Python Requests delete() Method

Make a DELETE request to a web page, and return the response text:

import requests

x = requests.delete('https://w3schools.com/python/demopage.php')

print(x.text)

Definition and Usage

The delete() method sends a DELETE request to the specified url.

DELETE requests are made for deleting the specified resource (file, record etc).

requests.delete(url, args)

args means zero or more of the named arguments in the parameter table below. Example:

requests.delete(url, timeout=2.50)

Parameter		Description
url	Try it	Required. The url of the request
allow_redirects	Try it	Optional. A Boolean to enable/disable redirection. Default `True` (allowing redirects)
auth	Try it	Optional. A tuple to enable a certain HTTP authentication. Default `None`
cert	Try it	Optional. A String or Tuple specifying a cert file or key. Default `None`
cookies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of cookies to send to the specified url. Default `None`
headers	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of HTTP headers to send to the specified url. Default `None`
proxies	Try it	Optional. A dictionary of the protocol to the proxy url. Default `None`
stream	Try it	Optional. A Boolean indication if the response should be immediately downloaded (False) or streamed (True). Default `False`
timeout	Try it	Optional. A number, or a tuple, indicating how many seconds to wait for the client to make a connection and/or send a response. Default `None` which means the request will continue until the connection is closed
verify	Try it Try it	Optional. A Boolean or a String indication to verify the servers TLS certificate or not. Default `True`

The delete() method returns a requests.Response object.