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Geofencing API

Delete fence from project

Service version: 1Last edit: 2022.09.01

Decommission notice

December 16, 2025

  • This service will be decommissioned on January 31, 2027.
  • All endpoints will be withdrawn following a 12 months deprecation period.
  • There is no recommended migration path.

Purpose

This endpoint provides a command used to delete a fence from a project. If the project is the only one the fence is in, the fence is permanently deleted.

Request data

HTTPS method: DELETE

  • Constants and parameters enclosed in curly brackets { } must be replaced with their values.
  • Please see the following Request parameters section with the required and optional parameters tables for their values. The generic request format is as follows.

URL request format

delete
URL request format
https://{baseURL}/geofencing/{versionNumber}/projects/{projectId}/fences/{fenceId}?key={Your_API_Key}&adminKey={Your_Admin_Key}&dryRun={true/false}

curl command request format

delete
curl command request format
curl -XDELETE 'ttps://{baseURL}/geofencing/{versionNumber}/projects/{projectId}/fences/{fenceId}?key={Your_API_Key}&adminKey={Your_Admin_Key}&dryRun={true/false}'

Request parameters

The following table describes the parameters that can be used in a request.

  • Required parameters must be used or the call will fail.
  • Optional parameters may be used.
  • The order of request parameters is not important.

Required parameters

Description

baseURL
string

The base URL for calling the API.
Value: api.tomtom.com

versionNumber
string

Service version number.
Value: 1

key
string

An API Key valid for the requested service.
Value: Your valid API Key.

adminKey
string

An Admin Key valid for the provided API Key.
Value: Your valid Admin Key.

projectId
string

The project id used to delete a fence.
Value: A UUID

fenceId
string

The fence id to delete.
Value: A UUID

Optional parameters

Description

dryRun
boolean

Simulates fence removal without actually deleting anything. The service just sends the response, containing the affected projects.
Default value: false
Other value: true

Response data

Response body

Response body format - JSON
{
  "name": "fence_name",
  "id": "fence_id",
  "dryRun" : true/false,
  "removedRelationsToProjects": [
    {
      "id": "project_1R_id",
      "name": "project_1R_name"
    }
  ]
  "remainingRelationToProjects": [
    {
      "id": "project_1N_id",
      "name": "project_1N_name"
    },
    ... ,
    {
      "id": "project_NN_id",
      "name": "project_NN_name"
    }
  ]
}

Response fields

The following table describes all of the response fields.

Primary fields

Field

Description

name
string

The name of the fence.

id
string

The UUID of the fence.

dryRun
boolean

Indicates if the output is for the non-delete request (true), or the changes were actually made (false).

removedRelationsToProjects
array

(Optional) The list of projects the fence was unlinked from.

remainingRelationToProjects
array

(Optional) The list of projects the fence remains linked to.

removedRelationsToProjects array

Field

Description

id
string

The UUID of a project.

name
string

The name of a project.

remainingRelationToProjects array

Field

Description

id
string

The UUID of a project.

name
string

The name of a project.

Response codes

Code

Meaning & possible causes

200

OK: (for dry run mode) Deleted

403

Forbidden:

  • Provided Admin Key is invalid.
  • Admin Key is missing.

404

Not found:

  • Fence with the specified id does not exist.
  • Project with the specified id does not exist.

Example

Delete a fence from a project.

URL request example

delete
URL request example
https://api.tomtom.com/geofencing/1/projects/aaab6d78-1738-45bd-a78b-ff3a7ba839f3/fences/d4db1c28-c753-4d70-8087-dabfbf4d68d2?key={Your_API_Key}
&adminKey={Your_Admin_Key}&dryRun=true

Response body example

Response body example - JSON
{
  "name": "No-fly zone 23",
  "id": "aaab6d78-1738-45bd-a78b-ff3a7ba839f3",
  "dryRun": true,
  "removedRelationsToProjects": [
    {
      "id": "d4db1c28-c753-4d70-8087-dabfbf4d68d2",
      "name": "Project1"
    }
  ],
  "remainingRelationToProjects": [
    {
      "id": "b77e834c-7ef3-41d9-adeb-f1e68f8a4ae0",
      "name": "Project2"
    }
  ]
}