Hosts API - DELETE tag

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Deletes the specified custom tag from the specified host. Deletion cannot be undone.

DELETE	Managed	`https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/{meIdentifier}/tags/{tag}`
	SaaS	`https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/{meIdentifier}/tags/{tag}`
	Environment ActiveGate	`https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/{meIdentifier}/tags/{tag}`

Authentication

To execute this request, you need an access token with Access problem and event feed, metrics, and topology (DataExport) scope. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
meIdentifier	string	The Dynatrace entity ID of the host.	path	required
tag	string	The tag to be removed.	path	required

Response

Response codes

Code	Type	Description
204	-	Success. The tag of the host has been removed.
400	ErrorEnvelope	Failed. The input is invalid.
404	-	Failure. The tag could not be found.

Example

In this example, the request deletes the Rack123 tag from the tag009 host, which has the ID of HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Curl

shell
curl -X POST \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5/tags/Rack123 \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890'

Request URL

plaintext
https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/entity/infrastructure/hosts/HOST-B7A6F9EE9F366CB5/tags/Rack123

Response code

204