLine);
}
in.close();
System.out.println(response.toString());

Go

package main

import (
       "bytes"
       "encoding/json"
       "net/http"
)

func main() {

    headers := map[string][]string{
        "Accept": []string{"application/json"},
        "Authorization": []string{"Bearer {access-token}"},
        "Content-Type": []string{"application/json"},
    }

    body := map[string]interface{}{
        "keys": []string{
            "theme",
            "notifications.push",
        },
    }

    jsonData, _ := json.Marshal(body)
    data := bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData)
    req, err := http.NewRequest("DELETE", "https://backend.flashback.tech/settings/user", data)
    req.Header = headers

    client := &http.Client{}
    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    // ...
}

Example responses

200 Response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "User settings keys deleted successfully"
}

400 Response

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Keys array is required and must not be empty"
}

500 Response

{
  "success": false,
  "message": "Internal server error",
  "error": "Database connection failed"
}

Responses

Status	Meaning	Description	Schema
200	OK	User settings keys deleted successfully	Inline
400	Bad Request	Invalid request (missing or empty keys array)	Inline
500	Internal Server Error	Internal server error	Inline

Response Schema

Status Code 200

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	true	none	Indicates if the request was successful
» message	string	true	none	Success message describing the operation

Status Code 400

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	true	none	Always false for error responses
» message	string	true	none	Error message describing the issue

Status Code 500

Name	Type	Required	Restrictions	Description
» success	boolean	true	none	Always false for error responses
» message	string	true	none	Error message describing the issue
» error	string	false	none	Additional error details if available

DTOs

DeleteSettingsRequest

export interface DeleteSettingsRequest {
  keys: string[];
}

SettingsErrorResponse

export interface SettingsErrorResponse {
  success: false;
  message: string;
  error?: string;
}