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# Delete

DELETE https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary

Delete a pronunciation dictionary by its ID. Once deleted, the dictionary can no longer be referenced in text-to-speech requests.

Reference: https://docs.sarvam.ai/api-reference/pronunciation-dictionary/delete

## Authentication

- `api-subscription-key` header (required) — API Key authentication via header

## Request

### Query parameters

- `dict_id` (string, required) — ID of the dictionary to delete

## Response

### 200

Successful Response

- `success` (boolean, required) — Whether the deletion was successful.
- `message` (string, required) — Human-readable status message (e.g. "Dictionary 'p_5cb7faa6' deleted successfully").

## Errors

### 400 Bad Request Error

Bad Request — Invalid JSON, missing required fields, or bad schema.

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

### 403 Forbidden Error

Forbidden

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

### 404 Not Found Error

Not Found — Dictionary not found.

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

### 422 Unprocessable Entity Error

Unprocessable Entity

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

### 429 Too Many Requests Error

Quota Exceeded

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

### 500 Internal Server Error

Internal Server Error

- `error` (Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails, required) — Error details

## Types

### Sarvam_Model_API_ErrorDetails

- `request_id` (string, required, nullable)
- `message` (string, required) — Message describing the error
- `code` (enum, required) — Error code for the specific error that has occurred. Refer to the error code documentation for more details.
  - Allowed values: `invalid_request_error`, `internal_server_error`, `unprocessable_entity_error`, `insufficient_quota_error`, `invalid_api_key_error`, `authentication_error`, `not_found_error`, `rate_limit_exceeded_error`, `model_call_error`, `gateway_timeout_error`, `billing_service_unavailable_error`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Dictionary 'p_5cb7faa6' deleted successfully"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
import requests

url = "https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary"

querystring = {"dict_id":"dict_id"}

headers = {"api-subscription-key": "<apiSubscriptionKey>"}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
const url = 'https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id';
const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'api-subscription-key': '<apiSubscriptionKey>'}};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	req.Header.Add("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["api-subscription-key"] = '<apiSubscriptionKey>'

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id")
  .header("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>")
  .asString();
```

```php pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id', [
  'headers' => [
    'api-subscription-key' => '<apiSubscriptionKey>',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("api-subscription-key", "<apiSubscriptionKey>");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift pronunciationDictionary_delete_example
import Foundation

let headers = ["api-subscription-key": "<apiSubscriptionKey>"]

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.sarvam.ai/text-to-speech/pronunciation-dictionary?dict_id=dict_id")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```