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Browser-session reference

Delete one artifact

Soft-delete one owned artifact from a browser-session Research thread.

DELETE/api/research/threads/{encrypted_id}/artifacts/{artifact_encrypted_id}
Browser sessionAuthenticated browser session

Required boundary headers

Cookie: authenticated browser session
Overview

What this route does

Use this curation action when a durable artifact should no longer appear in the active workspace collection. It does not cascade to other research records.

Examples

Request and response

Example request

curl -X DELETE "https://vidbyte-backend.onrender.com/api/research/threads/rth_public_token/artifacts/rart_public_token" \
  -H "Cookie: authenticated-session"

Example response

{
  "encrypted_id": "rart_public_token",
  "deleted_at": "2026-08-10T12:30:00Z"
}
Response

Response and errors

  • Returns the deleted artifact public token and deleted_at timestamp.
  • The action is a soft delete and does not expose raw artifact identifiers.