Delete campaign step

This endpoint lets you delete a campaign step. You can delete EMAIL steps that haven't processed any prospects and are not the first EMAIL step. Once a step is deleted, it cannot be restored.

Only campaigns with a status of DRAFT or EDITED can be updated. To change the campaign status to EDITED use the /make_editable endpoint.

Request

Endpoint

DELETE https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/steps/{step_id}

You can fetch the step_id using the GET /campaigns structure endpoint.

Headers

x-api-key: {YOUR_API_KEY}

For details on how to authenticate your requests, please see the authentication guide.

Request sample

Delete a campaign step

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url "https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/steps/{step_id}" \
  --header "x-api-key: {YOUR_API_KEY}"

Python

import requests

def deleteCampaignStep(campaign_id, step_id):
  url = f"https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/{campaign_id}/steps/{step_id}"
  headers = {
    "x-api-key": "{YOUR_API_KEY}"
  }

  response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)

  if response.status_code == 200:
    print("DELETE successful:", response.json())
  else:
    print("DELETE failed with status:", response.status_code)

if __name__ == "__main__":
  deleteCampaignStep(123, 456)  # Example IDs

Java

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;

public class WoodpeckerApiClient {
  private static final String API_KEY = "{YOUR_API_KEY}";

  public static void main(String[] args) {
    int campaignId = 123; // Example campaign ID
    int stepId = 456;     // Example step ID
    deleteCampaignStep(campaignId, stepId);
  }

  public static void deleteCampaignStep(int campaignId, int stepId) {
    try {
      String url = "https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/" + campaignId + "/steps/" + stepId;

      HttpClient client = HttpClient.newHttpClient();
      HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(new URI(url))
        .header("x-api-key", API_KEY)
        .DELETE()
        .build();

      HttpResponse<String> response = client.send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());

      if (response.statusCode() == 200) {
        System.out.println("DELETE response: " + response.body());
      } else {
        System.err.println("DELETE request failed: " + response.statusCode());
      }
    } catch (Exception e) {
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}

Node.js

const axios = require("axios");

async function deleteCampaignStep(campaignId, stepId) {
  const url = `https://api.woodpecker.co/rest/v2/campaigns/${campaignId}/steps/${stepId}`;
  const headers = {
    "x-api-key": "{YOUR_API_KEY}"
  };

  try {
    const response = await axios.delete(url, { headers: headers });

    if (response.status === 200) {
      console.log("DELETE successful:", response.data);
    } else {
      console.error("DELETE failed with status:", response.status);
    }
  } catch (error) {
    console.error("Request error:", error.response?.status || error.message);
  }
}

deleteCampaignStep(123, 456); // Example IDs

Response

Response examples

200

The campaign has been deleted. A full campaign payload will be returned.

401

An issue with authorization. Please review the authorization guide

{
  "title": "Unauthorized",
  "status": 401,
  "detail": "Invalid api key",
  "timestamp": "2025-03-05 17:57:00"
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
title	string	A short title describing the error
status	integer	The HTTP status code
detail	string	A detailed message explaining the error
timestamp	string	The timestamp when the error occurred, YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS UTC

404

The requested campaign or step doesn't exist.

{
  "code": "CAMPAIGN_NOT_EXIST" | "BRANCH_NOT_FOUND",
  "message": "Campaign not found" | "Step not found",
  "details": null
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
code	string	Error code
message	string	Descriptive error message
details	string/null	Additional information. Currently always null

409

The step has already processed some prospects, is the first EMAIL step, is a START step, or the campaign is in a status that prohibits edits.

{
  "code": "BRANCH_NOT_DELETABLE" | "NOT_EDITABLE_STATUS",
  "message": "Step is not allowed to be deleted" | "The campaign must be in DRAFT or EDITED status to be updated",
  "details": null
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
code	string	Error code
message	string	Descriptive error message
details	string/null	Additional information. Currently always null

500

An unknown error while deleting the campaign. Please try again later.

{
  "type": "UNKNOWN",
  "message": "Unknown error during delete campaign step call",
  "details": null
}

Body schema

Field	Type	Description
code	string	Error code
message	string	Descriptive error message
details	string/null	Additional information. Currently always null