# Remove Documents From Collection

DELETE https://api.credal.ai/api/v0/documentCollections/removeDocumentsFromCollection
Content-Type: application/json

Remove documents from a collection

Reference: https://docs.credal.ai/api-reference/api-reference/document-collections/remove-documents-from-collection

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `collectionId` (UUID, required) — The ID of the document collection you want to add to.
- `resourceIdentifiers` (list of ResourceIdentifier, required) — The set of resource identifier for which you want to remove from the collection

## Types

### ResourceIdentifier

- `type`: `external-resource-id`
  - `externalResourceId` (string, required)
  - `resourceType` (enum, required)
    - Allowed values: `GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM`, `MICROSOFT_DRIVE_ITEM`, `ZENDESK_TICKET`, `ZENDESK_ARTICLE`, `ZENDESK_GROUP`, `ZENDESK_ARTICLE_SECTION`, `ZENDESK_ARTICLE_CATEGORY`, `CONFLUENCE_PAGE`, `CONFLUENCE_SPACE`, `JIRA_TICKET`, `JIRA_PROJECT`, `SALESFORCE_TASK`, `BOX_FILE`, `BOX_FOLDER`, `NOTION_PAGE`, `NOTION_DATABASE`, `SLACK_CHANNEL`, `MONGO_COLLECTION_SYNC`, `UNKNOWN`
- `type`: `url`
  - `url` (string, required)

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "collectionId": "82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24",
  "resourceIdentifiers": [
    {
      "type": "external-resource-id",
      "externalResourceId": "170NrBm0Do7gdzvr54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lgNycFmdZJQr",
      "resourceType": "GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM"
    },
    {
      "type": "external-resource-id",
      "externalResourceId": "398KAHdfkjsdf09r54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lOiu34in923",
      "resourceType": "GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```typescript removeDocumentsFromCollectionExample
import { CredalClient } from "@credal/sdk";

async function main() {
    const client = new CredalClient({
        apiKey: "YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
    });
    await client.documentCollections.removeDocumentsFromCollection({
        collectionId: "82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24",
        resourceIdentifiers: [
            {
                type: "external-resource-id",
                externalResourceId: "170NrBm0Do7gdzvr54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lgNycFmdZJQr",
                resourceType: "GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM",
            },
            {
                type: "external-resource-id",
                externalResourceId: "398KAHdfkjsdf09r54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lOiu34in923",
                resourceType: "GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM",
            },
        ],
    });
}
main();

```

```python removeDocumentsFromCollectionExample
from credal import CredalV0
import uuid
from credal.common import ResourceIdentifier_ExternalResourceId

client = CredalV0(
    api_key="YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
)

client.document_collections.remove_documents_from_collection(
    collection_id=uuid.UUID("82e4b12a-6990-45d4-8ebd-85c00e030c24"),
    resource_identifiers=[
        ResourceIdentifier_ExternalResourceId(
            external_resource_id="170NrBm0Do7gdzvr54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lgNycFmdZJQr",
            resource_type="GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM",
        ),
        ResourceIdentifier_ExternalResourceId(
            external_resource_id="398KAHdfkjsdf09r54UvyslPVWkQFOA0lOiu34in923",
            resource_type="GOOGLE_DRIVE_ITEM",
        )
    ],
)

```

## Related pages

- [Credal | Documentation](../index.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-0-overview.md)
- [Docs](../guides.md)
- [Introduction](./getting-started-introduction.md)
- [API Reference](./api-reference-index.md)
- [Service Accounts](./api-reference-v-0-service-accounts.md)
- [Quickstart](./getting-started-quickstart.md)
- [Overview](./api-reference-v-1-overview.md)
- [Overview](./getting-started-tutorials-common-first-agents-employee-onboarding-assistant-overview.md)
- [OAuth Setup](./api-reference-v-1-o-auth-setup.md)

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