Delete Claim

Cancel a parking spot claim

DELETE /api/claims/{id}

Delete Claim

cURL

curl --request DELETE \
  --url https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}

import requests

url = "https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}"

response = requests.delete(url)

print(response.text)

const options = {method: 'DELETE'};

fetch('https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/{id}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

Success Response

{
  "message": "Claim cancelled successfully",
  "deleted_claim_id": "abc123de-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174003"
}

Overview

This endpoint allows users to delete (cancel) their parking spot claims.

Deleting a claim will free up the associated availability for other users to claim.

Authentication

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Unique identifier of the claim to delete

Response

message · string · required

Confirmation message

deleted_claim_id · string · required

ID of the deleted claim

Example Request

cURL

curl -X DELETE "https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/abc123de-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174003" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_JWT_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

const claimId = "abc123de-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174003";
const response = await fetch(`https://harbor-parking.vercel.app/api/claims/${claimId}`, {
  method: 'DELETE',
  headers: {
    'Authorization': `Bearer ${yourJwtToken}`,
    'Content-Type': 'application/json'
  }
});

const result = await response.json();

Example Response

Success Response

{
  "message": "Claim cancelled successfully",
  "deleted_claim_id": "abc123de-e89b-12d3-a456-426614174003"
}

Side Effects

When a claim is deleted:

• The associated availability becomes available for other users to claim
• Any notifications related to this claim are marked as resolved
• The parking spot owner is notified of the cancellation

Error Responses

403 Forbidden

{
  "error": "You can only delete your own claims"
}

{
  "error": "Claim not found"
}

{
  "error": "Cannot delete a completed claim"
}