curl --request POST \
--url https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"website_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"pillar_ids": [
"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete"
payload = {
"website_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"pillar_ids": ["3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"]
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
website_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
pillar_ids: ['3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a']
})
};
fetch('https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'website_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'pillar_ids' => [
'3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"deleted_pillars": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"fact_count": 123
}
],
"not_found_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"failed_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}Delete Pillars
Permanently deletes 1-20 Knowledge Base pillars and every fact filed under them. Facts are deleted, not unfiled; there is no undo. Ids with no pillar on the website are reported in not_found_ids instead of failing the call, so retries are idempotent; ids in failed_ids are untouched and safe to retry. Requires a website-admin API key; on OAuth MCP connections the signed-in user must hold the admin role. Also available as the MCP tool delete_pillars.
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'x-api-key: <api-key>' \
--data '
{
"website_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"pillar_ids": [
"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"
]
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete"
payload = {
"website_id": "3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a",
"pillar_ids": ["3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a"]
}
headers = {
"x-api-key": "<api-key>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'x-api-key': '<api-key>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
website_id: '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
pillar_ids: ['3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a']
})
};
fetch('https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'website_id' => '3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a',
'pillar_ids' => [
'3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a'
]
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json",
"x-api-key: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete"
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete")
.header("x-api-key", "<api-key>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.athenahq.ai/api/v1/knowledge-base/pillars/delete")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["x-api-key"] = '<api-key>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"website_id\": \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\",\n \"pillar_ids\": [\n \"3c90c3cc-0d44-4b50-8888-8dd25736052a\"\n ]\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"success": true,
"deleted_pillars": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"fact_count": 123
}
],
"not_found_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"failed_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}Body
Response
Deletion report
true Pillars actually deleted. A deleted pillar cannot be re-fetched, so this is the caller's record of what was destroyed.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Requested ids with no pillar on this website: already deleted or never existed.
Pillars whose delete errored. Each pillar deletes in its own transaction, so these are untouched and safe to retry.
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