---
title: Check if SLOs can be safely deleted
description: Check if an SLO can be safely deleted. For example, assure an SLO can be deleted without disrupting a dashboard.
breadcrumbs: Docs > API > Check if SLOs can be safely deleted
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/llms.txt).

# Check if SLOs can be safely deleted

## v1 (latest)

| Datadog site      | API endpoint                                            |
| ----------------- | ------------------------------------------------------- |
| app.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete     |
| us3.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete |
| us5.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete |
| app.datadoghq.eu  | GET https://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/slo/can_delete      |
| ap1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete |
| ap2.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete |
| uk1.datadoghq.com | GET https://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete |
| app.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete      |
| us2.ddog-gov.com  | GET https://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/slo/can_delete  |

### Overview

Check if an SLO can be safely deleted. For example,
assure an SLO can be deleted without disrupting a dashboard.

This endpoint requires the `slos_read` permission.

OAuth apps require the `slos_read` authorization [scope](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/jen.gilbert/astro-base/api/latest/scopes.md#service-level-objectives) to access this endpoint.

### Arguments

#### Query Strings

| Field            | Type   | Description                                                                |
| ---------------- | ------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ids [*required*] | string | A comma separated list of the IDs of the service level objectives objects. |

### Response

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="200" %}
OK

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
A service level objective response containing the requested object.

| Parent field         | Field     | Type     | Description                                           |
| -------------------- | --------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
|                      | data      | object   | An array of service level objective objects.          |
| data                 | ok        | [string] | An array of SLO IDs that can be safely deleted.       |
|                      | errors    | object   | A mapping of SLO id to it's current usages.           |
| additionalProperties | <any-key> | string   | Description of the service level objective reference. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "ok": []
  },
  "errors": {
    "<any-key>": "string"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="400" %}
Bad Request

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="403" %}
Forbidden

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="409" %}
Conflict

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
A service level objective response containing the requested object.

| Parent field         | Field     | Type     | Description                                           |
| -------------------- | --------- | -------- | ----------------------------------------------------- |
|                      | data      | object   | An array of service level objective objects.          |
| data                 | ok        | [string] | An array of SLO IDs that can be safely deleted.       |
|                      | errors    | object   | A mapping of SLO id to it's current usages.           |
| additionalProperties | <any-key> | string   | Description of the service level objective reference. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "data": {
    "ok": []
  },
  "errors": {
    "<any-key>": "string"
  }
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="429" %}
Too many requests

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Model" %}
Error response object.

| Field               | Type     | Description                          |
| ------------------- | -------- | ------------------------------------ |
| errors [*required*] | [string] | Array of errors returned by the API. |
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Example" %}
```json
{
  "errors": [
    "Bad Request"
  ]
}
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}

### Code Example

{% tabs %}
{% tab label="Curl" %}
```bash
# Required query arguments
export ids="id1, id2, id3"

# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" # Or us3.datadoghq.com, us5.datadoghq.com, datadoghq.eu, ap1.datadoghq.com, ap2.datadoghq.com, uk1.datadoghq.com, ddog-gov.com, us2.ddog-gov.com
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X GET "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/slo/can_delete?ids=${ids}" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Go" %}
```go
// Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response

package main

import (
	"context"
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadog"
	"github.com/DataDog/datadog-api-client-go/v2/api/datadogV1"
)

func main() {
	ctx := datadog.NewDefaultContext(context.Background())
	ctx = context.WithValue(ctx, datadog.ContextAccessToken, os.Getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"))
	configuration := datadog.NewConfiguration()
	apiClient := datadog.NewAPIClient(configuration)
	api := datadogV1.NewServiceLevelObjectivesApi(apiClient)
	resp, r, err := api.CheckCanDeleteSLO(ctx, "ids")

	if err != nil {
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Error when calling `ServiceLevelObjectivesApi.CheckCanDeleteSLO`: %v\n", err)
		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Full HTTP response: %v\n", r)
	}

	responseContent, _ := json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "  ")
	fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "Response from `ServiceLevelObjectivesApi.CheckCanDeleteSLO`:\n%s\n", responseContent)
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=go) and then save the example to `main.go` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" go run "main.go"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Java" %}
```java
// Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response

import com.datadog.api.client.ApiClient;
import com.datadog.api.client.ApiException;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.api.ServiceLevelObjectivesApi;
import com.datadog.api.client.v1.model.CheckCanDeleteSLOResponse;

public class Example {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    ApiClient defaultClient = ApiClient.getDefaultApiClient();
    defaultClient.setAccessToken(System.getenv("DD_BEARER_TOKEN"));
    ServiceLevelObjectivesApi apiInstance = new ServiceLevelObjectivesApi(defaultClient);

    try {
      CheckCanDeleteSLOResponse result = apiInstance.checkCanDeleteSLO("id1, id2, id3");
      System.out.println(result);
    } catch (ApiException e) {
      System.err.println("Exception when calling ServiceLevelObjectivesApi#checkCanDeleteSLO");
      System.err.println("Status code: " + e.getCode());
      System.err.println("Reason: " + e.getResponseBody());
      System.err.println("Response headers: " + e.getResponseHeaders());
      e.printStackTrace();
    }
  }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=java) and then save the example to `Example.java` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" java "Example.java"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python" %}
```python
"""
Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response
"""

from os import environ
from datadog_api_client import ApiClient, Configuration
from datadog_api_client.v1.api.service_level_objectives_api import ServiceLevelObjectivesApi

configuration = Configuration()
configuration.access_token = environ["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
with ApiClient(configuration) as api_client:
    api_instance = ServiceLevelObjectivesApi(api_client)
    response = api_instance.check_can_delete_slo(
        ids="ids",
    )

    print(response)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" python3 "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby" %}
```ruby
# Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response

require "datadog_api_client"
DatadogAPIClient.configure do |config|
  config.access_token = ENV["DD_BEARER_TOKEN"]
end
api_instance = DatadogAPIClient::V1::ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI.new
p api_instance.check_can_delete_slo("ids")
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Rust" %}
```rust
// Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response
use datadog_api_client::datadog;
use datadog_api_client::datadogV1::api_service_level_objectives::ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() {
    let configuration = datadog::Configuration::new();
    let api = ServiceLevelObjectivesAPI::with_config(configuration);
    let resp = api.check_can_delete_slo("ids".to_string()).await;
    if let Ok(value) = resp {
        println!("{:#?}", value);
    } else {
        println!("{:#?}", resp.unwrap_err());
    }
}
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=rust) and then save the example to `src/main.rs` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" cargo run
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="TypeScript" %}
```typescript
/**
 * Check if SLOs can be safely deleted returns "OK" response
 */

import { client, v1 } from "@datadog/datadog-api-client";

const configuration = client.createConfiguration({
  authMethods: {
    AuthZ: {
      accessToken: process.env.DD_BEARER_TOKEN as string,
    },
  },
});
const apiInstance = new v1.ServiceLevelObjectivesApi(configuration);

const params: v1.ServiceLevelObjectivesApiCheckCanDeleteSLORequest = {
  ids: "ids",
};

apiInstance
  .checkCanDeleteSLO(params)
  .then((data: v1.CheckCanDeleteSLOResponse) => {
    console.log(
      "API called successfully. Returned data: " + JSON.stringify(data)
    );
  })
  .catch((error: any) => console.error(error));
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=typescript) and then save the example to `example.ts` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>" tsc "example.ts"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Python [legacy]" %}
```python
from datadog import initialize, api

options = {
    'api_key': '<DATADOG_API_KEY>',
    'app_key': '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'
}

slo_ids = ['<YOUR_SLO_ID>']

initialize(**options)

api.ServiceLevelObjective.can_delete(slo_ids)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=python-legacy) and then save the example to `example.py` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" python "example.py"
```
{% /tab %}

{% tab label="Ruby [legacy]" %}
```ruby
require 'dogapi'

api_key = '<DATADOG_API_KEY>'
app_key = '<DATADOG_APPLICATION_KEY>'

dog = Dogapi::Client.new(api_key, app_key)

slo_ids = ['<YOUR_SLO_ID>']
dog.can_delete_service_level_objective(slo_ids)
```

#### Instructions

First [install the library and its dependencies](https://dnd37xeb23o8n.cloudfront.net/api/latest.md?code-lang=ruby-legacy) and then save the example to `example.rb` and run following commands:

```bash
DD_SITE="datadoghq.com" DD_API_KEY="<DD_API_KEY>" DD_APP_KEY="<DD_APP_KEY>" rb "example.rb"
```
{% /tab %}
{% /tabs %}