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To permanently delete a trashed workbook from Zoho Sheet account.

 
Request URL : POST

                                XML : http://sheet.zoho.com/api/private/xml/deletebook/[BookID]?apikey=[API Key]&ticket=[Ticket]

                                JSON : http://sheet.zoho.com/api/private/json/deletebook/[BookID]?apikey=[API Key]&ticket=[Ticket]

Request parameters

To permanently delete a trashed workbook from a Zoho Sheet account we need to submit a form data as mentioned below:

Sample Form (POST Method)

<form method="POST"    action="http://sheet.zoho.com/api/private/xml/deletebook/15265000000006067?apikey=[APIKEY]&ticket=[Ticket]">

<input type="submit" value="DeleteBook" class="divbutton" name="submit">

</form>

Response fields

Field	Description
workbookId	Unique ID associated with the workbook that is being permanently deleted.
workbookName	Name of the deleted workbook.

Sample Response

The following is the sample XML response for the above method:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<response uri="/api/private/xml/deletebook/15265000000006009">
  <result>

     <workbookId>15265000000006009</workbookId>
        <workbookName>Sales Forecast</workbookName> 

  </result>
</response>

Equivalent JSON response

{
  "response":
   {
        "uri": "/api/private/json/deletebook/15265000000006009",
        "result":
        {   
            "workbookId":"15265000000006067",
            "workbookName":"Sales Forecast"
        }
    }
}  

Errors

Deleting a workbook method may return general errors. Other specific HTTP error codes include 2851 & 2853.