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# Unassign Users From Area

DELETE http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://apidocs.sare.africa/sare-core-api/location/unassign-users-from-area

## Request

### Query parameters

- `areaId` (string, optional)

### Headers

- `Authorization` (string, optional)
- `X-Device-Id` (string, optional) — Required on non-GET requests to non-public paths (DeviceSignatureFilter), skipped for GET/whitelisted/multipart requests and in the local profile.
- `X-Signature` (string, optional) — Base64 ECDSA signature over sha256(body) + timestamp + requestId, signed with the device's registered private key.
- `X-Timestamp` (string, optional) — Unix epoch seconds; must be within 5 minutes of server time.
- `X-Request-Id` (string, optional) — Unique per request - reused values are rejected as replays.

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a list of string.

- `list of string`

## Response

### 204

204 No Content

## Examples

**Request**

```json
[
  "f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
]
```

**SDK Code**

```python Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
import requests

url = "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign"

querystring = {"areaId":"a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d"}

payload = ["f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"]
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
    "X-Device-Id": "{{deviceId}}",
    "X-Request-Id": "{{requestId}}",
    "X-Signature": "{{signature}}",
    "X-Timestamp": "{{timestamp}}",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.delete(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
const url = 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d';
const options = {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    Authorization: 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
    'X-Device-Id': '{{deviceId}}',
    'X-Request-Id': '{{requestId}}',
    'X-Signature': '{{signature}}',
    'X-Timestamp': '{{timestamp}}',
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  },
  body: '["f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"]'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d"

	payload := strings.NewReader("[\n  \"f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f\"\n]")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Device-Id", "{{deviceId}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Request-Id", "{{requestId}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Signature", "{{signature}}")
	req.Header.Add("X-Timestamp", "{{timestamp}}")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer {{accessToken}}'
request["X-Device-Id"] = '{{deviceId}}'
request["X-Request-Id"] = '{{requestId}}'
request["X-Signature"] = '{{signature}}'
request["X-Timestamp"] = '{{timestamp}}'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "[\n  \"f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f\"\n]"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}")
  .header("X-Device-Id", "{{deviceId}}")
  .header("X-Request-Id", "{{requestId}}")
  .header("X-Signature", "{{signature}}")
  .header("X-Timestamp", "{{timestamp}}")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("[\n  \"f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f\"\n]")
  .asString();
```

```php Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('DELETE', 'http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d', [
  'body' => '[
  "f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"
]',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer {{accessToken}}',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
    'X-Device-Id' => '{{deviceId}}',
    'X-Request-Id' => '{{requestId}}',
    'X-Signature' => '{{signature}}',
    'X-Timestamp' => '{{timestamp}}',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.DELETE);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer {{accessToken}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Device-Id", "{{deviceId}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Request-Id", "{{requestId}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Signature", "{{signature}}");
request.AddHeader("X-Timestamp", "{{timestamp}}");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "[\n  \"f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f\"\n]", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Location_unassignUsersFromArea_example
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer {{accessToken}}",
  "X-Device-Id": "{{deviceId}}",
  "X-Request-Id": "{{requestId}}",
  "X-Signature": "{{signature}}",
  "X-Timestamp": "{{timestamp}}",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["f5c1d4e5-2a3b-4c5d-8e9f-0a1b2c3d4e5f"] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "http://localhost:8080/api/v3/users/areas/unassign?areaId=a1b2c3d4-5e6f-4a7b-8c9d-0e1f2a3b4c5d")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "DELETE"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```