

# Backend appId Api backendEnvironmentName Remove


The data model from your Amplify project.

## URI


`/prod/backend/appId/api/backendEnvironmentName/remove`

## HTTP methods


### POST


**Operation ID:** `DeleteBackendAPI`

Deletes an existing backend API resource.


**Path parameters**  

| Name | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| appId | String | True | The app ID. | 
| backendEnvironmentName | String | True | The name of the backend environment. | 


**Responses**  

| Status code | Response model | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| 200 | BackendAPIRespObj | 200 response | 
| 400 | BadRequestException | 400 response | 
| 404 | NotFoundException | 404 response | 
| 429 | LimitExceededException | 429 response | 
| 504 | InternalServiceException | 504 response | 

### OPTIONS


Enables CORS by returning the correct headers.


**Path parameters**  

| Name | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| appId | String | True | The app ID. | 
| backendEnvironmentName | String | True | The name of the backend environment. | 


**Responses**  

| Status code | Response model | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |
| 200 | None | 200 response | 

## Schemas


### Request bodies


#### POST schema
POST

```
{
  "resourceConfig": {
    "apiName": "string",
    "defaultAuthType": {
      "mode": enum,
      "settings": {
        "openIDProviderName": "string",
        "expirationTime": number,
        "openIDIatTTL": "string",
        "description": "string",
        "openIDAuthTTL": "string",
        "openIDClientId": "string",
        "openIDIssueURL": "string",
        "cognitoUserPoolId": "string"
      }
    },
    "transformSchema": "string",
    "service": "string",
    "additionalAuthTypes": [
      {
        "mode": enum,
        "settings": {
          "openIDProviderName": "string",
          "expirationTime": number,
          "openIDIatTTL": "string",
          "description": "string",
          "openIDAuthTTL": "string",
          "openIDClientId": "string",
          "openIDIssueURL": "string",
          "cognitoUserPoolId": "string"
        }
      }
    ],
    "conflictResolution": {
      "resolutionStrategy": enum
    }
  },
  "resourceName": "string"
}
```

### Response bodies


#### BackendAPIRespObj schema
BackendAPIRespObj

```
{
  "jobId": "string",
  "appId": "string",
  "error": "string",
  "operation": "string",
  "backendEnvironmentName": "string",
  "status": "string"
}
```

#### BadRequestException schema
BadRequestException

```
{
  "message": "string"
}
```

#### NotFoundException schema
NotFoundException

```
{
  "message": "string",
  "resourceType": "string"
}
```

#### LimitExceededException schema
LimitExceededException

```
{
  "message": "string",
  "limitType": "string"
}
```

#### InternalServiceException schema
InternalServiceException

```
{
  "message": "string"
}
```

## Properties


### BackendAPIAppSyncAuthSettings


The authentication settings for accessing provisioned data models in your Amplify project.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| cognitoUserPoolId | string | False | The Amazon Cognito user pool ID, if Amazon Cognito was used as an authentication setting to access your data models. | 
| description | string | False | The API key description for `API_KEY`, if it was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models. | 
| expirationTime | number | False | The API key expiration time for `API_KEY`, if it was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models. | 
| openIDAuthTTL | string | False | The expiry time for the `OpenID` authentication mechanism. | 
| openIDClientId | string | False | The `clientID` for `openID`, if `openID` was used as an authentication setting to access your data models. | 
| openIDIatTTL | string | False | The expiry time for the `OpenID` authentication mechanism. | 
| openIDIssueURL | string | False | The `openID` issuer URL, if `openID` was used as an authentication setting to access your data models. | 
| openIDProviderName | string | False | The OpenID provider name, if OpenID was used as an authentication mechanism to access your data models. | 

### BackendAPIAuthType


Describes the auth types for your configured data models.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| mode | stringValues: `API_KEY \| AWS_IAM \| AMAZON_COGNITO_USER_POOLS \| OPENID_CONNECT` | False | Describes the authentication mode. | 
| settings | [BackendAPIAppSyncAuthSettings](#backend-appid-api-backendenvironmentname-remove-model-backendapiappsyncauthsettings) | False | Describes settings for the authentication mode. | 

### BackendAPIConflictResolution


Describes the conflict resolution configuration for your data model configured in your Amplify project.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| resolutionStrategy | stringValues: `OPTIMISTIC_CONCURRENCY \| LAMBDA \| AUTOMERGE \| NONE` | False | The strategy for conflict resolution. | 

### BackendAPIReqObj


The request object for this operation.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| resourceConfig | [BackendAPIResourceConfig](#backend-appid-api-backendenvironmentname-remove-model-backendapiresourceconfig) | False | Defines the resource configuration for the data model in your Amplify project. | 
| resourceName | string | True | The name of this resource. | 

### BackendAPIResourceConfig


The resource config for the data model, configured as a part of the Amplify project.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| additionalAuthTypes | Array of type [BackendAPIAuthType](#backend-appid-api-backendenvironmentname-remove-model-backendapiauthtype) | False | Additional authentication methods used to interact with your data models. | 
| apiName | string | False | The API name used to interact with the data model, configured as a part of your Amplify project. | 
| conflictResolution | [BackendAPIConflictResolution](#backend-appid-api-backendenvironmentname-remove-model-backendapiconflictresolution) | False | The conflict resolution strategy for your data stored in the data models. | 
| defaultAuthType | [BackendAPIAuthType](#backend-appid-api-backendenvironmentname-remove-model-backendapiauthtype) | False | The default authentication type for interacting with the configured data models in your Amplify project. | 
| service | string | False | The service used to provision and interact with the data model. | 
| transformSchema | string | False | The definition of the data model in the annotated transform of the GraphQL schema. | 

### BackendAPIRespObj


The response object sent when a backend is created.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| appId | string | True | The app ID. | 
| backendEnvironmentName | string | True | The name of the backend environment. | 
| error | string | False | If the request fails, this error is returned. | 
| jobId | string | False | The ID for the job. | 
| operation | string | False | The name of the operation. | 
| status | string | False | The current status of the request. | 

### BadRequestException


An error returned if a request is not formed properly.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| message | string | False | An error message to inform that the request failed. | 

### InternalServiceException


An error returned if there's a temporary issue with the service.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| message | string | False | An error message to inform that the request failed. | 

### LimitExceededException


An error that is returned when a limit of a specific type has been exceeded.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| limitType | string | False | The type of limit that was exceeded. | 
| message | string | False | An error message to inform that the request has failed. | 

### NotFoundException


An error returned when a specific resource type is not found.


| Property | Type | Required | Description | 
| --- |--- |--- |--- |
| message | string | False | An error message to inform that the request has failed. | 
| resourceType | string | False | The type of resource that is not found. | 

## See also


For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs and references, see the following:

### DeleteBackendAPI

+ [AWS Command Line Interface V2](/goto/cli2/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for .NET V4](/goto/DotNetSDKV4/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](/goto/SdkForCpp/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for Go v2](/goto/SdkForGoV2/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for Java V2](/goto/SdkForJavaV2/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for Kotlin](/goto/SdkForKotlin/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for PHP V3](/goto/SdkForPHPV3/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for Python](/goto/boto3/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)
+ [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](/goto/SdkForRubyV3/amplifybackend-2020-08-11/DeleteBackendAPI)