'Delete a piece of media.', 'group' => 'media', 'stat' => 'media:1:delete', 'method' => 'POST', 'path' => '/sites/%s/media/%d/delete', 'deprecated' => true, 'new_version' => '1.1', 'max_version' => '1', 'path_labels' => array( '$site' => '(int|string) Site ID or domain', '$media_ID' => '(int) The media ID', ), 'response_format' => array( 'status' => '(string) Returns deleted if the media was successfully deleted', 'id' => '(int) The ID of the media item', 'date' => '(ISO 8601 datetime) The date the media was uploaded', 'parent' => '(int) ID of the post this media is attached to', 'link' => '(string) URL to the file', 'title' => '(string) File name', 'caption' => '(string) User provided caption of the file', 'description' => '(string) Description of the file', 'metadata' => '(array) Misc array of information about the file, such as exif data or sizes', ), 'example_request' => 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1.1/sites/82974409/media/$media_ID/delete', 'example_request_data' => array( 'headers' => array( 'authorization' => 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' ) ) ) ); class WPCOM_JSON_API_Delete_Media_Endpoint extends WPCOM_JSON_API_Endpoint { function callback( $path = '', $blog_id = 0, $media_id = 0 ) { $blog_id = $this->api->switch_to_blog_and_validate_user( $this->api->get_blog_id( $blog_id ) ); if ( is_wp_error( $blog_id ) ) { return $blog_id; } if ( ! current_user_can( 'delete_post', $media_id ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'unauthorized', 'User cannot view media', 403 ); } $item = $this->get_media_item( $media_id ); if ( is_wp_error( $item ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'unknown_media', 'Unknown Media', 404 ); } wp_delete_post( $media_id ); $item->status = 'deleted'; return $item; } }