Deactivate a user
This endpoint is only available to organization administrators.
Deactivates a
user
given their user ID.
DELETE https://zulip.pr.business/api/v1/users/{user_id}
Usage examples
#!/usr/bin/env python
import zulip
# The user for this zuliprc file must be an organization administrator
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc-admin")
# Deactivate a user
user_id = 8
result = client.deactivate_user_by_id(user_id)
print(result)
curl -sSX DELETE https://zulip.pr.business/api/v1/users/12 \
-u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY
Parameters
user_id integer required in path
Example: 12
Response
Example response
A typical successful JSON response may look like:
{
"msg": "",
"result": "success"
}
An example JSON error response when attempting to deactivate the only
organization owner in an organization:
{
"msg": "Cannot deactivate the only organization owner",
"result": "error"
}