Create a user data deletion request

POST /v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/privacy_request

Sends a request to Instacart to delete the data for the specified Connect user account in accordance with applicable data privacy laws and regulations. If the request is received, the response contains the success field set to true. After Instacart receives the request, a user privacy workflow is initiated and the Connect user account and any associated user data is deleted.

Additional configuration is required before user data deletion requests can be processed. To update your configuration, contact your Instacart representative.

For more information about the data that Instacart collects, see Data privacy.

Security

Name	In	Description
Authorization	header	The Authorization header with the bearer token acquired during authentication.

Parameters

Name	In	Type	Required	Description
user_id	path	string		The ID of the user.

Request

None.

Request examples

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/privacy_request' \
  --header 'Accept: application/json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json'

Java

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/privacy_request")
  .header("Accept", "application/json")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .asString();

Python

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("connect.instacart.com")

headers = {
    'Accept': "application/json",
    'Content-Type': "application/json",
    'Authorization': "Bearer <token>"
    }

conn.request("POST", "/v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/privacy_request", headers=headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))

Go

package main

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

func main() {

	url := "https://connect.instacart.com/v2/fulfillment/users/{user_id}/privacy_request"

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

	req.Header.Add("Accept", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")

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

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

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

Response

Field	Type	Required	Description
success	boolean		Whether the request was successful.

Response examples

200 Success

200 User data deletion request created

{
  "success": true
}

4XX Errors

Error responses return either a single error or multiple errors.

HTTP Code	Cause	Error Message	Error Code	Error Meta
400	User not found for the provided ID	"User Not Found"	1001	{"key":"user_id"}