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# Delete a variant by ID

> Both source and enriched data is removed.

## OpenAPI

````json DELETE /api/product-catalog/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/variants
{
  "openapi": "3.0.1",
  "info": {
    "title": "Product Catalog - Public API",
    "version": "1.0.3"
  },
  "servers": [
    {
      "url": "https://api.mapp.com"
    }
  ],
  "security": [
    {
      "Keycloak": []
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    {
      "name": "Variant Data Bulk Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for variant data bulk operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Variant Data Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for variant data operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Catalog Metadata Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for catalog metadata operations"
    },
    {
      "name": "Product Data Operations",
      "description": "Endpoints for product data operations"
    }
  ],
  "paths": {
    "/api/product-catalog/v1/catalogs/{catalogId}/variants": {
      "delete": {
        "tags": [
          "Variant Data Operations"
        ],
        "summary": "Delete a variant by ID",
        "description": "Both source and enriched data is removed.",
        "operationId": "deleteVariant",
        "parameters": [
          {
            "name": "catalogId",
            "in": "path",
            "description": "Catalog identifier containing the variant to delete.",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "integer",
              "format": "int64"
            }
          },
          {
            "name": "variantId",
            "in": "query",
            "description": "Variant identifier. If it contains special characters, clients must URL-encode the query parameter value.",
            "required": true,
            "schema": {
              "type": "string"
            }
          }
        ],
        "responses": {
          "500": {
            "description": "Variant delete failed unexpectedly.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse"
                },
                "example": {
                  "message": "Unexpected error while processing request",
                  "httpStatus": 500,
                  "errorCode": "500 Internal Server Error",
                  "timestamp": "2026-07-08T12:00:00Z"
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "202": {
            "description": "Variant delete accepted for processing",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/VariantOperationResponseDTO"
                },
                "example": {
                  "variant_id": "V-1001",
                  "catalog_id": 123,
                  "status": "accepted",
                  "message": "Variant delete accepted for processing",
                  "event_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
                  "operation": "delete",
                  "accepted_at": 1783502993000
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "404": {
            "description": "Variant delete target was not found by downstream validation.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/VariantOperationResponseDTO"
                },
                "example": {
                  "variant_id": "V-1001",
                  "catalog_id": 123,
                  "status": "failed",
                  "message": "Variant delete failed: price mandatory field cannot be deleted",
                  "operation": "delete",
                  "accepted_at": 1783502993000,
                  "accepted_attributes": {},
                  "skipped_attributes": {}
                }
              }
            }
          },
          "400": {
            "description": "Variant delete was rejected during validation.",
            "content": {
              "application/json": {
                "schema": {
                  "$ref": "#/components/schemas/VariantOperationResponseDTO"
                },
                "example": {
                  "variant_id": "V-1001",
                  "catalog_id": 123,
                  "status": "failed",
                  "message": "Variant delete failed: price mandatory field cannot be deleted",
                  "operation": "delete",
                  "accepted_at": 1783502993000,
                  "accepted_attributes": {},
                  "skipped_attributes": {}
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "components": {
    "schemas": {
      "ErrorResponse": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "message": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "httpStatus": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int32"
          },
          "errorCode": {
            "type": "string"
          },
          "timestamp": {
            "type": "string",
            "format": "date-time"
          }
        }
      },
      "VariantOperationResponseDTO": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "variant_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "V-1001"
          },
          "catalog_id": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "example": 123
          },
          "status": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "accepted",
            "enum": [
              "accepted",
              "failed"
            ]
          },
          "message": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "Variant add accepted for processing"
          },
          "event_id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Unique generated UUID assigned to the event and preserved throughout its whole lifecycle.\nThe event_id is used in logs and is also sent back to the client with webhook events when\nwebhooks are configured, so clients are advised to log/save it on their side.",
            "example": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"
          },
          "operation": {
            "type": "string",
            "example": "add",
            "enum": [
              "add",
              "upsert",
              "partial_update",
              "delete",
              "delete_attributes",
              "add_existing_only",
              "overwrite",
              "overwrite_existing_only",
              "update",
              "update_existing_only",
              "update_localized_attribute",
              "update_localized_attribute_existing_only",
              "clean"
            ]
          },
          "accepted_at": {
            "type": "integer",
            "format": "int64",
            "example": 1783502993000
          },
          "accepted_attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "object",
              "example": {
                "color": {
                  "en-GB": "Navy Blue",
                  "de-DE": "Marineblau",
                  "fr-FR": "Bleu marine"
                },
                "size": {
                  "US": "S",
                  "EU": "36"
                }
              }
            },
            "example": {
              "color": {
                "en-GB": "Navy Blue",
                "de-DE": "Marineblau",
                "fr-FR": "Bleu marine"
              },
              "size": {
                "US": "S",
                "EU": "36"
              }
            }
          },
          "skipped_attributes": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SkippedAttributesDTO"
          }
        }
      },
      "SkippedAttributesDTO": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "non_existing_attributes": {
            "uniqueItems": true,
            "type": "array",
            "example": [
              "custom_attribute_abc"
            ],
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "[\"custom_attribute_abc\"]"
            }
          },
          "inactive_attributes": {
            "uniqueItems": true,
            "type": "array",
            "example": [
              "custom_attribute_def"
            ],
            "items": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "[\"custom_attribute_def\"]"
            }
          },
          "invalid_data_type_attributes": {
            "type": "object",
            "additionalProperties": {
              "type": "string",
              "example": "{\"price\":\"price map value must be a number\",\"gtin\":\"gtin field must be 8-14 digits\",\"min_age\":\"min_age value must be a number\"}"
            },
            "example": {
              "price": "price map value must be a number",
              "gtin": "gtin field must be 8-14 digits",
              "min_age": "min_age value must be a number"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "securitySchemes": {
      "Keycloak": {
        "type": "http",
        "scheme": "bearer",
        "bearerFormat": "JWT"
      }
    }
  }
}
````