Unpublish an asset | Documentation

curl -X DELETE https://api.contentful.com/spaces/yadj1kx9rmg0/environments/staging/assets/wtrHxeu3zEoEce2MokCSi/published \
     -H "X-Contentful-Version: 14" \
     -H "Authorization: Bearer <token>"

{
  "fields": {
    "title": {
      "en-US": "Playsam Streamliner"
    },
    "file": {
      "en-US": {
        "contentType": "image/jpeg",
        "fileName": "example.jpeg",
        "upload": "https://example.com/example.jpg"
      }
    }
  },
  "metadata": {
    "tags": [
      {
        "sys": {
          "type": "Link",
          "linkType": "Tag",
          "id": "nyCampaign"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "sys": {
    "id": "wtrHxeu3zEoEce2MokCSi",
    "type": "Asset",
    "version": 1,
    "space": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "Space",
        "id": "yadj1kx9rmg0"
      }
    },
    "environment": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "Environment",
        "id": "staging"
      }
    },
    "createdAt": "2025-02-17T01:54:07.000Z",
    "createdBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "7BslKh9TdKGOK41VmLDjFZ"
      }
    },
    "updatedAt": "2025-02-17T01:54:07.000Z",
    "updatedBy": {
      "sys": {
        "type": "Link",
        "linkType": "User",
        "id": "4FLrUHftHW3v2BLi9fzfjU"
      }
    }
  }
}

Unpublishing will put the asset back into draft state.

Authentication

AuthorizationBearer

Bearer authentication of the form Bearer <token>, where token is your auth token.

Path parameters

space_idstringRequired

ID of the space in form of a string

environment_idstringRequired

ID of the environment in form of a string

asset_idstringRequired

ID of the asset in form of a string

Headers

X-Contentful-VersionstringOptional

Version of the asset to unpublish

Response headers

Content-Typestring

Content-Type

Response

OK - Request successful