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# Delete a Monitor

> Permanently remove a monitor and stop all of its scheduled runs.

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## OpenAPI

````yaml DELETE /monitors/{monitor_id}
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Context API
  description: API for retrieving context data from any website
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.context.dev/v1
security: []
tags:
  - name: Monitors
    description: >-
      Monitor pages, sitemaps, and extracted website data for exact or semantic
      changes. The change.detected webhook payload is documented by the
      MonitorsChangeDetectedWebhookPayload schema.
paths:
  /monitors/{monitor_id}:
    delete:
      tags:
        - Monitors
      summary: Delete a monitor
      operationId: deleteMonitor
      parameters:
        - $ref: '#/components/parameters/MonitorsMonitorId'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Monitor deleted
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/MonitorsDeleteMonitorResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/MonitorsUnauthorized'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/MonitorsNotFound'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - lang: JavaScript
          source: |-
            import ContextDev from 'context.dev';

            const client = new ContextDev({
              apiKey: process.env['CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY'], // This is the default and can be omitted
            });

            const monitor = await client.monitors.delete('mon_123');

            console.log(monitor.id);
        - lang: Python
          source: |-
            import os
            from context.dev import ContextDev

            client = ContextDev(
                api_key=os.environ.get("CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
            )
            monitor = client.monitors.delete(
                "mon_123",
            )
            print(monitor.id)
        - lang: Go
          source: "package main\n\nimport (\n\t\"context\"\n\t\"fmt\"\n\n\t\"github.com/context-dot-dev/context-go-sdk\"\n\t\"github.com/context-dot-dev/context-go-sdk/option\"\n)\n\nfunc main() {\n\tclient := contextdev.NewClient(\n\t\toption.WithAPIKey(\"My API Key\"),\n\t)\n\tmonitor, err := client.Monitors.Delete(context.TODO(), \"mon_123\")\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\tpanic(err.Error())\n\t}\n\tfmt.Printf(\"%+v\\n\", monitor.ID)\n}\n"
        - lang: Ruby
          source: |-
            require "context_dev"

            context_dev = ContextDev::Client.new(api_key: "My API Key")

            monitor = context_dev.monitors.delete("mon_123")

            puts(monitor)
        - lang: PHP
          source: >-
            <?php


            require_once dirname(__DIR__) . '/vendor/autoload.php';


            use ContextDev\Client;

            use ContextDev\Core\Exceptions\APIException;


            $client = new Client(apiKey: getenv('CONTEXT_DEV_API_KEY') ?: 'My
            API Key');


            try {
              $monitor = $client->monitors->delete('mon_123');

              var_dump($monitor);
            } catch (APIException $e) {
              echo $e->getMessage();
            }
        - lang: CLI
          source: |-
            context-dev monitors delete \
              --api-key 'My API Key' \
              --monitor-id mon_123
components:
  parameters:
    MonitorsMonitorId:
      name: monitor_id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      example: mon_123
  schemas:
    MonitorsDeleteMonitorResponse:
      type: object
      required:
        - id
        - deleted
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
          example: mon_123
        deleted:
          type: boolean
          example: true
      additionalProperties: false
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        message:
          type: string
          description: Error message
        error_code:
          type: string
          enum:
            - INTERNAL_ERROR
            - VALID
            - NOT_FOUND
            - FORBIDDEN
            - USAGE_EXCEEDED
            - RATE_LIMITED
            - UNAUTHORIZED
            - DISABLED
            - INSUFFICIENT_PERMISSIONS
            - TIMEOUT_EXCEEDS_MAXIMUM
            - WEBSITE_ACCESS_ERROR
            - EXTERNAL_PROVIDER_ERROR
            - INPUT_VALIDATION_ERROR
            - REQUEST_TIMEOUT
          description: Error code indicating the type of error
        key_metadata:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/KeyMetadata'
    KeyMetadata:
      type: object
      description: >-
        Metadata about the API key used for the request. Included in every
        response whenever a valid API key is provided, even when the response
        status is not 200.
      properties:
        credits_consumed:
          type: integer
          description: The number of credits consumed by this request.
        credits_remaining:
          type: integer
          description: >-
            The number of credits remaining for your organization after this
            request.
      required:
        - credits_consumed
        - credits_remaining
  responses:
    MonitorsUnauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    MonitorsNotFound:
      description: Not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer

````