person:delete

Description: Delete a person by ID.

Request Schema

{
  "payload": {
    "type": "person:delete",
    "id": "PERSON_ID_TO_DELETE"
  },
  "signature": "payload_ed25519_hex_signature",
  "source_public_key": "your_client_public_key"
}

Request Attributes

See global request attributes
payload.id - Integer - The person’s internal Arkipel ID to delete - Compulsory

Response Schema

{
  "source_public_key": "community_public_key",
  "source_site": {
    "protocol": "http",
    "fqdn": "arkipel.localhost:3000"
  },
  "created_at": "2025-11-13T20:52:49Z",
  "signature": "8b6392d5550605bd6ccddf9c21ebec470de4b44e4b4deb746076e37ab61c5346e07e7c7c7cebb5bbee41cdd92a476bcd3f02373d146ec165b31c31fc31c9ce0d",
  "payload": {
    "message_id": "6916452112f746b2b4cf48c1",
    "type": "person:delete"
  }
}

Protected Records

Important: This message cannot be used to delete a person who is a member of the target account. If the person has an active membership in the account, the API will return a 422 Unprocessable Content error with code PROTECTED_RECORD.

This restriction prevents accidental deletion of account members through the API.