deleteRecord

This method is to delete one or more records.

The records will be deleted from the local computer, but also from the EMOTIV account of the user in the cloud, and from any computer where the user is logged in.

Your application cannot delete a record that was created by another application.

Deleting a record is irreversible. There is no way to recover a deleted record.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
cortexToken	string	yes	A token returned by authorize.
records	array of strings	yes	An array of record ids.

Result

The result is an object that includes these fields:

Name	Type	Description
success	array of objects	For each record you successfully deleted, this array contains an object that includes the record id.
failure	array of objects	For each record that couldn't be deleted, this array contains an object that describes the error.

In case of success, you get an object with these fields:

Name	Type	Description
recordId	string	The id of the record that was successfully deleted.

In case of failure, you get an object with these fields:

Name	Type	Description
recordId	string	The id of the record that couldn't be deleted.
code	number	The error code.
message	string	The error message.

Examples

Deleting two records, including one that has an invalid id.

Request

{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "method": "deleteRecord",
    "params": {
        "cortexToken": "xxx",
        "records": [
            "d8fe7658-71f1-4cd6-bb5d-f6775b03438f",
            "invalid-id"
        ]
    }
}

Response

{
    "id": 1,
    "jsonrpc": "2.0",
    "result": {
        "success": [
            {"recordId":"d8fe7658-71f1-4cd6-bb5d-f6775b03438f"}
        ],
        "failure": [
            {"recordId":"invalid-id","code":1234,"message":"..."}
        ]
    }
}