Deleting a Specific Cookie

To delete a specific company cookie for a site, send a DELETE request to this endpoint:

danger

Once a cookie is deleted, it cannot be recovered. To use it again, you will need to create a new one with the same attributes.

Endpoint:

https://api.platform.illow.io/open-api/v1/cookies/{siteId}/cookie/{cookieName}

This endpoint requires the following attributes in the query parameters:

Query Parameters

Property	Type	Description
siteId	string	The ID created by illow for your site
cookieName	string	The name of the cookie to be deleted

Response

The API will respond with one of the following status codes:

• 204: Successfully deleted the company cookie.

Response Format: JSON

Property	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the cookie
domain	string	The domain of the cookie
expires	number	Expiration date of the cookie. Use -1 if the cookie doesn't expire.
category	string	The category of the cookie. Can be one of preferences, marketing, statistics, or Unclassified
description	string	Additional information about the cookie
isOptIn	boolean	Indicates if the cookie is an opt-in cookie
wildcardMatch	boolean	Indicates if the cookie allows wildcard matches in the domain and path fields

• 404: The requested cookie was not found.
• 500: Internal server error. The request has failed.

Example

This example illustrates the response of a DELETE request for the cookie named 'CONSENT':

{
  "name": "CONSENT",
  "domain": "example.com",
  "expires": 1689467134,
  "category": "Statistics",
  "description": "This cookie collects statistical data for website analytics.",
  "isOptIn": true,
  "wildcardMatch": false
}