# delete_spot

Delete a spot (refused once the guide has buyers).

`DELETE /v1/spots/{spotId}` · MCP tool `delete_spot` · scope `write` · stable · since 2026-09-17

Hard delete with cascade of chapter and route links and facets. Refused with guide_sold when anyone bought the guide; archive the spot instead (update_spot archived true). Confirm with the creator before deleting.

## Path parameters

- `spotId` (string, required): Id of the spot (spotId from list_spots).

## Returns

200.

- `ok` (boolean, required): Always true: the write went through. Always `true`.
- `spotId` (string, required): The spot's id.
- `deleted` (boolean, required): Always true: the row is gone. Always `true`.

## Examples

### Delete a spot from a draft guide

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://sceniq.earth/api/v1/spots/k17a6gt9x95xax4n746z5c0f3h7kjpwx" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCENIQ_API_KEY"
```

MCP `tools/call`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "delete_spot",
    "arguments": {
      "spotId": "k17a6gt9x95xax4n746z5c0f3h7kjpwx"
    }
  }
}
```

Response 200:

```json
{
  "ok": true,
  "spotId": "k17a6gt9x95xax4n746z5c0f3h7kjpwx",
  "deleted": true
}
```

### Refused once someone bought the guide: archive the spot instead

```bash
curl -X DELETE "https://sceniq.earth/api/v1/spots/k176p1m3n5b7v9c1x3z5k7k9j1h3g5f7" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $SCENIQ_API_KEY"
```

MCP `tools/call`:

```json
{
  "jsonrpc": "2.0",
  "id": 1,
  "method": "tools/call",
  "params": {
    "name": "delete_spot",
    "arguments": {
      "spotId": "k176p1m3n5b7v9c1x3z5k7k9j1h3g5f7"
    }
  }
}
```

Response 409:

```json
{
  "error": {
    "code": "guide_sold",
    "message": "This guide has buyers. Archive the spot instead; buyers keep what they bought."
  }
}
```

## Errors

- `invalid_argument` (400): A required field is missing, a field is unknown, or a value does not match its type (the Convex validator's path and value are in the message).
- `invalid_request` (400): A writer refused a value: a map link on a host that is not allowed, a title that is too long, a date that does not exist, too many items in a list. The message is the writer's own sentence.
- `unauthenticated` (401): The request carries no key. Send it as Authorization: Bearer sk_sceniq_... (or X-Api-Key).
- `invalid_api_key` (401): The key is unknown, revoked or expired.
- `api_scope_required` (403): A read-only key called a write operation, or a key without the publish option called publish_changes.
- `forbidden` (403): The key belongs to a creator account that is no longer active.
- `not_found` (404): The id does not exist or belongs to another creator. The two answers are identical on purpose, so ids never reveal what exists.
- `guide_sold` (409): delete_spot on a guide someone bought. Buyers keep what they paid for.
- `payload_too_large` (413): A JSON body over 2 MB, an image over 6 MB, a batch upload over 19 MB, or an MCP message over 2 MB.
- `rate_limited` (429): Over a limit: requests per key per minute, per creator per hour, uploads per key per minute, or check_links per guide per hour.
- `internal_error` (500): An unexpected failure. The message is hidden on purpose.

Reference: https://developers.sceniq.earth/reference/delete_spot