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Manage Actors

Destroy Actor

Destroy an actor. The actor's onDestroy hook runs, then its state is deleted permanently.

DELETE https://rivet.example.com/actors/{actor_id}

Examples

Authentication

Send your namespace token as a bearer token in the Authorization header. Every control plane request also requires the namespace query parameter. See Authentication.

Path Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
actor_idstringYesID of the actor.

Query Parameters

NameTypeRequiredDescription
namespacestringNoName of the namespace to operate in.

Responses

200

The destroy was accepted.

{}

400

envoy.invalid_namespace_name: the namespace value is not a DNS label of 1 to 63 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "envoy",
  "code": "invalid_namespace_name",
  "message": "Namespace name must be a DNS label of 1 to 63 lowercase letters, digits and hyphens."
}

401

auth.invalid_token: the request carries no token, or the token is not valid. auth.token_expired: the token has expired.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "auth",
  "code": "invalid_token",
  "message": "Authentication token is invalid."
}

403

auth.insufficient_permissions: the token’s grants do not cover this request. For a namespace token this is also returned when the actor does not exist.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "auth",
  "code": "insufficient_permissions",
  "message": "Insufficient permissions to access this resource."
}

404

actor.not_found: the actor does not exist or belongs to another namespace. namespace.not_found: the namespace does not exist.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "actor",
  "code": "not_found",
  "message": "The actor does not exist or was destroyed."
}

500

core.internal_error: an unexpected failure, including an actor_id that is not a valid Rivet ID.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "core",
  "code": "internal_error",
  "message": "An internal error occurred"
}

503

auth.verification_unavailable: token verification keys are temporarily unavailable. Retry the request.

FieldTypeDescription
groupstringError group, for example actor.
codestringError code within the group, for example not_found.
messagestringHuman-readable error message.
metadataanyExtra details. Only present on some errors raised while authenticating or authorizing the request.
{
  "group": "auth",
  "code": "verification_unavailable",
  "message": "The server could not verify the authentication token because verification keys are temporarily unavailable. Retry the request."
}
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