API Reference

Load Balancers

Pools

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Delete Pool

load_balancers.pools.delete(strpool_id, PoolDeleteParams**kwargs) -> PoolDeleteResponse

DELETE/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/pools/{pool_id}

Delete a configured pool.

Security

API Token

The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token.

Example:Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY

API Email + API Key

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

Example:X-Auth-Email: user@example.com

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

Example:X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194

Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

Load Balancing: Monitors and Pools Write

ParametersExpand Collapse

account_id: str

Identifier.

maxLength32

pool_id: str

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class PoolDeleteResponse: …

id: Optional[str]

Delete Pool

Python

HTTP

TypeScript

Python

Go

Terraform

import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
pool = client.load_balancers.pools.delete(
    pool_id="17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4",
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(pool.id)

200 example

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  "result": {
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  },
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

200 example

{
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      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "17b5962d775c646f3f9725cbc7a53df4"
  },
  "success": true
}