Method description


deletePersons is the method used to delete one or more existing persons in itslearning

Preconditions for use

You need to know the IDs of the persons to delete.

Message Schema

Input parameters / request message elements


Name
Description
Data type
Allowed values
M/O

sourcedIdSet

Wrapper for a list of identifierPair elements



M

identifier

The syncID of the person to be deleted

Text

Valid SyncID

M

Response message elements


Name

Description

Data type

deletePersonsResponse

Empty response element, status conveyed in SOAP header

Empty

Comments

For each <identifier> in the request you will get a status in the <statusinfoSet><status> of the response. The order of the <statusInfoset><status> corresponds to the the order of the <identifier>in the request. 

Example

Description

I want to delete the following persons in itslearning:

  • syncID 33333
  • syncID 66666
  • syncID 99999 -> syncID 999 has already been deleted in itslearning (is in the trashcan)

Example request message

The following example attempts to change the IDs of person 333, 666 and 999 by adding two digits to the ID.

<soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:ims="http://www.imsglobal.org/services/pms/xsd/imsPersonManMessSchema_v1p0" xmlns:ims1="http://www.imsglobal.org/services/common/imsCommonSchema_v1p0" xmlns:ims2="http://www.imsglobal.org/services/common/imsMessBindSchema_v1p0">
<soapenv:Header>
<ims2:syncRequestHeaderInfo>
<ims2:messageIdentifier>1</ims2:messageIdentifier>
</ims2:syncRequestHeaderInfo>
</soapenv:Header>
<soapenv:Body>
<ims:deletePersonsRequest>
<ims:sourcedIdSet>
<ims1:identifier>66666</ims1:identifier>
<ims1:identifier>33333</ims1:identifier>
<ims1:identifier>999</ims1:identifier>
</ims:sourcedIdSet>
</ims:deletePersonsRequest>
</soapenv:Body>
</soapenv:Envelope>


Example response message

In the example above, the third <identifier> does not exist in itslearning (has already been deleted, is in the trashcan) -> <statusinfoSet><status> = success, but with a warning saying 'Object has already been deleted'. The first and second <identifier> have successfully been deleted.

<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/ ">
<s:Header>
<h:syncResponseHeaderInfo>
<messageIdentifier>1</messageIdentifier>
<statusInfoSet>
<statusInfo>
<codeMajor>success</codeMajor>
<severity>status</severity>
<messageIdRef>1</messageIdRef>
</statusInfo>
<statusInfo>
<codeMajor>success</codeMajor>
<severity>status</severity>
<messageIdRef>1</messageIdRef>
</statusInfo>
<statusInfo>
<codeMajor>success</codeMajor>
<severity>warning</severity>
<codeMinor>
<codeMinorField>
<codeMinorName>personmanagement</codeMinorName>
<codeMinorValue>alreadydeleted</codeMinorValue>
</codeMinorField>
</codeMinor>
<messageIdRef>1</messageIdRef>
<description>
<language>en-US</language>
<text>Object has been already deleted</text>
</description>
</statusInfo>
</statusInfoSet>
</h:syncResponseHeaderInfo>
<o:Security s:mustUnderstand="1">
<u:Timestamp u:Id="_0">
<u:Created>2011-02-01T16:04:40.222Z</u:Created>
<u:Expires>2011-02-01T16:09:40.222Z</u:Expires>
</u:Timestamp>
</o:Security>
</s:Header>
<s:Body>
<deletePersonsResponse/>
</s:Body>
</s:Envelope>