# DeleteGlossaryTerm
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Deletes a business glossary term in Amazon DataZone.

Prerequisites:
+ Glossary term must exist and be active. 
+ The term must not be linked to other assets or child terms.
+ Caller must have delete permissions in the domain/glossary.
+ Ensure all associations (such as to assets or parent terms) are removed before deletion.

## Request Syntax
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```
DELETE /v2/domains/domainIdentifier/glossary-terms/identifier HTTP/1.1
```

## URI Request Parameters
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The request uses the following URI parameters.

 ** [domainIdentifier](#API_DeleteGlossaryTerm_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteGlossaryTerm-request-uri-domainIdentifier"></a>
The ID of the Amazon DataZone domain in which the business glossary term is deleted.  
Pattern: `dzd[-_][a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,36}`   
Required: Yes

 ** [identifier](#API_DeleteGlossaryTerm_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="datazone-DeleteGlossaryTerm-request-uri-identifier"></a>
The ID of the business glossary term that is deleted.  
Pattern: `[a-zA-Z0-9_-]{1,36}`   
Required: Yes

## Request Body
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The request does not have a request body.

## Response Syntax
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```
HTTP/1.1 204
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 204 response with an empty HTTP body.

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** AccessDeniedException **   
You do not have sufficient access to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 403

 ** ConflictException **   
There is a conflict while performing this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 409

 ** InternalServerException **   
The request has failed because of an unknown error, exception or failure.  
HTTP Status Code: 500

 ** ResourceNotFoundException **   
The specified resource cannot be found.  
HTTP Status Code: 404

 ** ThrottlingException **   
The request was denied due to request throttling.  
HTTP Status Code: 429

 ** UnauthorizedException **   
You do not have permission to perform this action.  
HTTP Status Code: 401

 ** ValidationException **   
The input fails to satisfy the constraints specified by the AWS service.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of DeleteGlossaryTerm.

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone delete-glossary-term \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "trm9k4pq7xwnmh"
```

### Example
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Failure case - resource does not exist:

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone delete-glossary-term \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj" \
--identifier "trm_nonexistent"
```

#### Sample Response
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```
An error occurred (ResourceNotFoundException) when calling the DeleteGlossaryTerm operation: Requested glossaryTerm cannot be found in domain
```

### Example
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Failure case - missing parameter:

#### Sample Request
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```
aws datazone delete-glossary-term \
--domain-identifier "dzd_53ielnpxktdilj"
```

#### Sample Response
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```
aws: error: the following arguments are required: --identifier
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/datazone-2018-05-10/DeleteGlossaryTerm)