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# Deactivate an EdgeWorker version

POST https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/{edgeWorkerId}/deactivations
Content-Type: application/json

Deactivate an existing EdgeWorker version on the Akamai network, either staging or production.

Reference: https://akamai.ferndocs.com/edge-workers/api/edge-workers-api/deactivations/post-deactivations

## Request

### Path parameters

- `edgeWorkerId` (string, required)

### Query parameters

- `accountSwitchKey` (string, optional) — For customers who manage more than one account, this [runs the operation from another account](https://techdocs.akamai.com/developer/docs/manage-many-accounts-with-one-api-client). The Identity and Access Management API provides a [list of available account switch keys](https://techdocs.akamai.com/iam-api/reference/get-client-account-switch-keys).

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `network` (enum, required) — The network on which the version will be deactivated, either `STAGING` or `PRODUCTION`.
  - Allowed values: `STAGING`, `PRODUCTION`
- `version` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the version that will be deactivated.
- `note` (string, optional) — Note to specify why the version is being deactivated.

## Response

### 201

Provides details for an EdgeWorker deactivation.

- `accountId` (string, required) — Identifier for the account under which the EdgeWorker was created.
- `createdBy` (string, required) — Username of the person who created the EdgeWorker.
- `createdTime` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the EdgeWorker was created.
- `deactivationId` (integer, required) — Unique identifier of the deactivation.
- `edgeWorkerId` (integer, required) — Unique identifier of the EdgeWorker.
- `lastModifiedTime` (datetime, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp indicating when the EdgeWorker was most recently modified.
- `network` (enum, required) — The network on which the version is deactivated, either `PRODUCTION` or `STAGING`.
  - Allowed values: `STAGING`, `PRODUCTION`
- `status` (enum, required) — The deactivation status of the EdgeWorker version, either `PRESUBMIT`, `PENDING`, `IN_PROGRESS`, `COMPLETE`, `ABORTED`, `ERROR`, `DELETED_BY_AKAMAI`, or `EXPIRED`.
  - Allowed values: `PRESUBMIT`, `PENDING`, `IN_PROGRESS`, `ABORTED`, `ERROR`, `COMPLETE`, `DELETED_BY_AKAMAI`, `EXPIRED`, `CANCELLED`
- `version` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the version.
- `note` (string, optional) — Note to specify why the version is being deactivated.

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "network": "PRODUCTION",
  "version": "2",
  "note": "EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "accountId": "A-CCT3456",
  "createdBy": "jsmith",
  "createdTime": "2020-04-05T18:17:46Z",
  "deactivationId": 3,
  "edgeWorkerId": 42,
  "lastModifiedTime": "2020-04-05T18:17:46Z",
  "network": "PRODUCTION",
  "status": "PRESUBMIT",
  "version": "5",
  "note": "EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations"

querystring = {"accountSwitchKey":"{{accountSwitchKey}}"}

payload = {
    "network": "PRODUCTION",
    "version": "2",
    "note": "EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers, params=querystring)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D';
const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"network":"PRODUCTION","version":"2","note":"EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"network\": \"PRODUCTION\",\n  \"version\": \"2\",\n  \"note\": \"EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production.\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"network\": \"PRODUCTION\",\n  \"version\": \"2\",\n  \"note\": \"EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production.\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"network\": \"PRODUCTION\",\n  \"version\": \"2\",\n  \"note\": \"EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production.\"\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D', [
  'body' => '{
  "network": "PRODUCTION",
  "version": "2",
  "note": "EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"network\": \"PRODUCTION\",\n  \"version\": \"2\",\n  \"note\": \"EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production.\"\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [
  "network": "PRODUCTION",
  "version": "2",
  "note": "EdgeWorker ID 42 is no longer used in production."
] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://{hostname}/edgeworkers/v1/ids/edgeWorkerId/deactivations?accountSwitchKey=%7B%7BaccountSwitchKey%7D%7D")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```