EBSCO Developer | MedsAPI Delete Followed Specialties

Remove a Followed Specialty from a User's Followed Specialties Code Samples

Use the code samples below as examples to create an application in your desired language. The following code samples use the /user/followed-specialties endpoint to remove a followed specialty from a user's followed specialties. Get started and begin to understand the endpoint by following the examples below in the language of your choice. To use this endpoint, you will need a valid personal access token.

Code Samples

cURL

# Remove a followed Specialty

curl -X DELETE "https://apis.ebsco.com/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-specialties" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer TOKEN" -d \
" {
  "id": "Allergy"
} 
"

Java

# Remove a followed Specialty

// Construct the client
OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

// Create the URL
HttpUrl url = new HttpUrl.Builder()
    .scheme("https")
    .host("apis.ebsco.com")
    .addPathSegment("medsapi-dynamed")
    .addPathSegment("v1")
    .addPathSegment("user")
    .addPathSegment("followed-specialties")
    .build();

// Build the body   
MediaType mediaType = MediaType.parse("application/json");
RequestBody body = RequestBody.create(mediaType, "{  \n\t\"id\": \"Allergy\" \n}");

// Build the request
Request request = new Request.Builder()
    .url(url)
    .delete(body)
    .addHeader("Content-Type", "application/json")
    .addHeader("Accept", "application/json")
    .addHeader("Authorization", "Bearer TOKEN")
    .build();

// Send the request
Response response = client.newCall(request).execute();

JavaScript

# Remove a followed Specialty

const host = "https://apis.ebsco.com";
const path = "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-specialties";

// Create the Request
const url = host + path;

const settings = {
    "async": true,
    "crossDomain": true,
    "url": url,
    "method": "DELETE",
    "headers": {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"
    },
    "data": "{  \n\t\"id\": \"Allergy\" \n}",
}

// Send the Request
$.ajax(settings).done(function (response) {
    console.log(response);
});

Ruby

# Remove a followed Specialty

# Form the URL
urlstr = File.join("https://", "apis.ebsco.com", "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-specialties")
url = URI.parse(urlstr)

# Create the HTTP object
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
http.verify_mode = OpenSSL::SSL::VERIFY_NONE

# Create the request
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = "application/json"
request["Accept"] = "application/json"
request["Authorization"] = "Bearer TOKEN"
request.body = '{"id": "Allergy"}'


# Send the request
response = http.request(request)

Python

# Remove a followed Specialty

# Form the URL
url = "/medsapi-dynamed/v1/user/followed-specialties"

payload =  '{"id": "Allergy"}'

# Create Connection Instance
conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("apis.ebsco.com")

# Create the Request Headers
headers = {
        "Content-Type": "application/json",
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Authorization": "Bearer TOKEN"
}

# Send Request
conn.request("DELETE", url, queryParams, headers)