Sample - GitHub REST API
DELETE/repos/{owner}/{repo}/code-scanning/codeql/databases/{language}

Delete a CodeQL database

Deletes a CodeQL database for a language in a repository.

OAuth app tokens and personal access tokens (classic) need the repo scope to use this endpoint with private or public repositories, or the public_repo scope to use this endpoint with only public repositories.

  • RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

3 parameters
ownerstringrequired
The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
repostringrequired
The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
languagestringrequired
The language of the CodeQL database.

4 status codes
204Response
403Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
404Resource not found
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
503Service unavailable
codestringoptional
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional

Error handling

A 403 is returned: Response if the repository is archived or if GitHub Advanced Security is not enabled for this repository. A 404 is returned: Resource not found. A 503 is returned: Service unavailable.